Sueño

1. Caliente

2. Dígame

3. Sueño

4. Todo Para Ti

5. Truenos Distantes

6. No Te Quiero

7. Cierro Mis Ojos

8. Que Claro Es

9. Distant Thuder (Truenos Distantes)

10. Look Away (Cierro Mis Ojos)

Sueño,Grupo Fiesta,Npe Discos,Latin,Latin Music,Latin Pop,Rock,Tropical

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Average customer rating: Like fine wine Ibrahim sweet for your ears. True Cuban Music... The Cuban Nat King Cole Soulful

Mi Sueño Ibrahim Ferrer Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bolero | Latin Music | Styles | Music Son | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer Cuba Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Manuel Guajiro Mirabal Momento ASIN: B000NVHWLG Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

1. Dos Almas
2. Si Te Contara
3. Melodia del Rio
4. Cada Noche un Amor
5. Deuda
6. Uno
7. Convergencia
8. Quiereme Mucho
9. Perfidia
10. Copla Guajira
11. Quizas, Quizas
12. Alma Libre

Amazon.com

When Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social club lead vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer died in August 2005 at the age of 78, he was within a few weeks of accomplishing a lifelong ambition: to record an album of suave, sexy, elegant Cuban boleros. The first acknowledged tune of the genre, "Tristezas," was composed in Santiago by Pepe Sánchez during the late 1800s. The form was descended from a Spanish waltz-like dance of the same name, which in turn evolved from the French contradanse and, even earlier on, from English rural styles. Strangely, Ferrer had repeatedly been told that his voice was not sufficiently "manly" for these leisurely, achingly romantic ballads. But judging by the present tracks--and despite the inevitable depredations of age, which only give his interpretations an added, rueful vulnerability--this is demonstrably untrue. The singer's reedy tenor, in some cases rescued from high-quality demos with instrumentals recorded posthumously, touches places in a listener's soul that no power-popster with an umpteen-octave range and mud-slides of melisma could remotely approach. Ferrer is joined by BVSC band-mates Rubén González (piano) and Omara Portuondo (vocals) on one tune each and is accompanied by the soulfully rinky-tink piano of Roberto Fonseca, Orlando "Cachaíto" López's sinuous, resonant acoustic bass and Manuel Galbán's sensitive guitar, with Ramses Rodrigues and Emilio del Monte manning trap drums and percussion. Overall, Mi Sueño ("My Dream") has a late-night feeling, as though captured amid an after-hours jam in a smoky, malt-scented Havana nightclub, long after sleeves have been pushed up and chairs piled on the tables. --Christina Roden

Album Description

Mi Sueno is essential listening. Ferrer brings warmth, ease, humor and poignancy to his vocals, where romance is looked back on fondly and still longed for passionately. Featuring "Uno" and "Perfidia," Mi Sueno is a dream everyone can share.

Customer Reviews:

Like fine wine.......2007-07-24

Ibrahim Ferrer shows yet again the finesse and maturity of a well seasoned vocalist who over the years has become better and better. With the Buena Vista sound backing him up he lets loose song after song with the incredible range and confidence only a master can produce. A wonderful posthumos album with his take on several classics. A spellbinding duet with Omar and impeccable rythm that grows on you the more you listen to it. Its wonderful to compare to his more youthful works and see that what he gave up in fiestiness he more than makes up for in sheer class and charisma. A must buy.

Ibrahim sweet for your ears........2007-07-21

We don't hear this kind of music anymore.Ibrahim sings from his soul.Classic boleros with an outstanding band behind him.Don't miss it!

True Cuban Music... .......2007-07-03

Just amazing, I play it over and over! For me it serves as a bridge that brings to reality a cuba that was experienced by a generation that is slowly passing like the Maestro Ibrahim Ferrer. I grew up with this style/era of music in thanks to my grandparents.It allows me to be a part of them and bring to them a little piece of the Cuba they left behind.

The Cuban Nat King Cole.......2007-05-31

Mi Sueno is the kind of CD that you can put on and play over and over again for hours. Ibrahim sings each song with such conviction you feel every note and you know he has been in love and was deeply in love when he sang these songs. Rest in peace Ibrahim! You were indeed God's gift to us while you were on this earth.

Soulful.......2007-04-26

I have quite a few of Ibrahim Ferrer's recorded music and found his boleros (slower songs) quite pleasing and emotional. I would pick the boleros he sang out of all the Buena Vista recordings and put them on my MP3 player because I liked the soulful emotion he envoked when he sang. It's hard to describe in words, sometimes an artist interpretation of a song really touches the soul, Ibrahim was one of these unique artists. I was very pleased to see that there is finally a release of just slow songs, about love and relationships, even if you don't understand the Spanish language, I think you will hear his Cuban soul and warmth penetrate your senses. I must say that in his earlier recordings ( from the original Buena Vista recordings) the tone and clarity of his voice was prime. In this CD, one can hear the aging of his voice a bit, but don't let that deter you from adding this CD to your collection, for such a soulfoul voice only comes about once in a decade or two, and Ibrahim's expressive qualities were as eminently apparent in his earlier years as they were in his late years. This is a good selection of songs, some were very popular, such as "Perfidia," and "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas," others less recognizable, but all suitable for both listening and slow dancing.

Average customer rating: Wonderfully captivating music by the tango master When styles mix Explains It All To Those Wounded in Love Great sex music! Comes from the heart! Piazzolla's Unofficial Interpreter

Hommage A Piazzolla Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Piazzolla, Astor | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Kremer, Gidon | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Tango | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tracing Astor Vivaldi and Piazzolla: Eight Seasons Tango: Zero Hour La Camorra The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night (Tango Apasionado) ASIN: B000005J48 Release Date: 1996-09-24

Tracks:

1. Milonga En Re
2. Vardarito
3. Oblivion
4. Escualo
5. Histoire Du Tango: Cafe 1930
6. Concierto Para Quinteto
7. Soledad
8. Buenos Aires Hora Cero
9. Celos
10. El Sol Sueno (Hommage A Astor Piazzolla)
11. Le Grand Tango

Amazon.com essential recording

Gidon Kremer, who plays the standard violin repertoire so well, has remained a restless explorer of music. Here is his first album of Piazzolla arrangements, introduced by a moving and perceptive assessment of Piazzolla by composer John Adams. Kremer has completely steeped himself in the spirit of the tango, and of Piazzolla's transformation of this music into concert works. The selection (mostly larger-scale Piazzolla works), the varied arrangements, and the compelling quality of the playing make this one of the best albums of this music not involving the composer's own performances. And if you love it, you'll be glad to know that Kremer's second Piazzolla album is also available. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Wonderfully captivating music by the tango master.......2005-10-25

I was introduced to the music of Astor Piazzolla by the more than great violinist Gidon Kremer when he played a virtuosic tango as an encore. Whenever a rich new vein of wonderful music is opened to me, well, it makes for a bright and happy day. Not long after I picked up this CD and I can recommend it to you highly. This is more than just tango dance music, these are serious and contemplative compositions that use the Tango as the vehicle just as the classical and especially Baroque composers used their dance music for instrumental compositions. The music is full of mood, sensuality, rhythm, lush harmonies, dissonance, love, and pain. It is a music of contrasts and never gets too fussy or complicated. It wears its heart on its sleeve and draws us in because it is so charming.

Each piece has its own varied ensemble and the musicians in that ensemble also arrange the music for that track. Kremer leads from the violin in all of them, after all it is his album and his hommage to Piazzolla. However, the instruments used depend on the musical materials and mood of the piece. The piano is used quite a bit, and at times there are wind instruments. The bandoneón is required in tango, as well. It is a kind of concertina that was developed and made in Germany, but adopted in Argentina for the Tango. It has a wonderfully reedy sound and is played with buttons on each side of the bellows. Depending on the model, the note can change or stay the same whether you are pulling the bellows out or pushing them in, but in all of them there are two voices always at the octave and gives the bandoneón its characteristic sound.

The only composition not by Piazzolla is a very interesting tango included as a tribute to the master entitled "El sol sueño" by Jerzy Peterbushsky.

This is good music and a very enjoyable change of pace.

When styles mix.......2005-09-07

I bought this record following a live performance by Gidon Kremer et al. at the Verbier Festival. The mixture of classical music with a dose of jazz on a Latin base produces an interesting result that is quite surprising at first. However, the more one hears, the more the result grows on the listener, just as at the live show where the audience, somewhat stunned at the outset, gave a standing ovation at the end.

Overall, the mélange is pleasant, chill listening to be appreciated by fans of any of the three styles of music.

Explains It All To Those Wounded in Love.......2005-01-16

Ever have a moment where you loved someone so much you hated him?

Ever have a relationship you could not get out of your mouth, your mind, your heart, your system, but that you knew was over and done with forever and ever, and you'd never even see the other again?

Ever feel so happy you wanted to cry? No, sob? Wrenching, wracking sobs? From happiness, now.

Yes?

Have I got a CD for you: Hommage a Piazzolla, featuring Gidon Kremer.

Like many, I suspect, I have a mixed relationship to tango. When I put on a tango CD, I fear I'll be hearing something that sets my teeth to jangling and makes me want to slap someone in the face.

This isn't that. You could listen to most of this while sitting perfectly still, on a window sill, in fact, with the lights down low in your apartment, as you stare out at the rain-slicked city at night. A drink sits on a nearby table, unfinished...you have no will to finish it.

(It's hard not to imagine these things while listening to this music; really, it's all so poetic, cinematic, irresistable.)

At some point, though, you're probably not going to be able to sit still any more, and you'll have to put that rose in your teeth and cut a few moves.

Tango often sounds, to we non-Argentinians, like a parody of itself.

This CD does not.

Rather, when I put it on, not at all sure what to expect, I had one of those epiphanies that art can give you.

I had been brooding over a vexed relationship, one I did not understand, but knew was hurting me, not with any immediacy, but like a sore tooth that could stand to go a few more months before you get over your fear of the dentist to get it fixed.

What bugged me most of all was that I did not understand what was hurting. Rationally, I had no reason to feel troubled.

I put on this CD, with the relationship way in the back of my mind, and I just, immediately thought, "That's it. This music is explaining it all; this music is articulating everything."

Not bad.

This kind of music, music that allows in the true bittersweet of life, the unsolvable, the passion, is all too rare. If music that addresses those qualities is what you crave, this CD might be just what you need.

Great sex music! Comes from the heart!.......2004-07-21

The music and perforamance are so sensually played and achingly beautiful, the hairs on my neck and arms stand up on end. Listen to the opening track and tell me this is not great sex music. Yes, tango is a very sensual art form and this CD is great for those very intimate moments. Of course, sex aside, the music is nothing short of a miracle unto itself. That I was to discover this CD just last year meant I was without it for 7 years since it was released. My life is richer for this and other Piazzolla works done by Kremer.
This CD has become one of those "island" CDs that you would take if you wer so to become deserted on one. You should be so lucky!

Piazzolla's Unofficial Interpreter.......2001-04-12

I first became aware of this CD several years ago as its melancholy strains wafted through the air of a bookstore through which I was browsing. My ears perked up...Piazzolla!!! Upon inquiry, I was shown the CD and I immediately purchased a copy. I couldn't wait to get home and listen to it at elevated volume. What a recording!! Kremer has captured and distilled the essence of Piazzolla's music. Every song is a masterpiece and nearly all of my favorite mid-period Piazzolla compositions are contained within. A special treat is the magnum opus which closes the set, a 12-minute rendering of Le Grand Tango with just Kremer's violin and the restrained passion of Vadim Sakharov's piano to lead your mind into another musical dimension. Gidon Kremer has since recorded a number of Piazzolla-related CDs and in so doing has set himself up as the unofficial interpreter of El Maestro's music. If you like Piazzolla, you are sure to enjoy this CD. I give it my highest recommendation.

Average customer rating: Guitar Music of Barrios

The Great Paraguayan: Guitar Music of Barrios Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Agustín Barrios: Guitar Music, Vol. 2 Barrios: Guitar Music, Vol. 1 Music of Barrios El Diablo Suelto - Guitar Music of Venezuela Lauro: Venezuelan Waltzes for Guitar ASIN: B00077F948 Release Date: 2005-10-18

Customer Reviews:

Guitar Music of Barrios.......2007-06-03

Some of the greatest classical guitar music ever written and played by the master John Williams. I play the classical guitar and have many CDs of guitar music. This is one of the best.

Average customer rating: Very nice and soothing Barrios Defined Good Introduction to Barrios Highly recommended Absoultely the Best Barrios

Barrios: Guitar Music, Vol. 1 Antigoni Goni Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Agustín Barrios: Guitar Music, Vol. 2 Villa-Lobos: Complete Music for Solo Guitar Lauro: Venezuelan Waltzes for Guitar Leo Brouwer: Guitar Music, Vol. 1 Brouwer: Guitar Music, Vol. 2 ASIN: B00005A7JY Release Date: 2001-04-17

Tracks:

1. Maxixe
2. U Sueno En La Floresta
3. Vals, Op.8, No.4
4. Humoresque
5. Sarita (Mazurka)
6. Madrigal - Gavota
7. Vidalita Con Vars
8. Junto A Tu Corazon - Vals
9. Mabelita
10. Tu Y Yo (Gavota Romantica)
11. Villancido De Navidad
12. Pepita
13. Ste Andina: Aconquija
14. Ste Andina: Aire
15. Ste Andina: Cordoba
16. Ste Andina: Cueca

Customer Reviews:

Very nice and soothing.......2007-02-01

We play this CD when we're feeling mellow, or when we're trying to put our 2-year-old daughter to bed. I could swear the third track is part of the soundtrack to "The Third Man."

Barrios Defined.......2006-07-07

I should have written this years ago when I first got this recording. I host a half-hour program of music for guitar called Silver Moonbeams on WHRO FM 90.3 in Norfolk VA. I have all the Barrios recordings, and this is simply the best. Antigoni Goni knows and loves this music. Her timing and phrasing are superb. Her touch on the instrument is light and just right. In short, in my opinion, this is the very finest Barrios recording available. Many guitarists are competent, a few are brilliant and just a handful play music for the Gods. Antigoni Goni is definitely in the latter category.

Good Introduction to Barrios.......2005-03-30

I got this and David Russell's Barrios CD about the same time. The Penguin Guide to CDs gives this CD a three star - outstanding - rating; they also rate John Williams' Barrios recordings highly, but don't mention the David Russell Barrios recording.

This is Volume 1 of a projected series of Barrios' guitar music. It is my first time hearing Antigoni Goni who is excellent, leading me to want to hear her other recordings as well as live in recital.

There isn't too much overlap between her and Russell in Barrios, making getting both CDs worth it if you like Barrios.

Excellent recording quality.

Highly recommended.......2003-07-25

Playing Barrios requires more than just excellent technique. The performer has to capture the darkness in the light passages, like a yearning in moments of gaiety..Also, capture the light in the dark passages, as a ray of optimissim in moments of sorrow. Ms Goni captures all these emotions profoundly in this highly recommended CD.

The programme features rarely heard gems like Humouresque, Pepita, and the magical Tu y Yo. Her expressive phrasing often breathes new life into the often played works such as Maxixe, Junto a Tu Corazon, Vals no4.

Romantic guitar music, with Latin American folkloric influence

Absoultely the Best Barrios.......2002-03-27

This is one of my favorite CDs. You've never heard Barrios like this!

Average customer rating: If you only purchase one Soda Stereo CD... Soda Stereo decided to leave with a bang!! No pasa de moda... Soda en su maximo Exelente Sueño De Soda

Sueño Stereo Soda Stereo Manufacturer: Sony International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Argentina | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Rock en Español | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Comfort y Música Para Volar: Unplugged Dynamo Signos Canción Animal Soda Stereo ASIN: B000005LY7 Release Date: 2007-03-02

Tracks:

1. Ella Uso Mi Cabeza Como Un Revolver
2. Disco Eterno
3. Zoom
4. Ojo De La Tormenta
5. Efecto Doppler
6. Paseando Por Roma
7. Pasos
8. Angel Electrico
9. Crema De Estrellas
10. Planta
11. X-Playo
12. Moire

Customer Reviews:

If you only purchase one Soda Stereo CD..........2007-02-28

...you'd be doing yourself a tremendous disservice, but that's beside the point. Of their entire output, this is the disc with which to start.

Then again, I'm biased. I bought the CD when it first came out, and it was the first CD of theirs I owned. I don't think I listened to much else for about a month after that, and it's still in heavy rotation ten years later.

In the other reviews, you'll see comparisons to a number of other bands that influenced Soda Stereo, and whose sounds echo faintly here. But this isn't just imitation; the band have made their influences their own to a degree that you have to listen hard sometimes to pick them up. It's a fuller, more mature work than a lot of their earlier recordings (where the outside influences are much more pronounced).

That said, the one disc that I'd compare this to is Radiohead's "OK Computer," in terms of its complexity and originality. Where it differs, though, is in the outlook of the bands' respective front men, and how that effects the music. "Suen~o Stereo" doesn't have the icy, alienated detachment that informs so much of Radiohead's work. Everything about this--Gustavo Cerati's music and lyrics, as well as his playing and that of Charly Alberti and Zeta Bosio--is engaged, and engaging, from the driven "Ella Uso Mi Cabeza Como Un Revolver" (quite a mouthful for a non-Spanish speaker like me) and "Paseando Por Roma" to the Eno-esque atmospherics that dominate the disc's second half.

Forget for a minute that this is Rock En Espan~ol, and never mind if you don't speak Spanish. This is an album that transcends language, and transcends time: it sounds as fresh, and sometimes as startling, now as it did when it came out, and there aren't too many albums of which you can say that.

Soda Stereo decided to leave with a bang!!.......2004-11-30

Once again this band has outdone itself. They broke up in 1997, but decided to leave us with this great album, Sueno Stereo. I always said that Soda Stereo was ahead of its time, and this album is evidence of that. Even 10 years after this recording, this album still sounds like it may been recorded yesterday because it sounds so fresh and modern, unlike anything you've heard before. I highly recommend everyone, whether you're a Soda fan or not, to purchase this album. You will not regret it.

No pasa de moda..........2004-11-17

Este album esta muy adelantado a su epoca. Es más, han pasado casi diez años, y este disco todavía suena fresco, coo hecho este año. Es sin duda uno de los mejores de Soda. Basta con escuchar a la rockera "Ella uso mi cabeza...." o las guitarras de Disco Eterno, para darse cuenta de la genialidad de este disco. No es un album ordinario.

Soda en su maximo.......2004-06-13

Este disco de Soda los pone a la par de cualquier banda a nivel mundial, tremendas canciones y letras, perfectamente concebidas, logradas y terminadas.

Otra cosa que se puede apreciar aca, es que el estilo se acerca mas a la onda que toma Cerati y por esto es como un anuncio de futuro rompimiento de la banda.

Exelente Sueño De Soda.......2004-05-24

este cd de soda para mi personalmente a sido uno de los mejores de ellos su elaboracion y letras de sus canciones, lastima q no existan mas como banda, en su concierto en venezuela fue el mejor q e visto en su genero inolvidable, pero el ciclo se cerro con exelecia y trabajo.
muy bueno!!

Average customer rating: One of he greatest voice ever! overall Beautiful

Zarzuela Arias & Duets Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Caballé, Montserrat | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Spanish & Portugese | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Caballe, Montserrat | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Caballé, Montserrat | ( C ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Preludes & Choruses From Zarzuelas Romanzas de Zarzuelas Zarzuela: Spanish Operetta On the Wings Of Song and Zarzuela Arias - Victoria de los Angeles Gitano ASIN: B000003FW6 Release Date: 1995-09-04

Tracks:

1. El Rey que rabi?: Mi t?o se figura
2. El Caser?o: Bueno d?as
3. La Canci?n del olvido: Marinela, Marinela
4. El Cabo primero: Yo quiero a un hombre
5. La Leyenda Del Beso: Amor, mi raza sabe conquistar
6. Bohemios: No quiero que sepa que aqu? vengo yo
7. La generala: Mi dulce sueno de adolescente
8. MARINA: Pensar en ?l
9. La Dolores: !Dolores m ... ! Aquu!
10. El Nino jud?o: De Espana vengo
11. Luisa Fernanda: Caballero del alto plumero
12. La Rosa del Azafr?n: No me duele que se vaya
13. Don Gil de AlcalBendita cruz
14. El D?o de la Africana: Comprende lo grave de mi situaci?n

Customer Reviews:

One of he greatest voice ever!.......2007-01-10

A privilege to hear this wonderful voice in these native, for her, works.

overall.......2006-03-16

Great recording
Great music selection, Great orchestration

Every thing is what I was looking for.
I wish you had the same subjects in DVD
Thank you

Beautiful.......2001-09-29

This is a must have if you are not familiar with zarzuela (Madrid's response to Vienna's operetta). It's a nice combination of arias sung by Caballe in beautiful voice and joined by her husband tenor Bernabe Marti for the duets. The CD comes with translations for non Spanish speaking which will greatly improve your satisfaction.
Caballe is in as beautful voice as ever and feels at home with this non very taxing repertoire. She doesn't overindulge in her other times frequent "floatiness" and is very expressive throughout. Thogh sometimes when some coloratura is needed she tends to drop the consonants blurring her enunciation of the words. We are used to this from her opera recordings though she's not as bad as Sutherland.
Marti is a nice tenor but is not in the same league as Caballe. That's why he never got star recognition though he made a few recordings whith his wife, like Bellini's "Il Pirata". His is a lyrical tenor, a little throaty but with nice projection of the sound. He sounds a little strained over the "passagio" but hits all the notes. More importantly, he compensates for his lack of vocal lustre with burning impersonations of his characters. Passionate and burning in some, tender and caressing in others. In this respect is better than his wife who is a little more doll like hidding behind her vocal resources. So I specially enjoyed the many and varied duets in this recording.
Strongly recommended.

Average customer rating: One of the BEST guitar cds ever! OLE

Tango Argentino Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Piazzolla, Astor | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Latin American Guitar Music Guitar Music of Argentina Guitar Music from Cuba Manhã de Carnaval Guitar Music of Argentina ASIN: B0000ZKRTE Release Date: 2004-02-17

Tracks:

1. Kite-Flying Dream
2. Milonga Of Confusion
3. The Last Woman
4. Libertango
5. The Day You Love Me
6. Coming Back
7. Military Tap
8. Melancholic
9. Nostalgic
10. South
11. For The Tilingos
12. Farewell Nonino
13. Midnight In Buenos Aries
14. Jacinto Chiclana
15. Triumphal
16. La Recoleta
17. Milonga Of My Loves
18. 71 Milonga

Amazon.com

If you want to find out if you'll enjoy this collection of guitar transcriptions, listen to track 7, the "Military Tap" by Mariano Mores. If you can resist the ingenuity of the arrangement and the verve of the performance, this disc is not for you. For further evidence, try track 13, Astor Piazzolla's "Midnight in Buenos Aires," an amazing example of Villadangos's imagination as an arranger. This guitarist, who comes from Buenos Aires himself, has obviously absorbed the tango tradition and idiom completely. You might think guitar solo arrangements would be disappointing, lacking the inherent color of the typical tango band. Not so in this exhilarating collection, which also juxtaposes internationally known tango composers like Piazzolla and Carlos Gardel with others much less well known. Villadangos also supplies his own helpful program notes for this completely satisfying, memorable recital. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

One of the BEST guitar cds ever!.......2006-12-27

This is by far one of the best guitar CDs and the best performance I have ever heard. So far I have 3 cds from Villadangos and they are all brilliant. Strongly recommended!

OLE.......2004-06-07

This is a wonderful album of acoustic guitar music. I've always loved the Tango and the so-called "classical" guitar. This album brings them together delightfully. The album transports me to a smoke-filled Argentinean nightclub where the Tango is danced very passionately. I agree with the review to this album; tract 13 is wonderful.
If you are into the Tango or guitar music or just want to be transported, in your mind, to a different time and place, buy this disc.

Average customer rating: Barrrio's belongs in every classical music lovers collection

Agustín Barrios: Guitar Music, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Barrios: Guitar Music, Vol. 1 The Great Paraguayan: Guitar Music of Barrios Villa-Lobos: Complete Music for Solo Guitar Brouwer: Guitar Music, Vol. 2 Lauro: Venezuelan Waltzes for Guitar ASIN: B000088DUA Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

1. Invocacion A Mi Madre
2. Preludio (Saudade)
3. Andante Religioso
4. Allegro Solemne
5. Confesion
6. Cancion De La Hilandera
7. Oracion (Plegaria)
8. Madrecita
9. La Samaritana
10. El Sueno De La Munequita
11. Contemplacion
12. Oracion Para Todos
13. Minuet in B Major
14. Minuet in E Major
15. Minuet in A Major
16. Minuet in C Major
17. Divagacion En Imitacion Al Violin
18. Variations On A Theme Of Tarrega

Customer Reviews:

Barrrio's belongs in every classical music lovers collection.......2006-09-05

This volume is played with the same mastery of Barrio's as Volume 1 from Naxos. As much as i liked volume 1 this collection is from his later period and contains nothing but masterpieces is even better. While he is famous for the Cathedral each piece on this disc is completey different and moving. I must thank Naxos for releasing these disc because I never would have heard of Barrio's.
According to the notes Barrio's is considered by many to be the best composr of music for guitar.
I would go even further by saying Barrio's belongs in every classical music collection not just people who like guitar music. He is a master and creates powerfully beautiful works.

Average customer rating: must have performance at this price From Marietta, GA Essential OK, but a little over-rated! simply an exstatic performance

Laureate Series: Guitar Carlo Domeniconi , Joaquin Rodrigo , Federico Mompou , Agustin Barrios-Mangore , Leo Brouwer , and Antigoni Goni Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ana Vidovic Guitar Recital Barrios: Guitar Music, Vol. 1 Villa-Lobos: Complete Music for Solo Guitar Jason Vieaux Elena Papandreou: Laureate Series Guitar ASIN: B0000014FB Release Date: 1998-07-17

Tracks:

1. Koyunbaba: Suite For Guitar, Op. 19: I Moderato - II Mosso - III Cantabile - IV Presto
2. Invocaci Danza - Hommage a Manuel de Falla
3. Suite Compostelana: I Preludio
4. Suite Compostelana: II Coral
5. Suite Compostelana: III Cuna
6. Suite Compostelana: IV Recitativo
7. Suite Compostelana: V Canci
8. Suite Compostelana: VI Mua
9. Un Suen la Floresta
10. El Decameregro: I: El arpa del Guerriero
11. El Decameregro: II: La huida de los amantes por el Valle de los Ecos
12. El Decameregro: III: Ballada de la doncella enamorada

Customer Reviews:

must have performance at this price.......2003-10-16

i'm not very experienced with listening to guitar music but i have been studying piano for 16 years now (i'm 20) and i know a good instrumental recital when i hear one. this is one guys: fresh lyricism and flawless technique. although those looking for 'fire' in a guitar performance probably won't find it completely satisfactory, but superb technique and the way it enables her to shape the subtle details makes this a very desirable cd... at naxos price... anyone slightly interested should get this

From Marietta, GA.......2003-05-09

This is a superb CD recorded by one of the best young players in the world. A composition like "Koyunbaba" played by two world-class classical guitarists should indeed be different, each interpretes it in their own characteristic way and that's what makes it so great. Having said that, I personally found her version to be more expressive and musical although the great John Williams' version is technically mindboggling and superb as always.

Essential.......2003-03-03

This cd is a must for the first 2 pieces alone! Gonis performance of Koyunbaba is (for me) far greater than the legendary Williams' recording. This version is unhurried, and massively progressive, utilising every note and passage to work the whole monumental piece. Invocation y danza is arguably greater than Williams' recording also..truly mesmerising. There are other highlights here, such as Dream in the magic garden by Barrios.

OK, but a little over-rated!.......2002-05-20

I don't like negativity, but after reading all these rave reviews I felt I had to add my two cents. This isn't a bad CD, I think it's pretty good....but it's a little slow (if not to say boring at times). I would rather just hear the last two movements of Mompou's "Suite Compostelana" - like Scott Tennant recorded on "Wild Mountain Thyme". I think the main reason I'm writing this though is the comment another reviewer made about her version of Domeniconi's "Koyunbaba" making John Williams sound like a "schoolboy"! I have both John Williams' "The Guitarist" and this CD----believe me, it isn't even close! John Williams version is absolutely incredible (as is his entire CD, a much better selection of repertoire) and makes Ms. Goni's version seem somewhat lame.

simply an exstatic performance.......2001-03-01

She is the best of her generation and one of the top female guitarists in the world - and obviously she will be in the years to come. Anyone who believes otherwise must listen her...

Average customer rating: Beware! two old CDs reissued with a new name A reworking of a prior disc - but now with 2 CDs perfect by candlelight or in the office

Spanish Music of Travel and Discovery/ The Waverly Consort Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Waverly Consort | ( W ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Music for the Spanish Kings Secular Music from Christian and Jewish Spain Armada: Music from the Courts of England and Spain Waverly Consort Christmas Sephardic Romances ASIN: B00004TQR2 Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

1. Ayo Visto Lo Mappamundi
2. Viva Gran Re Don Fernando
3. Una Sanosa Porfia
4. Imrpovisations On Tres Moricas M'enamoran/Tres Moricas M'enamoran
5. B'tayhi-M'saddar
6. Nunca Fue Pena Mayor
7. Ay Santa Maria
8. Virgen, Bendita Sin Par
9. El Cervel
10. En Memoria D'Alixandre
11. La Alta ('La Spagna')
12. Pase El Agoa, Ma Julieta
13. Oy Comamos Y Bebamos
14. El Paso Del Mar Rojo
15. Ah, El Novio No Quere Dinero!
16. Kyrie: Ayo Visto Lo Mappamundi
17. Ayo Visto Lo Mappamundi
18. Improvisations On Ayo Visto Lo Mappamundi

Tracks:

1. O Virgo Splendens
2. Stella Splendens In Monte
3. Laudemus Virginem/Splendens Ceptigera
4. Los Set Gotxs Recomptarem
5. Cuncti Simus Concanentes
6. Polorum Regina
7. Mariam Matrem Virginem
8. Imperayritz De La Ciutat Ioyosa
9. Ad Mortem Festinamus
10. Ondas Do Mar De Vigo/Mandad' Ei Comigo
11. Mia Irmana Fremosa/Ay Deus, Se Sab' Ora
12. Quantas Sabades Amar Amigo/Eno Sagrado En Vigo/Ay Ondas Que En Vin Veer
13. Santa Maria, Strela Do Dia
14. El Buesca Del Padre
15. Las Hermanas Reina Y Cautiva
16. El Sueno De La Hija

Customer Reviews:

Beware! two old CDs reissued with a new name.......2006-08-02

I bought this CD with great anticipation because I love Spanish music of this era. To my disappointment, this was not a new recording, but a reissue of two CDs I already own: "1492: Music from the Age of Discovery" and "Traveler." If you don't have these CDs already, this double set is a great bargain. But check your CD rack before buying!

A reworking of a prior disc - but now with 2 CDs.......2006-01-27

I was pleased to see that one of my favorite CDs had not really gone out of print, but was reworked into this title and now with a bonus CD. Even though I own the original "Music from the Age of Discovery 1492", I'll probably buy this disc just for the extras. Very nice mood music, lots of variety, exotic instruments and lovely voices.

perfect by candlelight or in the office.......2000-10-20

i've owned this CD for several years, and never tire of it. weather i'm curled up with a book, or just in the office with headphones on, it's appropriate for any occasion (outside a raucus party). i highly suggest it if you're interested in exotic, mystical, and festive tunes.

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