Antologia
Antologiais a 17-song greatest hits collection from the Portuguese chamber-pop group  Madredeus, and contains the first American release of some of the group's late '80s/early '90s recordings.  Madredeus--the name translates as "Mother God"--combines the convent-pure vocals of Teresa Salgueiro  and impressionistic lyrics by cofounder Pedro Ayres Magalhaes with soothingly minimalist instrumental  backing on guitar, cello, and keyboards. ImagineHildegard von Bingenserenely sitting in with a New-Age Lisbon café orchestra and you'll get the drift. One occasionally  catches a hint of a more vibrant world-music tradition--Portuguese fado, Argentine tango, even Europop  electronica--and one new song about the Portuguese revolution was co-written with classical composer  Antonio Vitorino d'Almeida. But Madredeus's music shares a hot tub and a bottle of wine quite  comfortably with the likes ofYanniandAndreas Vollenweider.--Rick Mitchell