Grande Rio's samba-enredos soundtrack the parade, from 1978's 'Devaneios de um Pierrot' to recent themes.
For a quick sense of their range, put on the 1994 song about African saints and then the 2019 one asking who's without sin. That's a lot of ground covered in samba time.
Grande Rio's catalog is a direct line into the shifting stories of Rio's Carnival. Songs like 'Samba-Enredo 1994 - Os Santos Que a África Não Viu' and 'Samba-Enredo 2019 - Quem Nunca? Que Atire a Primeira Pedra' show how the school has handled everything from Afro-Brazilian history to modern social questions. These aren't just party tracks, they're yearly arguments in rhythm, even when money gets tight.
The school started putting out samba-enredos by at least the late '70s, with 'Devaneios de um Pierrot' in 1978. Over the decades, their themes moved from local folklore like in the 2011 'Y-Jurerê Mirim' song to broader cultural claims, as in 2006's 'Amazonas, o Eldorado É Aqui'. They're still in the parade circuit, with a 2020 entry about a quilombo in Caxias.
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