The release of Partimpim Dois only one year after the superb Maré comes as a bit of a surprise, as Adriana Calcanhotto usually takes at least a couple of years between albums. Partimpim Dois, however, is the follow-up to Calcanhotto's first children's record, Adriana Partimpim (Calcanhotto's name for the character she created for her children's albums and shows), which appeared in 2004 and enchanted critics, parents, and kids alike. Calcanhotto explained that she is always collecting songs for one project or another, and that suddenly in early 2009 she realized she had another album's worth of Partimpim material, so why not record it? Partimpim Dois may not be as immediately bewitching as the first one, as the element of surprise is gone, but it is still an utter delight. Perhaps what is more remarkable about Calcanhotto's children's music is how adult this material is. An heir in a tradition of children's music and literature that refuses to treat its audience as simpletons -- giants of Brazilian culture such as Heitor Villa-Lobos, Chico Buarque, Edú Lobo, and Vinícius de Moraes all wrote marvelous music for children -- Calcanhotto sees her Partimpim alter ego as an opportunity to introduce children to the wonderful world of music. As is the norm for the best of Brazilian music, the first rule is: no prejudices allowed. Thus, Calcanhotto once more demonstrates her unerring eclecticism with songs by composers such as Arnaldo Antunes, Roberto and Erasmo Carlos, Caetano Veloso, João Gilberto, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Vinícius de Moraes, and even Bob Dylan (by way of Zé Ramalho's beautiful Portuguese version of Man Gave Name to All the Animals from the Slow Train Coming album), as well as contributing some new compositions of her own.

1		Baile Partimcundum
2		Ringtone De Amor
3		O Trenzinho Do Caipira
4		Alface
5		Menina, Menino
6		Na Massa
7		O Homem Deu Nome a Todos Animais
8		Alexandre
9		Gatinha Manhosa
10		Bim Bom
11		As Borboletas