Angelus

Angelus is an album by the Brazilian musician Milton Nascimento, released in 1994. The album peaked at No. 8 on Billboard'''s World Albums chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best World Music Album" category. Nascimento promoted the album by opening the 1994 JVC Jazz Festival. Production James Taylor sang on "Only a Dream in Rio", which also employed a Brazilian accordion. Peter Gabriel duetted on "Qualquer Coisa a Haver Com o Paraiso"; "Estrelada" is a duet with Jon Anderson. Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, and Pat Metheny played on some of the songs. "Hello Goodbye" is a cover of the Beatles song; a few tracks are versions of older Nascimento songs. Critical receptionThe Philadelphia Inquirer called the album "a collection of carnival songs, jazz explorations and outright pop ... that celebrates Nascimento as one of the world's vocal treasures while demonstrating his versatility." The Baltimore Sun wrote: "Blessed with lithe, flowing melodies and rich, jazz-tinged arrangements, its lush lyricism hearkens back to Nascimento's great albums of the '70s."