Guajira

Track Listings

 
1. Guajira
2. Sabanales
3. Igual Que Aquella Noche
4. No le Damos - Miguel
5. Colegiala
6. Mis Amigos
7. Candela Viva
8. Gaviota
9. Embrujo Guajiro
10. Ya Tu Sabias
11. Ven Corazon
12. Son Guajiro

Guajira,Julian Rojas,Miguel Osorio,Sonolux Records,Latin,Tropical


Guitar Music from Cuba
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Solo Cuban Guitar Music Highlighted in Diverse Program
  • marco tamayo plays cuban guitar music
Guitar Music from Cuba

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0001AGOO0
Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

  1. El Manicero (The Peanut-Seller)
  2. Guyun - El Maestro
  3. En El Abra Del Yumuri (In Yumuri Bay)
  4. Francito Y Alfonsito
  5. Lilliam
  6. Guajira A Mi Madre (Guajira For My Mother)
  7. Preludio
  8. Cancion
  9. Danza
  10. Preludio
  11. Alemanda
  12. Siciliana
  13. Sarabanda
  14. Minuetto
  15. Cancion De Cuna (Berceuse)
  16. Zapateo
  17. Ojos Brujos (Bewitching Eyes)
  18. Cancion Triste (Sad Song)
  19. Asokere I
  20. Suayo
  21. Iya Mi Ile
  22. Borotiti
  23. Asokere II
  24. Iya Mo Dupe
  25. Yeye Bi Obi Toauo
  26. E Iekua
  27. Asokere III

Album Description

This recital gives a fascinating insight into the many influences on Cuban culture: among them 400 years of Spanish colonial rule and 60 years of exposure to North American culture prior to the 1959 revolution. The music ranges across Afro-Cuban rhythms, twentieth century harmonies, elements of jazz and impressionism, traditional European forms of composition, the country dance form known as the son montuno, and contemporary harmonization of Yoruba melodies from the Oriente region.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Solo Cuban Guitar Music Highlighted in Diverse Program.......2005-04-24

This is a highly listenable recording from Naxos spotlighting the importance of Cuban solo guitar music. The talented guitarist is Marco Tamayo, and the selections reflect a compendium of the finest among Cuban composers: Ñico Rojas, the self taught guitarist, composer and leading figure in the filin (feeling) movement; Harold Gramatges, the prolific and much respected classical composer; Moisés Simons, the composer of the popular "El Manicero" ("The Peanut-Seller"), credited here to Edward Simons; and Leo Brouwer, an otherwise avant-garde experimentalist. Although many of the arrangements are within the soft-jazz, Earl Klugh-like space, the pieces do not belie their Cuban heritage and range from the traditional dance genres such as zapateo, guiajira and son pregón, through Rojas' jazz-influenced harmonies to Gramatges' neo-classical miniatures.

The tone can be at once seductive and then later inspirational, yet what remains consistent is Tamayo's delicate and assured playing, which beautifully conveys the gentle relaxed quality of these works, Some pieces stand alone, such as "El Manicero" (which some may recognize as a variation of the tropical song Judy Garland sang in the "Born in a Trunk" number in "A Star Is Born") or the "Preludio" (the theme from the film "Soy Cuba") and "Canción Triste" by Carlos Fariñas. The remainder function as part of short suites, for instance, the lovely canción-danza pairing by Aldo Rodriguez, which gives a nice structure to otherwise disparate musical styles. The last eight tracks represent an adaptation of Yoruba religious music by Hector Angulo. Quite beautiful and atmospheric on their own, these short pieces convey some intriguing rhythmic drive and complexity that seem odd for a guitar by itself to express. But the Cuban-born Tamayo (now teaching master classes in Salzburg at the Mozarteum) shows impressive dexterity in capturing such emotions on the guitar. As a whole, the album reveals a repertoire well worth discovering and another dimension of Cuban music beyond salsa and the Buena Vista Social Club. This is another of Naxos' discounted recordings ($6.98), an excellent purchase.

5 out of 5 stars marco tamayo plays cuban guitar music.......2004-03-31

With so many guitarists recording the classical guitar standards , this is a refreshing album with largely unknown but also very interesting guitar compositions which are pleasant and substantial. The pieces give a good overview of guitar composers from cuba, played by Marco Tamayo, who is refreshingly musical and technically on top of his playing.
Music of Spain
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  • The classical heritage
Music of Spain

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ASIN: B0009U55QA
Release Date: 2005-09-06

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The classical heritage .......2006-04-16

The visible embellishment of this noble instrument was enriched still more by the Spanish composers, who following the traces of his contemporaries. In the case of Fernando Sor, Haydn was his musical guide, where as Aguado, could establish himself with major vehemence, due its particular style, based in the notable right-hand articulation, eschewed the classical patterns, being able to print his own music a flamboyant and refined character.

In the particular case of Fernando Sor, we have a wisdom blending of the counterpoint technique, an evocative mood from his own that, added the well known influence of the Italian composers (Domenico Cimarrosa and Giovanni Batista Pergolesi) and his beloved love for the Operatic genre, allowed him to enrich still more the lyrical possibilities of the guitar. Besides, unlike Nicolo Paganini, for instance fortunately did not transform the guitar in a simple device to show his overwhelming gifts. He used the guitar to play music, on the opposite approach of Paganini who used the music as mere device to play his instrument.


In the guitar genre there has not been most deserved and superb tribute to Mozart that this Variations Op. 9 based on a motive of The most famous Mozart ?s Magic Flute. Loaded of such imaginative freshness and enraptured inspiration you may notice that one of the Variations conserves an undeniable Italian flavor; this is one of the most beloved hidden treasures the guitar can offers us, which raise with special charm in the hands of this formidable soloist.

Aguado on the contrary acquired due his personal state of things, a notable adroitness who excelled by far, to Sor, so his musical approaches rode in opposite directions, trying to exploit at maximum levels the technical possibilities of the instrument.


Julian Bream makes a colossal tribute to both composers in this egregious and golden album.
Por Amor
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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  • Wonderful and Expressive
  • Great Listening Music
  • Beautiful
  • Wonderful!!!!!!
Por Amor

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ASIN: B000009MVL
Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

  1. Mujer
  2. Solamente Una Vez
  3. Guitarra Guajira/Palmera
  4. Noche De Ronda
  5. Noche Criolla
  6. Te Quiero
  7. Maria Bonita
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  9. Rosa
  10. Mi Rival
  11. Veracruz
  12. Se Me Hizo Facil
  13. Piensa En Mi
  14. Arrancame La Vida
  15. Palabras De Mujer
  16. Farolito/Arroyito

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Very Good.......2007-02-20

I like Placido Domingo very much, and the songs of Agustin Lara sung by Mr. Domingo are great, as also the other songs by M. Teresa Lara, Jorge Casas and Julio Hernandez. I really like this album and have it in my car to listen to it over and over again while driving long distances. I think this was a good purchase and highly recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful and Expressive.......2007-02-17

Agustin Lara made bright and new, without overdone orchestration. Many songs are from the Suite Espanola, and all are beloved by lovers of the Lara bolero, an emotional journey not to be missed. A new sound for a few, that were known in Mexico as performed by Alejandro Algara, a less known lyric tenor. Very bright, and with less slips in the mix than the A. Lara, Suite Espanola CD by Mr. Domingo, titled Bajo El Cielo Espanol, also a great offering by this dramatic performer. This is really another Domingo that is needed by any fan...Singing his own love of Spanish songs in songs by one of the great historical song writers....A Winner, in my opinion!

5 out of 5 stars Great Listening Music.......2000-03-14

A wonderful CD, a hidden treasure, by an artist who has suffered for being born in the Age of Pavarotti. Nobody does this kind of music better than Domingo - you will be transported.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful.......1999-12-10

This is Placido Domingo at his best--singing love songs in his native language. Very romantic and beautiful songs.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful!!!!!!.......1999-10-07

Love the C.D. as every one with the greatest voice ever! Placido Domingo is magnificent! The songs are lovely and the recording is very good.
Spanish Legends
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    Spanish Legends

    Manufacturer: Telarc
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    5. David Russell Plays Baroque Music

    ASIN: B0006SNFSU
    Release Date: 2005-01-25

    Tracks:

    1. Zapateado
    2. Rondena
    3. El Testament D'Amelia
    4. Canco Del Lladre
    5. La Filadora
    6. Lo Fill Del Rei
    7. Lo Rosinyol
    8. Plany
    9. El Mestre
    10. L'Hereu Riera
    11. La Filla Del Marxant
    12. La Nit De Nadal
    13. Scherzo-Vals
    14. Estudio Sin Luz
    15. Anecdotas 2
    16. Anecdotas 5
    17. Remembranza (Estudio II)
    18. Seguidilla
    19. Impromptu
    20. Triquilandia (Jugando Al Escondite)
    21. El Abejorro
    22. Cancion Amatoria
    23. Festivola (Danza Catalana De Espiritu Popular)
    24. Tango
    25. Tonadilla (Manola De Lavapies)
    26. Guajira

    Amazon.com

    These 65 minutes of solo guitar playing--handsomely, intimately recorded--are a pleasure to listen to. Russell is a true virtuoso, playing with an ease and assurance which gives the recital the great subtle, variety it should have. He's equally at home with the catchy, playful "Zapateado" by De La Maza that opens the program as he is with Llobet's lyrical, singable, relaxed "El testament d'Amelia." The beautiful, lullaby-like "La filla del Marxant" (also by Llobet) is as smooth as silk, and the four pieces by Andres Segovia have a flavor all their own. The downright odd, but alluringly discordant "El Abejorro" by Pujol will enchant and puzzle you. The program is songlike, dancelike, familiar and new-sounding, and Russell's graceful way with each style is ideal. Every note, every delicate harmonic, is audible and important, but there's never a sense of underlining either a melodic or rhythmic phrase. Russsell lets the music, diverse and fascinating, speak for itself. A must for those who love the classical guitar, especially with a Spanish flavor. --Robert Levine
    Manuel Barrueco ~ Brouwer, Villa-Lobos & Orbon
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      Manuel Barrueco ~ Brouwer, Villa-Lobos & Orbon

      Manufacturer: Angel Records
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      ASIN: B000002SBB
      Release Date: 1997-11-11

      Tracks:

      1. Preludes Nos. 1-5, For Guitar: Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude No. 1 In E Minor
      2. Preludes Nos. 1-5, For Guitar: Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude No. 2 In E Major
      3. Preludes Nos. 1-5, For Guitar: Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude No. 3 In A Minor
      4. Preludes Nos. 1-5, For Guitar: Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude No. 4 In E Minor
      5. Preludes Nos. 1-5, For Guitar: Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude No. 5 In D Major
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      11. Elogio de la Danza: Leo Brouwer - Elogio de la danza - I. Lento
      12. Elogio de la Danza: Leo Brouwer - Elogio de la danza - II. Obstinato
      13. Leo Brouwer - Ojos brujos (Les yeux sorciers)
      14. Leo Brouwer - Guajira criolla
      15. Preludio Y Danza: Julian Orbon - Preludio y danza - I. Preludio
      16. Preludio Y Danza: Julian Orbon - Preludio y danza - II. Danza
      Romanza
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        Romanza

        Manufacturer: Moston Records
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        ASIN: B000A2H6R8
        Release Date: 2005-09-13

        Tracks:

        1. Cancion para mi Madre (Song for my Mother), (Liona Boyd)
        2. Guajira, (Liona Boyd)
        3. Sueno, (Liona Boyd)
        4. Estudio #17, (Liona Boyd)
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        12. Ensueno (Day Dream), (Liona Boyd)
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        Product Description

        “Romanza” is a beautiful album of solo classical guitar piece, sensitively performed by the First Lady of the Guitar.
        Spanish Guitar Recital
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • This CD will take you to Spain--whether you've been before or not.
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        Spanish Guitar Recital

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        ASIN: B00005OC01
        Release Date: 2001-10-23

        Tracks:

        1. Mallora, Op.202
        2. Ste Espanola, Op.47: Cataluna
        3. Ste Espanola, Op.47: Granada
        4. Ste Espanola, Op.47: Sevilla
        5. Ste Espanola, Op.47: Cadiz
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        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars This CD will take you to Spain--whether you've been before or not........2006-03-08

        It's true that both Albeniz and Granados--the two composers whose music makes up most of this recording--came from Catalonia, but for me these pieces breathe the jasmine-scented air of Andalucia. If you've ever watched the sunrise from the hills above Malaga or spent an August evening in the plazas of San Lucar de Barrameda, these works for guitar will bring back the tang of a good manzanilla to your lips. If you've never set foot in Spain, this music will bring you close to her summer nights--the softest I've ever experienced--and you may well find yourself longing to go.

        Surprisingly, many of these pieces were born on the piano keyboard, but the ear of any Spanish composer is so attuned to the guitar that each of these works seems inseparable from the strings of the guitar. These haunting melodies--stately or spritely, meditative or lyrical--were meant to be plucked and strummed.

        Julian Bream has devoted much of his life to this music, and he does not so much play them as let them come to life under his fingers. Listen to how the tentative, intimate beginning of 'Mallorca' opens onto a rippling dance figure. The most difficult passages unfold without apparent effort, but what is more unusual is Bream's ability to shape even the quietest passages with unobtrusive care.

        If you love the Spanish guitar, treat yourself to this recording. If you've never heard how one guitar can weave a spell, this is your chance to find out.

        5 out of 5 stars MUSIC OF CATALUNYA.......2004-12-28

        First, there are 14 tracks on this record, not 13. The item not mentioned comes after #7 listed here, and it is a transcription of an `old-style song' by Granados entitled La Maja de Goya. How tactful it is to call this music Spanish is something else I'm unsure of, all four composers being Catalan. Only the final two numbers are actually works written for the guitar, the two pieces by Emilio Pujol who died as recently as 1980 after a lifespan approximately as long as the combined total of any two of the three other composers who share this disc with him. The remaining works are transcriptions of piano compositions (except for the unmentioned song). The liner note does not state that these transcriptions are by Bream himself, but I had assumed that and I find the fact confirmed elsewhere.

        This record is nothing short of heavenly, both the playing and the remarkable recorded quality that seems to bring the hearer face to face with the great Bream in person. It is all easy listening, and there are no show-off virtuoso numbers although several can't be simple, or at least not simple to play like this. For variety and versatility of tone, rhythm that is both strong and flexible, lyric beauty and a shining sense of affection for and understanding of the music I don't believe I have ever heard a guitar recital to surpass this. The Albeniz and Granados pieces that make up most of the selection were recorded in 1982, the other three items in the following year. I can't even attempt to name a favourite, but as I have a couple of piano performances of the `Spanish dance #5' of Granados played under the title `Andaluza' by no less than Michelangeli the comparison is going to be fascinating.

        The liner note does its job quite adequately, which is more than I could say for some. The recording I've already mentioned - simply stunning. These pieces come under the classification `classical', and I have no quarrel with that so long as it doesn't deter lovers of the instrument who would, I have no doubt at all, swoop on this recital if it were called popular, light classical or something of that kind. Music is just music in the end, and this is very good music and very unchallenging music. As for guitar players, I'm sometimes inclined to think that there's Bream and there's everyone else.
        La Guitarra Romantica
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          Bream, JulianBream, Julian | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B000003F0G
          Release Date: 1991-07-05

          Tracks:

          1. Mazurka In G
          2. Study In A
          3. Marietta
          4. Capricho Arabe
          5. Prld in a
          6. Recuerdos de la Alhambra
          7. Serenata
          8. Tango espagnol
          9. Guajira
          10. Popular Catalan Songs: The Night Of Christmas
          11. Popular Catalan Songs: The Nightingale
          12. Popular Catalan Songs: The Master
          13. Popular Catalan Songs: The Girl at the Spinning Wheel
          14. Popular Catalan Songs: Amelia's Will
          15. Popular Catalan Songs: The Thief's Song
          16. Popular Catalan Songs: Lament
          17. Popular Catalan Songs: The Son of the Virgin
          18. Popular Catalan Songs: Riera's Heir
          ¡Fandango!: Spanish Dances For Baroque, Romantic And Modern Guitar
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            ¡Fandango!: Spanish Dances For Baroque, Romantic And Modern Guitar

            Manufacturer: Conifer
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            GuitarGuitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B0000024D6
            Release Date: 1994-10-05
            Descarga Guajira
            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
            • Great. Simply great.
            Descarga Guajira
            Cachao
            Manufacturer: Caney Records Sp
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            CubaCuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Latin Music | Styles | Music
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            5. Master Sessions, Vol. 2

            ASIN: B00006H1CG
            Release Date: 2004-11-16

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars Great. Simply great........2006-12-15

            Song titles include:

            Descarga Mexicana 4:56
            Descarga Guajira 5:50
            La Inconclusa 3:30
            La Luz 4:38
            Rumba Sabrosa 5:04
            Descarga Ñañiga 5:09
            Cacaho Te Pone A Bailar 16:08
            Descarga Cha Cha 6:20
            Popurrit De Congas 5:35

            Musicians include:

            Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar Trompeta
            Armando Armenteros Trompeta
            Generos "El Tojo" Jimenez Trombon
            Enemelio Jimenez Saxo alto
            Oresto Lopez "Macho" Piano
            Israel Lopez "Cachao" Contrabajo
            Andres Echevarria "Nino Rivera" Tres
            Rogelio "Yeyo" Iglesias Bongos
            Guillermo Barreto Timbales
            Gustavo "El Caiman" Tamayo Guiro
            Tata Guines Tumbadora

            Salsa Music:

            1. I Like It Like That, Vol. 1 [Soundtrack]
            2. Instinto Y Deseo
            3. Interpretan a Rafael Hernandez
            4. Jorge Maldonado
            5. Las 15 Consagradas de Tona la Negra
            6. Las Quenas de Raymond Thevenot
            7. Latino House Compilation [Import]
            8. Los Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
            9. Más
            10. Manzanero Y Sus Interpretes

            Salsa Music

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            I Love 2 Party [Import]

            Nights at the Opera [Import]

            One More Time In the Air

            Best Country Album in the World [Import]

            Psychobilly Hell

            Pick Six

            Songs of the Cross

            Ocean Spray Pt. 2 [CD-single]

            Novo Millennium [Import]

            Monsoon

            Rtl Jazz [Import]

            Prayer Under Pressure [Import]

            Rebirth of Cool, Vol. 1 (UK Series) [Import]

            André Cluytens Conducts Franck & d'Indy

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