A nice album. Don’t let the names fool you: while it features Gil, Bethânia and Veloso, it feels more like a João Jilberto album – gentle, calm and cheerful. Not overly avant-garde or “progressive”. Most songs have a child-like, upbeat quality to them, like nursery rhymes (“No Tabuleiro”, “Milagre”). I especially enjoy the production and engineering; the singers feel close, whispering, with lots of space between them and the instruments. Vocals, guitar and bass are at the center of most songs, with soft, distant orchestral arrangements fading in and out occasionally to accompany them. Minimal percussion. So there’s an interesting contrast between the intimacy of the vocals and guitar, on the one hand, and the accompanying orchestra, on the other – which feels distant but grand.

I like it a lot! 5/5, highly recommended.