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You
may have wondered from where the name Rio de Janeiro (January River)
originated. The place was discovered in January and was thought to be a
large river but it turned out to be a large bay now known as the
Guanabara Bay. On one side is Rio de Janeiro and on the other Niteroi.
The Pequeno Cantores da Guanabara were a popular boys choir in Brazil
in the mid sixties. Under the directorship of Father João
Bedeschi and Carlos Monteiro de Souza they
recorded a number of albums on the Philips label and appeared on
television and radio. The members came from a Salesian School
'São Francisco de Sales' in Riachuelo, RJ. They starred in
the film 'Em Busca do Tesouro' directed by Carlos A.S. Barros. The
sambista Cláudio Jorge was a member of the choir for a short
while. Their repertoire was popular songs and Christmas Carols. The
choir is no longer in existence.
You can download a selection of mp3s from the album
'Lotação para a lua' (Omnibus for the moon) shown
below.
As well as 'Lotação para a lua' you can download
'Guanabara Linda - Beautiful Guanabara', 'Chapeuzinho Vermelho - Little
Red Riding Hood) and 'Se eu fosse um peixinho - If I was a little fish'
amongst others.
Click
on the links below to go to the download page
Ave Maria de Estudante
Chapeuzinho Vermelho
Cortando O Pano
Guanabara Linda
Lotação Pra Lua
Se Eu Fosse Un Peixinho
Similar choirs - Angel Voices, Trinity Boys
Choir, The American Boychoir
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