Whoever watches the Samba Schools parading in Rio de Janeiro nowadays usually does not perceive the Samba’s musical richness both as a musical and literary genre. This is due to the Samba Schools percussion's rhythmic power that “submerges” the harmonic accompaniment, and also to the grandiose visual appeal.

The Samba is, however, in its origins a very sophisticated musical form from a poetic, instrumental and harmonic viewpoint. It is a typical expression of urban popular culture whose origins go back to the most popular styles among Rio de Janeiro’s inhabitants, then the country’s capital city.

Born in Blumenau, Brazil, Cristiane Roncaglio studied Classical Voice and also Photography. German as well as Italian opera, oratorios and lieder belong to the wide scope of Cristiane Roncaglio´s repertoire. And yet, she is enthusiastic about Brazilian music, Bossa Nova as well as Música Popular Brasileira.

Track Listing:
[1] FORMOSA (Vinícios de Moraes / Baden Powell de Aquino)
[2] ROSA, MENINA ROSA (Jorge Duílio Lima Meneses/Jorge Ben)
[3] BRASIL PANDEIRO (José de Assis Valente)
[4] AS ROSAS não FALAM (Angenor de Oliveira 'Cartola')
[5] CONVERSA DE BOTEQUIM (Oswaldo Gogliano/Vadico/Noel de Medeiros Rosa/Noel Rosa)
[6] BARRACÃO DE ZINCO (Antônio de Pádua Vieira da Costa 'Luis Antônio')
[7] BELISCANDO O CAVAQUINHO (Sérgio Regis)
[8] ESSA MOÇA TA DIFERENTE (Chico Buarque de Hollanda 'Chico Buarque')
[9] CARINHOSO (Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho 'Pixinguinha')
[10] UM CALO DE ESTIMAÇÃO (José Gonçalves 'Zé da Zilda')
[11] VERA CRUZ (Márcio Borges/Milton Nascimento)
[12] E O MUNDO NÃO SE ACABOU (José de Assis Valente)
[13] ROSA (Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho 'Pixinguinha')
[14] GUARDEI MINHA VIOLA (Paulo César Batista de Faria 'Paulinho da Viola')
[15] IMPERADOR DO SAMBA (Waldemar Moniz da Silva 'Waldemar Silva')
[16] PRECISO ME ENCONTRAR (Antônio Candeia Filho/Candeia/Angenor de Oliveira 'Cartola')
[17] TEMPO DE AMOR (Vinícios de Moraes/Baden Powell de Aquino)
[18] NÃO DEIXE O SAMBA MORRER (Edson Gomes da Conceição/Aloisio Silva Araújo)