Cristina Buarque

Cristina Buarque, sibling of Miúcha, Ana de Hollanda, and Chico Buarque, launched her professional career by delivering the song "Sem Fantasia" on her brother’s 1968 album Chico Buarque, Vol. 3. The 1974 solo release Cristina introduced her major success “Quantas Lágrimas” (Manacéia) while signaling a lifelong commitment to reviving the catalogs of key sambistas. On the follow-up Prato e Faca (1976) she interpreted sambas by Heitor dos Prazeres, Geraldo Pereira, Jamelão, Bide/Marçal, and Alberto Lonato, among others. Her 1978 effort Arrebém spotlighted the Velha Guarda da Portela on the track “Muito Embora Abandonado” (Mijinha/Francisco Santana). In 1979 she joined Clementina de Jesus, the longtime queen of samba, for a duet on the LP Clementina e Convidados. As part of the Turma do Funil she contributed “Se Eu Fosse Teu Patrão” (Chico Buarque) to Chico’s A Ópera do Malandro. The 1980 album Vejo Amanhecer enlisted the group Época de Ouro, while her 1981 self-titled LP again featured both the Velha Guarda da Portela and Clementina de Jesus. That same year she performed “Pode Ser?” (Geraldo Pereira/Marino Pinto) on a tribute to Geraldo Pereira, and four years later she recorded “Aquele Bilhetinho” (Nelson Cavaquinho/Augusto Garcez/Wilson Canegal) for the Nelson Cavaquinho homage As Flores em Vida. The 1985 duet project Cristina e Mauro Duarte, which revisited “Quantas Lágrimas,” included Paulo César Pinheiro’s “Reserva de Domínio.” For the 1988 Candeia tribute she sang “Morro do Sossego” (Candeia/Artur Poerner), and the following year she partnered with Mauro Duarte on “Quem Espera Sempre Alcança” for the Paulo da Portela homage Homenagem a Paulo da Portela. Her 1990 CD Resgate, recorded for the Japanese market and issued in Brazil only in 1994, gathered guests that included Manacéia, Monarco, the Velha Guarda da Portela, Walter Alfaiate, the Orquestra de Cordas, and additional luminaries. Research she conducted on Candeia in 1970 led to the recovery of two previously unpublished songs, “Luz de Verão” and “Vem pra Portela”; Marquinhos de Oswaldo Cruz supplied lyrics after the composer’s death, and Cristina Buarque recorded both pieces on her 1998 album Eterna Chama/Candeia. The 2000 Wilson Batista tribute Ganha-se Pouco, Mas É Divertido enlisted Paulinho da Viola, Roberto Silva, and Chico Buarque.