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“O tempo me guardou você” [Time set you aside for me] marks the recording debut of Raquel Saraceni. It is an album full of sensitivity, which speaks of love and encounters. A work that gives us an accurate portrait into the artistic and private life of its protagonist.
The album arrived at just the right time and reflects Raquel’s artistic and personal experiences. One by one, composers and musicians friends were enlisted into the project.
“All of the positive reviews that we received were very important. They gave us confidence about what we were producing. Artists always want feedback from the listener: Singing just for ourselves is no fun. This kind of feedback is very encouraging”, Raquel remarked.
And the team of composers brought together by Sergio and Raquel Saraceni is one of the most refined.
It is a calm, lyrical
and enchanting album. For those who appreciate good music.
Ivan Lins
singer, songwriter and musician
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Career
Raquel’s career as an actress began early. At 17, she joined the company Teatro Oficina, in São Paulo, under the direction of José Celso Martinez Corrêa. In addition to her acting, she became a video director, in charge of the electronic archive
for the theatre's group.
To better understand where her passion for music comes from, we must go back in time. Her grandparents were French and her mother was born in Paris. Native of São Paulo, Raquel Saraceni grew up in a musical household:
"My mother loved to sing and had a beautiful voice. Later I was raised by my grandmother, who loved classical music and the big names of popular music, like Noel Rosa, Lupicínio Rodrigues,
Ataulfo Alves, Dalva de Oliveira e Francisco Alves”
The eclectic soundtrack also included artists such as Elis Regina, Rita Lee, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Os Mutantes, Maria Bethânia, Ney Matogrosso,
Chico Buarque de Holanda...
Working as an actress in theater and cinema in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Raquel also performed as a vocalist before moving to France in 1991, where she remained for over two decades.
While working as a tour guide in Paris, she founded “Trio Sabiá"
with the guitarist Carlos Sandroni and percussionist Christian Duuvort. It was a way to have fun with music, despite any great ambition, just the pleasure of singing.
Years later, now in the French city of Nancy, Raquel joined the trio “Lucky Jazz”. During her stay in France, Raquel has specialized as an interpreter and studied film at the Sorbonne.
In 2012, when predictions said the world would end, a new life began for Raquel. “I reencountered a great love that I had when I was 20, we got married and returned to Brazil, to Rio de Janeiro.
It was this partnership in life and art that enabled this project to record an album become real”, celebrates Raquel.
Her youth love is now the experienced maestro and composer
of soundtracks Sergio Saraceni, who was responsible for the musical direction and two tracks on her CD.
Reviews
Raquel’s album is beautiful, pure poetry! The repertoire and the arrangements are exquisite. And Ivan...!!! And the fine taste of Lula’s guitar. Oh, my goodness! Congratulations! The best I’ve heard in a while.
Ricardo Leão
director and arranger
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RAQUEL SARACENI DEBUTS AS SINGER ENDORSED BY IVAN LINS
Mauro Ferreira (Journalist and music reviewer) 24/2/15
Original song by Ivan Lins, in which the composer created melody and lyrics, “Um gesto qualquer de carinho” [A simple gesture of affection] is interpreted by Raquel Saraceni in her debut album...
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RAQUEL SARACENI RELEASES "O TEMPO ME GUARDOU VOCÊ"
Hugo Sukman (Journalist and writer)
"O tempo me guardou você" [Time set you aside for me] is, above all, a collection of the most beautiful songs composed in recent memory in Brazil (and, consequently, in the world). And this, of course, would be enough...
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Media IN HER RECORDING DEBUT, RAQUEL SARACENI’S SPEAKS OF LOVEWITH SONGS BY IVAN LINS AND GILHeloisa Tolipan (Journalist) Raquel got Ivan Lins to write the lyrics for his melody, something not particularly common. In a conversation with HTdirect from Paris, she spoke about the album and the recording of the clip “Samba de Vison”....
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Raquel Saraceni roda clipe em Paris, com direção de Bruno Murtinho
Maria Fortuna para a coluna Gente Boa (15/5/15)
O diretor Bruno Murtinho — que já assinou clipes de Chico Buarque, Vanessa da Mata, Carlinhos Brown, entre outros — rodou em Paris o vídeo de estreia da cantora Raquel Saraceni. O clipe é da música “Samba de vison”, parceria de Ivan e Claudio Lins e Michel Legrand, e a sequência principal foi filmada bem pertinho da Pont Neuf.
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O tempo me guardou você
por Luís Pimentel para o Portal de Anna Ramalho (12/5/15)
Alguns elementos garantem a qualidade desse reconfortante “O tempo me guardou você” (Serquel), disco de estreia de Raquel Saraceni. Entre eles estão a voz suave e delicada da cantora, o repertório bem equilibrado entre belas canções inéditas e regravações (reunindo autores como Ivan Lins, Gilberto Gil, Celso Viáfora e Dori Caymmi/Chico Buarque, em linda parceria), os arranjos inspirados de Sergio Saraceni,
Lula Galvão, Marco Brito e Marcos Bonfim, além do acompanhamento de músicos excelentes como Zeca Assumpção, Alex Fonseca e Sidinho Moreira, bem como dos próprios arranjadores. Sem contar (contando, claro) com participações especiais de Ivan Lins e Jaques Molelenbaum. Raquel é uma ótima promessa. Os trabalhos futuros seguramente comprovarão. Leia a matéria original...
Reviews
Que linda voz!
Tem aquela suavidade típica da tradição bossanovista brasileira,
mas com o suingue que a musica pede. Bjs e sucesso.
Claudio Lins
músico, cantor, ator
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Raquel é um verdadeiro trunfo, timbre e interpretação da melhor qualidade.
Parabéns!!!!!
Ronaldo Monteiro
compositor
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Boas cantoras surgem quase todos os dias. Mas com a afinação, o timbre bonito, a dicção impecável, a delicadeza e o bom gosto musical de Raquel Saraceni, só raramente.
Tim Rescala
ator, humorista, diretor e pianista
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Se alguém tem alguma dúvida do sentido da sigla MPB, ouvindo o CD da Raquel Saraceni vai encontrar uma síntese de tudo que pudemos vivenciar desse movimento que ainda sobrevive, graças a trabalhos assim e de outros cada vez mais raros. Balada, samba-canção, bossa, samba, tudo numa sequência muito harmoniosa e criativa, com arranjos que
vestem com elegância as melodias. Uma intérprete cantando com autoridade, apresentando as canções com doçura e fidelidade. E o melhor é que Raquel não se parece com ninguém e ao mesmo tempo tem as melhores dentro dela. O disco de Raquel Saraceni é assim, suave, forte e muitíssimo musical.
A verdadeira Música Popular Brasileira”.
Zé Canuto
músico e saxofonista
Reviews
Dear Friends,
This was a real pleasure to see you in Paris last week and I hope that you had a nice flight back to Brazil. Raquel has hidden her singing talents and I must confess that this first CD is a real success. Her beautiful voice is going very well with all these beautiful music composed for her by such great musicians. My favorite song is “Acaso” but the whole album is a huge success in this very intimate and soothing atmosphere you have succeeded in creating. Bravo to both of you! This album is a real jewel.
Hope to see you again soon. Best regards.
Jean-Claude Chamoux
Diretor da SACEM (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique)
Music
Só se for a dois
Ailton Magioli para a coluna Cultura do jornal Estado de Minas (02/06/15)
Com canções românticas e inéditas de Ivan Lins, além de músicas de Gilberto Gil e Rosa Passos, Raquel Saraceni estreia em CD com O tempo me guardou você...
LEIA A MATÉRIA NA ÍNTEGRA
Reviews
Arranjos maravilhosos, músicas muito bem escolhidas, voz e interpetação envolventes.
A música brasileira ganha mais um belo CD.
João Batista Melo
cineasta e escritor
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Finesse, warmth, color and tone exude from Raquel's beautiful voice.
Listening to her sing is a true delight -
a notable addition to the contemporary Brazilian music repertoire!
Jorge Calandrelli
Maestro, compositor e arranjador
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