Song No. 64 — Melancolia | Denis Brean (1963)

Melancolia was introduced in 1963 on four recordings from which Rosana Toledo’s, arranged and conducted by Ruben Perez ‘Pocho’ for her album A Voz do Amor, was most likely the first. Recorded about nine times until 1968, it is one of the last compositions by Augusto Duarte Ribeiro aka Denis Brean before he retired from his sucessful career as a songwriter.

Carmen Costa issued Melancolia as B-side on her single Ensinando a Bossa Nova (Blame it on the Bossa Nova), taken from her album Embaixatriz do Samba, issued in late 1963.

Produced by Denis Brean himself, Elizeth Cardoso issued one of the last versions of Melancolia in 1966 on her duet album with Cyro Monteiro, A Bossa Eterna de Elizeth e Cyro, accompanied by Caçulinha and his band. Italian born Uccio Gaeta, who enjoyed a quite sucessul career in Brazil, presumably contributed the last recording of Melancolia in 1968 as part of a medley.

Selected recordings of Melancolia:

1. Rosana Toledo from the album A Voz do Amor (1963, RGE XRLP 5200)

  

2. Carmen Costa from the album Embaixatriz do Samba (1963, Copacabana CLP 11332)

  

3. Walter Wanderley from the album Samba no Esquema de Walter Wanderley (1963, Odeon MOFB 3358)

4. Isaura Garcia from the album Atualíssima (1963, Odeon MOFB 3318)

   
Art work for Atualíssima by Moacyr Rocha

5. Corisco & Os Sambaloucos from the album Outro Show de Bossas (1964, Philips P 632.190 L)

  

6. Jose Batista da Silva Júnior aka Zezinho from the album Zezinho e seu Sombalanço (1965, Chantecler CMG 2364)

  

7. Elizeth Cardoso from the album A Bossa Eterna de Elizeth e Ciro (1966, Copacabana CLP 11466)

   
Art work for A Bossa Eterna de Elizeth e Ciro by Moura with photographs by Lael

Selected medley including Melancolia:

1. Uccio Gaetta from the album O Nôvo Som de Uccio Gaeta (1968, Chantecler CMG 2500)

   

MELANCOLIA

Melancolia que eu receio já chegou • Vendo meu peito tão vazio • Logo entrou

Melancolia companheira • Das horas frias • Sem ternura, que loucura

Melancolia, vê se muda de endereço • Foge de mim • Senão esqueço • Tudo que eu vivi • Tudo que eu chorei • E mais o que sonharei

A solidão não me deixa sequer a esperança • De reviver com carinho • Todas as lembranças que pude juntar • Quem não me vê chorar • Na certa irá pensar que sou ruim • A dor que me consome • Não fale pra ninguém • É só minha, está dentro de mim • De mim