It's basically a bossa nova piano trio with strings added and it's gorgeous.

The first piece, "A Morte De Um Deus De Sal", is in waltz time and starts out with a slightly ominous tone but is mostly swinging. Eça plays with an intensity that keeps it serious, though.

"Imagem" has a classic bossa nova groove and the strings are smoothing everything out but Eça plays with a lot of attack, sometimes surprise attack, so this isn't really "easy listening" but something much more active and inventive.

The string part for "Canção Da Terra" is very dramatic, with minor chords and ascending and descending lines. It sounds like it could be a soundtrack piece but I don't think it is. As usual the rhythm section is flawless and Eça commands your attention.

The next piece, "Tristeza De Nós Dois", starts out sounding like a conventional love song, bossa nova style, but has some surprise accelerations and of course Eça won't let listeners get complacent.

Repeating four-note lines on the piano start off "Velho Pescador" and while the strings come in soon with an upper register ethereal part, they drop out for a bit so you can hear the piano trio—or perhaps it's really a quartet as acoustic guitar is in there too and you can really hear it on this track.

"Canção Do Encontro" starts off fairly sombre, with strings but no piano, and when Eça comes in his unique phrasing and feel shape the song into something less familiar but still very beautiful.

Next is a song that's almost a truly happy song but Eça starts out "Chegança" playing with such sharpness and weight that the piano seems to be snarling behind the smiling strings.

Eça does lay back a bit and find a gentler groove for "Primavera", a pleasant bossa nova piece that's Jobim-like in structure and simplicity.

Something about the rhythmic feel of "Consolação" makes it hard to count. It could be in 4/4 but that doesn't seem quite right. Something like 3-3-2 seems more accurate. And the way Eça moves around the melody, he could do it in any meter. It's a very interesting song.

The strings announce "Saudade" like it's going to be a fairly straightforward lounge exotica piece and Luiz Eça is more restrained than usual, though his touch always has an edge to it and the piece itself takes some unexpected turns.

"Quase Um Adeus" starts with solo piano and has a sunlight and shadow dual personality, a bit like "Darn That Dream".

The record ends as it began, in 3/4 time, with the piece "Amando", with Eça breezily dancing around the camera, very relaxed and inviting. Unexpectedly there's a solo violin that joins him and they dance together. It's a beautiful record.