Dulce in other works

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A lenda do Arcebispo

Dulce sings two songs with Kepa Junkera, an accordeonist from Bilbao in the Basque Country. She sings two songs, 'Maitia nun zira?' (Where are you, my love?) and 'Sodade'.

F-MHop, in "La Factoria del Ritmo", makes this comment:

"La calidad de todos los temas es excepcional salvo en "Sodade", 
que es incluso superior, y donde Dulce Pontes logra 
ponernos la carne de gallina."

"The quality of all the songs is exceptional except in "Sodade", 
where it is superior, and where Dulce Pontes 
manages to put us with a 'chicken skin'. "

In the "FolkWorld CD Reviews" we can read:

This, his ninth, album is in several ways special and full of superlatives.
The first obvious extravanganca is the booklet and packaging - actually you
cannot really call it a booklet, it is actually a book in CD format of 140
pages, with the two CDs in the binding of the book. The 'book' is full of
information and pictures of Kepa, the tunes and the guests. 113 pages are in
Basque and Spanish language, the rest are translations in English and
French.
The guests on this CD are the second superlative:
There 52 guest musicians, all being leading roots
musicians from around the world. Indeed the right kind of project to open
the eyes all over the world for this Basque city, to reflect its possible
connections into the world.
Now let's come to the music itself. We find on the two CDs all in all 23
numbers; most of the music is written by Kepa, and Kepa's accordeon is in
the centre of most of the tunes. He has a very distinctive style, both in
writing music as in playing. (...) Or the
traditional 'Maitia nun zira?', a love song sung by the Portuguese singer
Dulce Pontes. (...)

Brendan Foreman, in the "Folk Tales" writes:

A few tracks later, one of the star fado singers of Portugal, 
Dulce Pontes, sings "Maitia nun zira? (Where are you, my love?)," 
a traditional Basque love song. Here, as in other places in 
this set, with other artists, Junkera hangs back and lets Pontes' 
gorgeous voice be the star.

Dulce made a duet with Andrea Bocelli in his album "Sogno" singing the song "O Mare E Tu"

Dulce sang the song "A Brisa do coração" in the film "Sostiene Pereira" ("Afirma Pereira") - 1995, with music by Ennio Morricone. The song is included in the album "A Brisa do coração". The film was directed by Roberto Faenza and actors included Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Keller, Marcello Mastroianni, Nicoletta Braschi and Joaquim de Almeida.

Dulce sang the song "Canção do Mar" in the film "Primal Fear" - 1996. The song is included in the album "Lágrimas". The film was directed by Gregory Hoblit and actors included Richard Gere, Laura Linney and Edward Norton.

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