Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo
2025 live album by Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia
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CAE<->BTH: Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo is a live album by Brazilian musicians and siblings Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia, released on May 26, 2025, by Sony Music Brazil.[1][2]
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| Released | May 26, 2025 | |||
| Genre | Música popular brasileira | |||
| Length | 1:45:00 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Brazil | |||
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Background
In 1978, musicians and siblings Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia released the album Maria Bethânia e Caetano Veloso - Ao Vivo, a live concert recording released by Universal.[3][4][5] In 2024, Bethânia had the idea of doing a new version of the show, with new songs in the repertoire celebrating the long careers of Bahian musicians.[6][7]
The album was a live recording of the tour, which visited several Brazilian cities, including Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza, and Curitiba among other capitals.[8][9][10][11][12][13] The album was released by Sony Music Brazil on May 26, 2025, featured the previously unreleased song "Uma Baiana".[14][15] The show featured a series of songs composed by Veloso, as well as works by other composers, including Gilberto Gil, Raul Seixas, Paulo Coelho, Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos, and Guilherme Arantes.[16][17]
The album features two tributes to Gal Costa, with performances of the songs "Baby" and "Vaca Profana", two compositions by Veloso for the Bahian artist.[18][19]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Alegria, Alegria" | Caetano Veloso | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Os Mais Doces dos Bárbaros" | Caetano Veloso | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Gente" | Caetano Veloso | 3:47 |
| 4. | "Oração Ao Tempo" | Caetano Veloso | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Motriz / Não Identificado" (medley) | 5:40 | |
| 6. | "A Tua Presença Morena" | Caetano Veloso | 2:03 |
| 7. | "Milagres do Povo" | Caetano Veloso | 2:23 |
| 8. | "Pot-Pourri: 13 de maio, Samba de Dois, Cosme e Damião, Lindomar e A Donzela se Casou" (medley) | 5:37 | |
| 9. | "Filhos de Gandhi" | Gilberto Gil / Caetano Veloso | 3:38 |
| 10. | "Ia Omim Bum / Dedicatória" (medley) | 2:33 | |
| 11. | "Eu e Água" | Caetano Veloso | 2:58 |
| 12. | "Tropicália" | Caetano Veloso | 3:35 |
| 13. | "Marginália II" | Caetano Veloso | 2:47 |
| 14. | "Um Índio" | Caetano Veloso | 3:20 |
| 15. | "Cajuína" | Caetano Veloso | 2:24 |
| 16. | "Sozinho" | Peninha | 3:09 |
| 17. | "O Leãozinho" | Caetano Veloso | |
| 18. | "Você Não Me Ensinou a Te Esquecer" | Catullo da Paixão Cearense / Fernando Lobo | 2:51 |
| 19. | "Você é Linda" | Caetano Veloso | 4:24 |
| 20. | "Deus Cuida de Mim" | Kleber Lucas | 4:24 |
| 21. | "Brincar de Viver" | Guilherme Arantes / Jon Lucien | 4:37 |
| 22. | "Não Dá Mais Pra Segurar (Explode Coração)" | Gonzaguinha | 1:57 |
| 23. | "As Canções Que Você Fez Pra Mim" | Roberto Carlos / Erasmo Carlos | 3:34 |
| 24. | "Negue" | Adelino Moreira / Enzo de Almeida Passos | 1:46 |
| 25. | "Homenagem à Mangueira" | Caetano Veloso | 3:34 |
| 26. | "Baby" | Caetano Veloso | 4:30 |
| 27. | "Vaca Profana" | Caetano Veloso | 3:55 |
| 28. | "Gita" | Raul Seixas / Paulo Coelho | 3:13 |
| 29. | "O Quereres" | Caetano Veloso | 3:13 |
| 30. | "Fé" | Caetano Veloso | 3:27 |
| 31. | "Reconvexo" | Caetano Veloso | 3:55 |
| 32. | "Tudo de Novo" | Caetano Veloso | 3:40 |
| 33. | "Um Baiana" (inédita) | Caetano Veloso | 2:35 |
| Total length: | 1:45:00 | ||
Reception
Critical
Journalist and music critic Mauro Ferreira praised the album on his blog on G1, giving it four stars out of five and adding, "inconsistencies aside, the release of a live album is important because, in audio without images, nuances that are sometimes imperceptible in the magic of the scene, when all eyes are on the singers, stand out".[20] Thales de Menezes, writing for the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper, gave five stars out of five, adding: "the distribution of songs in the show goes beyond that. There are songs that make connections between the two artists' careers."[21]
Awards and nominations
The album is nominated for the Best Global Music Album award at the upcoming 68th Annual Grammy Awards, due to be held on February 1, 2026.[22][23] The album won the category.[24] Caetano's producer and wife, Paula Lavigne, shared a video of Caetano saying that he “didn't know what time the Grammys were going to be” and that he was watching cartoons with his grandson during the awards ceremony.[25] Caetano called his sister, Bethânia, to share the news.[25]