In recent years Dulce Pontes has developed into a unique singer who can be recognized out of thousands. She never gets bored. Every album or concert is a journey of discovery into new, unexplored possibilities of her voice. The famous Italian film composer Ennio Morricone had long been impressed by the Portuguese singer. In 1995 she sang the song A Brisa Do Coração for its soundtrack of the movie
… Sostiene Pereira. Even then he indicated that he would like to record an album with her. Pontes was delighted, but was told to wait until she was at least 30. Now she agrees: '... I needed life experience to get into music, to fully understand it; you can only express pain when you have felt pain. ' On the album Focus, Pontes sings five songs by Morricone that have been specially composed for her. She also sings arrangements of his most famous film music. For some it will take some getting used to. Pontes with her raised chest voice doesn't sound as angelic as the classically trained singer from Once Upon A Time In The West or as clear as Joan Baez in The Ballad Of Sacco E Vanzetti. But the more you play the CD, the better it becomes. And you will never get enough of a song like A Rose Among Thorns (The Mission) (once you get used to an English-language Pontes). (CP) Pontes with her raised chest voice doesn't sound as angelic as the classically trained singer from Once Upon A Time In The West or as clear as Joan Baez in The Ballad Of Sacco E Vanzetti. But the more you play the CD, the better it becomes. And you will never get enough of a song like A Rose Among Thorns (The Mission) (once you get used to an English-language Pontes). (CP) Pontes with her raised chest voice doesn't sound as angelic as the classically trained singer from Once Upon A Time In The West or as clear as Joan Baez in The Ballad Of Sacco E Vanzetti. But the more you play the CD, the better it becomes. And you will never get enough of a song like A Rose Among Thorns (The Mission) (once you get used to an English-language Pontes). (CP)more