Con El Alma

1. Bulería de la Mocita [Bulería a Palo Seco]

2. Agua, Tierra, Fuego y Aire [Canción Por Bulería]

3. Cantiñas del Marinero [Cantiñas]

4. Yo Soy de Jerez [Bulerías de Cai]

5. Latíos de Muerte [Siguiriya]

6. Permita Dios [Soleá Por Bulería]

7. Conmigo [Tangos de Pastora]

8. Con el Sol Por Testigo [Trilla]

9. Que M'Ha Hecho [Taranto]

10. Bulería del "Desenamoro" [Bulería]

11. No Quiero Ná Con la Luna [Malagueña]

Con El Alma,Tomasa La Macanita,Naive,Flamenco,Int'l & World Music,Pop,Spain & Portugal,Spanish

Average customer rating: one of the best for traditional jerez cante, w/ great guitar

Con El Alma Tomasa La Macanita Manufacturer: Ethnic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Flamenco | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000AXXB Release Date: 1995-06-06

Tracks:

1. Buleria a Palo Seco
2. Cancion Por Buleria
3. Cantinas
4. Bulerias de Cai
5. Siguirya
6. Sole Por Buleria
7. Tangos de Pastora
8. Trilla
9. Taranto
10. Buleria
11. Malague

Customer Reviews:

one of the best for traditional jerez cante, w/ great guitar.......2002-10-22

I have a large collection of Spanish flamenco CDs, and this is one of my favorites, that I come back to time and again. La Macanita has great power and soul in her voice, and the guitars of Moraito and Parrilla have that undeniable Jerez rhythm, and some beautiful melodic statements and falsetas as well. Whether you're a diehard flamenco fan, or are just beginning to explore real flamenco (and have tired, or never liked, that lukewarm Ottmar Liebert junk), give this one a try. Raw in emotion and flavor, polished in technique, excellent compositions almost to a number. I highly recommend it.

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Con el Alma Desnuda Los Rehenes , and Javier Torres Manufacturer: Fonovisa Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Tejano | Latin Music | Styles | Music Grupero | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mexico | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000GPIDTY Release Date: 2006-08-22

Tracks:

1. Burlate de Mi
2. Que Manera de Perderte
3. NiNo Se Enamoran
4. Con el Alma Desnuda
5. Si Dios Fuera Ilegal
6. Echale Piedras al Rio
7. Vuelve Pronto
8. Con la Cola Entre las Patas
9. Mi Eva
10. Martes 13

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Con Toda El Alma Alfredo Gutierrez Manufacturer: Sonolux Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Colombia | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Colombia | South & Central America | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fiesta Colombiana ASIN: B000002FVK Release Date: 1996-04-23

Tracks:

1. Con Todo El Alma
2. Vallenato
3. Me Le Dice A Mi Negra
4. La Naturaleza
5. Prendeme La Vela
6. Como Cali No Hay Dos
7. Zipote Luto
8. Besitos
9. Para Que Llorar
10. Negra
11. Homenaje A Los Juglares
12. Aquel Inmenso Amor
13. Como Una Flor

Average customer rating: Pifarro's Best Album! Fun, syncopated music from Piffaro, the Renaissance Band. Renaissance Music is Anything but Boring! Fun music

Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Canzoni e Danze: Wind Music from Renaissance Italy Chansons et Danceries (French Renaissance Wind Music) Codex Faenza: Instrumental Music of the Early 15th Century Medieval Dance Music ASIN: B000001GYR Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

1. La guerra
2. Calata ala spagnola
3. Fantasia del cuarto tono
4. Chacona ytaliana: 'Sencilla pastora'
5. Chacona: 'Un sarao de la chacona'
6. Espanyoleta - Gayta
7. Adoramoste, Senor
8. Si habra en este baldres?
9. [Untitled motet]
10. Crux Fidelis - Panis Angelicus - Crux fidelis
11. Puesque me tienes, Miguel
12. De la piel de sus ovejas
13. Parce mihi
14. Alli in Midbar - Canario
15. Sospiros, pues que descansa
16. Recuerde el alma dormida
17. Huyd, huyd, o ciegos amadores
18. Propinan de Meylor
19. Ay Jhesual frayle!
20. Ojos claros y serenos
21. Yntolerable rrayo!
22. Pois con tanta graca
23. Villano
24. Paradetas
25. Baile a finale

Customer Reviews:

Pifarro's Best Album!.......2003-07-08

Although Pifarro has released some wonderful stuff in the past couple of years, "Los Ministriles" is still, in my opinion, their best offering to date. Simply, this recording is a delight, and although I've heard it dozens of times, it always remains fresh and enjoyable upon each re-aquaintance. There is something about music from the Spanish renaissance that sets it apart from almost anything being written in Europe at the time, and Pifarro captures the fun, spontanaity and pure beauty that this music exudes from note one. Highly recommended.

Fun, syncopated music from Piffaro, the Renaissance Band........2002-11-25

The full title of this album is "Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music", and it features a wide variety of genteel and folksy tunes that would have been played by multi-instrumentalist minstrels employed by the nobles and clergy of the time. Originally founded in 1980 as the Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band, Piffaro took its current name from the Italian version of "Pfeifer", or piper. And indeed, this group boasts a wide variety of wind instruments: entire families of shawms, recorders and crumhorns; along with sackbuts, a bass dulcian and various bagpipes; accompanied by Spanish essentials such as harp, vihuela, guitar and percussion. The lively and intricate syncopation of Renaissance Spanish compositions lends a distinctive character to this CD in comparison with the group's other releases, which are also very good. Try their Flemish and German recordings too--"A Flemish Feast: Flemish Renaissance Wind Music" and "Stadtpfeiffer: Music of Renaissance Germany".

Renaissance Music is Anything but Boring!.......2000-03-20

I will admit an immediate bias for this recording, as my Renaissance Music instructor's husband is one of the players. However, leaving that fact out entirely, this disc, like all of Piffaro's recordings, is a joy. I listen to them everywhere, especially when I need to stay awake on long drives. To hear such difficult ensemble instruments as shawms, krumhorns and recorders in a resonant environment, played perfectly in tune is rare. This particular disc ranges from organ-like works for recorder consort to rousing dances like ¡Si abrá in este baldres! Unlike CDs that contain lengthy masses with no lighter interludes (although these are equally gorgeous, especially the Gabrielli Consort's Moralès Mass for the Feast of St. Isidore), Piffaro's CDs are widely varied in terms of instrumentation, style, tempo and inflection. I have played this for many people who claim to not like early music and have had much favorable response, not to mention the personal enjoyment and sheer fun!

Fun music.......1998-11-21

Much of this CD is typical Renaissance music with period instruments: a delight to listen to, but sounding a lot like other Renaissance delights. What I found really unique is that this is the first selection of Renaissance music which I'm familiar with that includes bagpipes among the instuments. Crumhorns and sackbuts are nice but familiar; the bagpipe selections blew me away.

Average customer rating: A lovely sing along. Isagani Urgino Domingo's "continuing tradition" is one worth ending! Domingo's "continuing tradition" is one worth ending!

Placido Domingo: Songs of Love Daniel A. Robles , Jacob Gade , Richard Tauber , Eugene Kohn , Bebu Silvetti , John J. Dee , Bill Ross , Rafael Solano , Julio Hernandez , Orlando Hernandez , Peter Horton , Charles Boito , Joseph Meyer , Amy Shulman , Ramon Stagnaro , Joel Timm , James Walker , and Woodward, Gary Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Domingo, Placido | ( D ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Placido Domingo: A Love Until The End Of Time Be My Love The Broadway I Love Por Amor The Domingo Songbook ASIN: B00004W4MV Release Date: 2000-09-04

Tracks:

1. Love Story
2. O Sole Mio
3. Be My Love
4. Sabor A Mi
5. Somewhere My Love
6. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor
7. Spanish Eyes
8. Sabras Que Te Quiero
9. Aquellos Ojos Verdes
10. Alma Latina
11. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
12. El Condor Pasa
13. Jealousy Tango
14. Love Be My Guiding Star

Amazon.com

If the concept of an operatic tenor plying the pop charts with a broad range of songs d'amour is hardly a new one (see also Mario Lanza and Luciano Pavarotti), it's one that has enduring appeal, especially when entrusted to the talents of an established master like Placido Domingo. Culled from his albums De mi alma Latina ("From My Latin Soul") (volumes 1 and 2) and Be My Love, this collection ably finds the common ground between Hollywood and La Scala, and wends its way through a Latin-inflected romantic songbook that stretches from Rome to Rio. Whether mining the sentiments of filmdom's Francis Lai ("Love Story") and Maurice Jarre ("Somewhere My Love") or pop standards like Bert Kaempfert's "Spanish Eyes" and "Somewhere over the Rainbow," Domingo infuses them all with a grace and drama that belie the sometimes overly precious arrangements that back his efforts. The singer has aimed for timelessness here, and largely hit the mark. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

A lovely sing along........2007-01-03

We teach voice improvement for singing and speaking so it is heart warming to be able to use such an incredible master to sing along with
in our mother language of English.
Michael White, Director, The Optimal Breathing Institute

Isagani Urgino.......2006-08-08

Placido Domingo is a legend and this CD only prooves that he is not only a legend in the field of Opera but as well as popular music (Crosover). Excellent interpretation. I love it.

Domingo's "continuing tradition" is one worth ending!.......2001-06-28

Classical artists' attempts to cross over to the many varied popular music genres, and vice versa, are rarely pleasant experiences especially for informed and knowing devotees on either side. Domingo's is by far is not only one of the worst but one of the saddest. Domingo's own liner notes attests to the "huge influence" and "lasting inspiration" that the sources of these popular songs had on him. Domingo must have devoted a remarkably great degree of effort overcoming these to become one of this generation's great classical vocalists. But despite this Herculean effort, they tragically resurfaced as evidenced by the universally poor quality of virtually every element of this album. The recordings of Florence Foster Jenkins illustrate well what happens when someone doesn't know any better. Domingo does know better and still couldn't help himself proving bad habits never die. That is what makes Jenkins' effort so funny and, regrettably, what makes Domingo's so sad. The great Domingo "tradition" is more than well documneted in so many previous wonderful recordings and this CD clearly demonstrates he has little left to do in the studio except discredit himself. But he's is only following the same path so many before have traveled in their declining years. And as usual, those in the know are amazed but never surprised.

Domingo's "continuing tradition" is one worth ending!.......2001-06-27

Classical artists' attempts to cross over to the many varied popular music genres, and vice versa, are rarely pleasant experiences especially for informed and knowing devotees on either side. Domingo's is by far is not only one of the worst but one of the saddest. Domingo's own liner notes attests to the "huge influence" and "lasting inspiration" that the sources of these popular songs had on him. Domingo must have devoted a remarkably great degree of effort overcoming these to become one of this generation's great classical vocalists. But despite this Herculean effort, they tragically resurfaced as evidenced by the universally poor quality of virtually every element of this album. The recordings of Florence Foster Jenkins illustrate well what happens when someone doesn't know any better. Domingo does know better and still couldn't help himself proving, once again, bad habits never die. That is what makes Jenkins' effort so funny and, regrettably, what makes Domingo's so pittifully sad. The lasting Domingo tradition was documented on recordings many years ago and "Songs of Love" represents all that's left for him to do in the studio. Like so many before him, he's simply following an all too familiar path in his declining artistic years. Those in the know are always amazed but never surprised.

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Con el Alma Entre Las Manos Yahir Manufacturer: Warner Music Latina ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mexico | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: No Te Apartes de Mi Yahir Otra Historia de Amor El Mundo Se Equivoca No Te Apartes de Mi ASIN: B000I0QJIE Release Date: 2006-09-26

Tracks:

1. Si Tu Me Faltas
2. Si Te Vas
3. Maldito Amor
4. Lo Que No Sabes
5. Casi, Casi Mia
6. El Amor
7. Teresa
8. Aguanta Corazon
9. SUlce Bendicion
10. No Seamos Tontos
11. Y Me Acuerdo
12. La Mujer

Average customer rating: Chapala Summers

Con Toda El Alma Sheila Rios Manufacturer: Sony International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mexico | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006YXGH Release Date: 2002-10-29

Customer Reviews:

Chapala Summers.......2004-07-12

Sheila's songs bring me back to warm summer trips to Lake Chapala on our Tia's bus. It is and was enchanting. I highly recommend this CD for anyone who has ever loved Mexico and it's Canciones de amor y la vida. Ole, Sheilita! Bring us another CD soon!

Average customer rating: Another highlight in Garrido's discography Vividly atmospheric "Fiesta"! Translation between centuries

Fiesta Criolla (Bonus Dvd) Ensemble Elyma , and Garrido Manufacturer: K617 Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006JIQ3 Release Date: 2003-01-14

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This "fiesta" is in honor of the Virgin, and contains music by Roque Jacinto de Chavarria, a Brazilian Baroque composer (1688-1719), Juan de Araujo (Chavarria's teacher) and others. Don't let their unfamiliarity and the unfamiliarity of the other composers/arrangers on this CD put you off--all the music is flavorful, solid, Baroque fare, and much of it is rhythmically propulsive with an exciting Latin beat. Musicologist Bernardo Illari has put it all together to create a thrilling, vastly entertaining, and unique experience. It winds ups as a veritable pageant, beginning with a drummed entry into the cathedral, followed by the polyphonic sections alternating with purely instrumental ones and some nice monophony as well. Needless to say, Garrido leads his large instrumental and vocal forces with verve and understanding. The CD comes with a DVD including an interview with Garrido and some rehearsal footage which should have been more gripping if they were to include it at all--but why look a gift-horse in the mouth? --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

Another highlight in Garrido's discography.......2005-06-09

Firstly, full agreement with the review immediately below.

The disc probably should perhaps have been entitled Chavarria - selected works, since this otherwise unknown native Bolivian composer (1688-1719) doesn't appear to ever have had a disc in his name yet dominates the tracklisting. Though one can understand Garrido wanting to celebrate an "event", a "context", rather than a single composer, along the lines that Paul McCreesh is perhaps best known for in his San Rocco, Venetian Coronation, recordings and so on. Garrido has of course done this kind of "context" disc before, as have other artists in the K617 label's Les Chemins du Baroque series.

Chavarria's boistrous Spanish settings consist of villancicos, salves, and a bullfight. They are complimented by Latin motets from Flores, Guzman, and anonymous. As usual in K617's full price releases (though not reissues) the documentation is superb - essays in French English and Spanish and original texts with French translations. Generous timing at 78'19. Plus the free DVD of course.

Vividly atmospheric "Fiesta"!.......2005-05-07

This recording aims to recapture something of the exuberance of the musical celebrations surrounding the 'Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe', in La Plata (now Sucre) in early 18th century Bolivia [complete track listing given at the end of this review]. Much of the programme focuses on works by the talented (but hitherto largely neglected) Roque Jacinto de Chavarria (1688-1719); these are complemented with pieces by his [New-World] contemporaries, some better known (such as Juan de Araujo), others not. Listeners new to this repertory may be struck by the archaic style of some pieces, though they make sense in the context of contemporary Iberian music (in particular the villancicos of Juan Frances de Iribarren [1698-1767]). Other pieces, in contrast, are more typical of the Italian Baroque style, such as Chavarria's Salve regina 'Parajillos madrugad!' [track 13].

The performances by Ensemble Elyma (supplemented with the ensemble Ars Longa de La Havane and the Cor Vivaldi, Els Petits Cantors de Catalunya) are outstanding - indeed, I believe this is one of the finest recordings of New World Baroque music currently available. Most pieces are given a suitably colouristic interpretation - voices, strings [bowed and plucked], wind instruments [loud and soft] and occasionally percussion - as it seems was most probably the case in the original performances (interested readers should consult literature by Robert Stevenson and Steven Barwick etc). The programme also includes some fascinating dance-songs taken from the manuscripts of Don Baltasar Martinez Companon (a pioneering ethnomusicologist and also Bishop of Trujillo, 1779-89), which bear the hallmarks of music which can be heard to this day in South America. Whether such pieces would have been as orchestrated as they are here is perhaps a matter for conjecture, although it is impossible not to be carried away by the brilliance of Garrido's interpretations! [The original manuscripts are accompanied by Companon's own watercolour illustrations, which depict musicians - sometimes native Indians, sometimes Creoles or Africans - in small groups, playing a mixture of Western instruments (like harp and guitar) and traditional ones such as the quijada and the cajita].

The CD also includes a free DVD with extracts from a concert of this programme, and an interview with Gabriel Garrido. Highly recommended!

Track listing:

1. Todo el mundo en general - (?)Francisco Corra de Arauxo

2. Angeles, al facistol! - anon. villancico, Sucre
3. Paraninfos alados (Salve) - Chavarria
4. Tota pulchra es, Maria - Andres Flores (1690-1754)

5. Morenita con gracia es Maria - (?) Araujo
6. A la flor del Alba - Chavarria

7. Alegria, risa, ha! (Salve) - Chavarria
8. Alegrese la tierra - Chavarria
9. La matutina estrella - anon. Bolivian, trans. Melchior Mercado
10. Cachua serranita - anon. (Martinez Companon manuscripts)

11. Maria todo es Maria - anon trans. Amedee Frezier (Chili, c.1713) and Flores

12. Sigueritos risuenos - Chavarria
13. Parajillos madrugad (Salve) - Chavarria
14. Sub tuum praesidium - Blas Tardio de Guzman (c.1695-1762)

15. Oigan las fiestas de toros - Chavarria
16. Baile de toritos - anon. trans. Mercado

17. a) verset du 8e ton (organ) - Martin i Coll
b) Toquen Alarma - Chavarria
18. Salve Regina (a 8) - (?)Guzman
19. Lanchas para bailar - anon., Martinez Companon manuscripts

Translation between centuries.......2003-04-23

Fiesta Criolla, is a true representation of a Latino-American "party" that reveals the religious spirits the Colonial period had. It truly makes you feel as you were living it.

Average customer rating: Haunting Renaissance music Excellent, as usual. Absolutely gorgeous!

Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD 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 Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Canzoni e Danze: Wind Music from Renaissance Italy Pleasures of the Royal Courts Music for the Spanish Kings Panorama: Dances of the Renaissance Isabel I: Reina de Castilla ASIN: B00008AD9Z Release Date: 2003-06-10

Tracks:

1. La Guerra
2. Calata Ala Spagnola
3. Fantasia Del Cuarto Tono
4. Chacona Ytaliana: 'Sencilla Pastora'
5. Chacona: 'Una Sarao De La Chacona'
6. Espanyoleta - Gayta
7. Adoramoste, Senor
8. Si Habra En Este Baldres?
9. (Untitled Motet)
10. Crux Fidelis - Panis Angelicus
11. Puesque Me Tienes, Miguel
12. De La Piel De Sus Ovejas
13. Parce Mihi
14. Alli In Midbar - Canario
15. Sospiros, Pues Que Descansa
16. Recuerde El Alma Dormida
17. Huyd, Huyd, O Ciegos Amadores
18. Propinan De Melyor
19. Ay Jhesus, Que Mal Frayle!
20. Ojos Claros Y Serenos
21. Yntolerable Rrayo!
22. Pois Con Tanta Graca
23. Villano
24. Paradetas
25. Baile A Finale

Customer Reviews:

Haunting Renaissance music.......2006-07-03

I saw a performance by the Globe Theatre that included a wonderful 5-piece English Renaissance musical ensemble. I went looking for some music like that --- music that included viols, lute, wind, reed, and percussion instruments. The particular sound wasn't easy to find, despite a plethora of English Renaissance CDs. This album of Spanish music from the 15th and 16th centuries actually came closer to the sound I was looking for. It alternates between haunting minor key melodies --- pavanes and the like --- and faster, livlier dance tunes. They're a wind ensemble, but there's actually a tune for solo lute. A lot of variety in a memorable and reasonably priced CD. I highly recommend it. (Although I hope Piffaro will consider recording a CD of English Renaissance music!)

Excellent, as usual........2005-11-16

'Los Ministriles, Spanish Renaissance Wind Music' is, I believe, the Philadelphia band, Piffaro's second or third album and I really find it more enjoyable than their parallel album on Italian Rennaissance music. The instruments are virtually identical, with a fair mix of stringed instruments added to round out the sound, but I really enjoyed the overall listening experience more. So, if you are unfamiliar with this band, get this album before the Italian or French albums.

This is an interesting contrast to the works of Begona Olavide and the Eduardo Paniagua Group' of which Olavide is a member. This Spanish group specializes in Medieval and Renaissance stringed instruments. And, from a purely subjective reaction, I prefer their work to Piffaro. I also think their scholarship is more interesting, but then, they are all Spanish, and Spanish specialists, so that is to be expected.

The visceral preference may be the only one worth banking on.

Worth the money, Olavide and Paniagua may be greater value.

Absolutely gorgeous!.......2005-03-21

A magnificent recording with enthralling melodies that will lift up your spirits. The bagpipes and flute pieces are simply wonderful. In quality, variety and every other aspect, Los Ministriles is certainly comparable to "Sinners and Saints", the great amazon.com Renaissance dance music favorite, the only difference being that this CD only contains instrumental music (no songs).

It is just too bad very few people are aware of it.

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