| 1. Dulce Amargo |
| 2. Doņa Matilde |
| 3. La Gaviota |
| 4. Complicacion |
| 5. Guajira |
| 6. Dilemas del Amor |
| 7. Christina |
| 8. Llanerita Llanerita |
| 9. Turbina |
| 10. Lambada |
| 11. El Cielo |
| 12. Facilito |
| 13. La Sirena |
Editorial Reviews
The long-awaited follow-up to 1997s 'Iliana' finds Casolando delivering just what we want to hear. 'La Sirena' still beautifully evokes the music of Old Latin America, but goes new places with additional instrumentation and a live, in-the-room production quality that recalls the feel of the recent Buena Vista Social Club releases.
Many of the songs will be familiar to fans of the bands live performances, though the tracks have been pared down from the lengthy instrumental jams usually featured at those shows. Still, its all here: The rich vocals of Carlos Ortega accompanied by his flawless guitar rhythms, the vocal harmonies and fiery classical guitar of Charlie Baran, the jazzy electric bass solos from Dave Hiltebrand, and the varied and as always perfect percussion of Chuck Sansone.
From the opening notes of the gorgeous Dulce Amargo to the plaintive Guajira to the stunning instrumental Turbina, this album is about love and love lost and dancing and stellar musicianship all rolled into one. The title track will take your breath away.
La Sirena features guest appearances from Merritt Lear of the Celt-rocker Drovers, and Ross Bergseth from Chicago pop sensations Frisbie.
La Sirena,Casolando,482 Music,Ethnic Fusion,Int'l & World Music,Latin Jazz,Latin Music,Modern classics informed by the love songs of Old Latin America.. delivered with astonishing sensitivity and stellar musicianship.. rich vocals and fiery classical guitar, jazz electric bass and perfect percussion.,Pop
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Il Ballarino - Italian Dances Around 1600
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004YYPY Release Date: 2000-11-14 |
Tracks:
- Cascarda Allegrezza D'Amore
- La Catena D'Amore
- Balletto Celeste Giglio
- Gagliardas 'Moneghina' And 'La Canella
- Balletto Alta Carretta
- Ballo Francese - Tedesca - Schiarazula Marazula - Ungarescha - The Broadside Band/Jeremy Barlow T
- Bassa Gioiosa
- La Nizzarda
- Gagliarda Lombarda - Ballo Lombarda - Gagliarda Seconda
- Balletto La Sirena
- Balletto Forza D'amore - The Broadside Band/Jeremy Barlow T
- Saltarello Del Pass' E Mezo - Ballo Ongaro
- Balletto Alta Gonzaga
- Dolce Amoroso Fuoco
- II Canario
- Ballo Del Fiore
Customer Reviews:
an example of ancient italic music.......2005-09-21
Yet Another Jewel In My Collection.......2003-12-09
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The Sephardic Experience, Volume 2: Apples And Honey
Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000G1RR Release Date: 1998-11-24 |
Tracks:
- Haralambis
- La Sirena
- En La Mar Ay Una Torre
- Cinja Mija
- Siete Anos
- Bandary
- Morenica Sos
- Por La Tu Puerta
- Yo Hanino
- Para Beri
- La Novia Entre Flores
- Kopanitsa Oro
- Have You Heard, My Friends?
- Durme, Durme Mi Angelico
Album Description
The Sephardic Experience quadrilogy, is a priceless sound document in which The Renaissance Players present their own performance versions of well- and lesser-known romansas (ballads), kantigas (religious songs) and muwashshahat (poetical forms) which have survived for centuries entirely via oral/aural transmission by parents, grandparents, friends and acquaintances within the family circle, while working, or as a form of ad hoc entertainment in Sephardic communities of the West and East. Sadly, as the end of the 20th century draws near we are witnessing the alarming disappearance of Spanish-Jewish culture due to vast, worldwide changes in social circumstances. In fact, these songs are no longer a part of the rich, musical fabric of the everyday life of the Sephardim.This collection of Spanish-Jewish songs and Mediterranean dance tunes in this second volume, Apples and Honey, are named for the joyful celebrations of Rosh Ha-Shanah, the head of the year. The texts of the muwashshah and kantigas evoke images of the sea and the river (powerful forces for the Sephardim in their post-expulsion Mediterranean settlements) and water. These are, in their turn, connected with exile, the siren, the moon, and various marriage customs. Various procedures related to Arabic and Balkan music are followed here: improvised instrumental taksim-like preludes, interludes between stanzas, repetition of the solo singer's line by a chorus of voices and/or instruments, lively, celebratory ululation by chorus singers, a variety of chest- and head-voice timbres, constant ornamentation of melodic lines, measured and unmeasured metres, and simple and complex additive rhythms. Likewise, a wide variety of arrangement is demonstrated.
The four volumes of The Sephardic Experience ( Thorns of Fire, Apples and Honey, Gazelle and Flea and Eggplants) can be purchased individually or together in a beautiful hand-wrapped black linen box.
Customer Reviews:
soft and lyrical.......2002-09-12
soft and lyrical.......2002-09-12
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Van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-Hof (Selections)
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000AQVLS Release Date: 2003-11-11 |
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Music For Joan The Mad
Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000001Q75 Release Date: 1995-03-28 |
Tracks:
- Los Cantos Del Exilio: Dame la mano (La Sirena)
- Los Cantos Del Exilio: Una matica de ruda
- Los Cantos Del Exilio: Poco le das
- Los Cantos Del Exilio: Dunula
- Los Cantos Del Exilio: Dame la mano
- Los Cantos Del Exilio: El mi querido
- Los Cantos Del Exilio: Dolores tiene la reina
- Los Cantos Del Exilio: Por alli paso un cavallero
- Los Cantos Del Exilio: Los bilbilicos
- Los Cantos Del Exilio: Marcha sobre 'Dame la mano'
- En Toledo, Con Los Reyes Catolicos: La canela
- En Toledo, Con Los Reyes Catolicos: Dios te salve, Maria
- En Toledo, Con Los Reyes Catolicos: O Senor Dios
- En Toledo, Con Los Reyes Catolicos: Triste Espana sin ventura
- En Toledo, Con Los Reyes Catolicos: Alta, O Gloriosa Domina
- Reconquista: 'Acuerdate de Andalucia...'
- Reconquista: Paseabase el Rey Moro
- Reconquista: O Gloriosa Domina
- Reconquista: Levanta, Pascual!
- El Amor Y La Muerte: Mille Regrets
- El Amor Y La Muerte: Si je perdais mon amy
- El Amor Y La Muerte: Adieu corage, adieu
- El Amor Y La Muerte: De tous bien playne
- El Amor Y La Muerte: 'Todas estas canciones...'
- El Amor Y La Muerte: Con que la lavare?
- El Neuvo Mundo: L'Homme arme, Credo In unum deum
Customer Reviews:
MY FAVORITE CD!!!!.......2007-02-11
Okay. "Music for Joan the Mad" is about musicians stuck inside the queen's chamber trying to appease her insanity. If you read the bible - remember Saul & David? Sort of the same theme, only he had demons and she's just crazy.
I LOVE THIS CD...nothing could appease this woman. She was mad because something happened to her love (her husband) and it drove her crazy. So she won't leave her chambers or the castle and insists on being entertained in her room.
At the end of the cd, she's still crazy but you will fall in love with love with this troupe!!
A Mysterious Treat Honoring a Mythical Queen.......2007-01-25
Almost perfect..........2004-12-03
Enter another world..........2003-05-27
"Music for Joan the Mad" would be categorized as "Spanish Classical". During this time (around the late 15th century) Spain was at its height, and the music was very regal and flowing, also influenced by Arab traditions. Indeed there are many Arab influences on this album, from the beautiful instruments (I think I heard an oud on one of the tracks) to the wonderful vocals. La Nef has truly recreated the glory days of Spain.
Whenever I hear this CD (and that is often), I always imagine myself walking through a 15th Century Spanish castle, the stone walls echoing with the plucks of guitars and the melodies of a soprano. If you're even remotely interested in transporting yourself back in time, listen to the sample tracks and buy the CD. You won't regret it...
Music to lie down and die to.......2002-03-05
Joan The Mad deserves such respect. I hardly review or rate albums, but this particular one deserves a notation. The album begins on a sordid note that is the doorway to an ancient place of exotic sounds blended with classical givens. The Moors have made their mark on this Iberian album that gives a sense of ancient Arabian masters feasting with their Spanish hosts.
Pause to open this doorway and enter a forgotten time and listen to music classical in genre, yet forever a stranger to the ears.
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Mondays in the Sun
Lucio Godoy Manufacturer: Milan Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008UANQ Release Date: 2003-04-08 |
Tracks:
- Los Lunes Al Sol
- Ni Idea
- Lady Espana
- Antipodas
- On The Other Side Of The World Tom Waits (Instrumental)
- El Secreto De Amador
- La Cuestion
- Lino
- Sirena
- Jose Y Ana
- La Mer - Charles Trenet
- Primera Pregunta
- Ocho Mil
- En El Azul Del Cielo
- Si Cae Uno
- El Cuento De La Cigarra Y La Hormiga
- On The Other Side Of The World Tom Waits
- Tus Companeros
- La Misma Cosa
- Que Dia Es Hoy
Album Description
Scored by Lucio Godoy, the album consists of finely crafted music that captures the essence and emotion of the film directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa. Traditional Spanish guitars, wind instruments and reoccurring melodies accompany the desperate lives that tell this story beginning in utter loss and ending in complete hope and acceptance. 20 tracks including the instrumental & vocal performances of 'On The Other Side Of The World' by Tom Waits. Milan. 2003.
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La Sirena
Casolando Manufacturer: 482 Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004WYZW Release Date: 2000-09-26 |
Tracks:
- Dulce Amargo
- Doatilde
- La Gaviota
- Complicacion
- Guajira
- Dilemas del Amor
- Christina
- Llanerita Llanerita
- Turbina
- Lambada
- El Cielo
- Facilito
- La Sirena
Album Description
The long-awaited follow-up to 1997's 'Iliana' finds Casolando delivering just what we want to hear. 'La Sirena' still beautifully evokes the music of Old Latin America, but goes new places with additional instrumentation and a live, in-the-room production quality that recalls the feel of the recent Buena Vista Social Club releases.Many of the songs will be familiar to fans of the band's live performances, though the tracks have been pared down from the lengthy instrumental jams usually featured at those shows. Still, it's all here: The rich vocals of Carlos Ortega accompanied by his flawless guitar rhythms, the vocal harmonies and fiery classical guitar of Charlie Baran, the jazzy electric bass solos from Dave Hiltebrand, and the varied and as always perfect percussion of Chuck Sansone.
From the opening notes of the gorgeous `Dulce Amargo' to the plaintive `Guajira' to the stunning instrumental `Turbina', this album is about love and love lost and dancing and stellar musicianship all rolled into one. The title track will take your breath away.
La Sirena features guest appearances from Merritt Lear of the Celt-rocker Drovers, and Ross Bergseth from Chicago pop sensations Frisbie.
Customer Reviews:
great songs, recording quality makes my speakers cry in pain.......2002-01-05
the case of the missing CD..........2000-10-26
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La Sirena de Pecera
Old Time Relijun Manufacturer: K. Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004RDRL Release Date: 2000-04-04 |
Tracks:
- Casino
- Carcerato Jail
- Adaga Dagger
- Canoe
- Moon
- Circuit Breaker
- Caught At The Door (With The Keys In My Hand)
- Urge And Urge And Urge The Always Procreant Urge Of The World
Customer Reviews:
So bad, its good.......2002-01-02
Nothing new but, good God, they rock........2000-05-11
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Granados: Album of Melodies; Cardboard Soldiers; The Mermaid
Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0007ORDU4 Release Date: 2005-03-22 |
Tracks:
- Carezza-Vals, DLR VII:3
- Dolora, DLR III:7
- Clotilde, DLR III:3
- La Sirena, DLR VII:2
- Dans Le Bois, DLR III:11
- Marcha Real, DLR III:22
- Soldados De Carton, DLR III:21
- Elvira, DLR III:2
- Preludio En Fa, DLR III:1-28 (Prelude In F Major)
- Andante, DLR III:1-23
- ....! En El Abanico De Maria De Alba, DLR III:1-12
- A Sara, DLR III:1-7 (For Sara)
- Oh...!, DLR III:1-22
- Passats, DLR III:1-15
- En La Playa! DLR III:1-29
- Enyoranca, DLR III:1-9
- Lejos De Ti! DLR III:1-30
- Cuatro Notas-Vals, DLR VII:1
- Beethoven? DLR III:1-17
- Chopin...!-Mazurka, DLR III:1-21
- Wagner-Melodrama, DLR III:1-19
- Mazurka En Mi Bemol Mayor, DLR III:1-33
- Mazurka En Sol Menor, DLR III:1-32
- Mazurka En Fa Mayor, DLR III:1-31
- Pregant, DLR III:1-8/Cantos Orientales
- La Esclava, DLR III:1-25
- La Esclava Muerta, DLR III:1-26
- Conte, DLR III:1-10
- Primavera, DLR III:1-16
- Allegro Vivace, DLR III:1-20
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Amours, Zéphyrs & Sirènes
Manufacturer: Astree ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000AH3E1 Release Date: 2004-01-20 |
Tracks:
- Aria Decima Terza Sopra 'Questa Bella Sirena'
- Sonata 7
- Chiacona A 3
- Canzona Quinta Detta 'La Tromboncina'
- La Gioiosa Fantasia
- Suzanne Un Jour
- Sonata 5
- Sonate Duodecima. Sopra 'La Bergamasca'
- Sonata A 3
- Ancor Che Col Partire
- Sonata Decima. Sopra Cavaletto Zoppo
- Toccata Cromatica Per L'Elevazione
- Vestiva I Colli
- Bayle De Los Dichos Diabolos
- Canzon Decimaterza Detta 'La Bianchina'
- Sinfonia A 3
- Ritornello Primo
- Gagliarda Decima
- Fantasia Padre Falla
- Folias Echa Para Mi Senora Dona Tarolilla De Caralenos
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La Musica E Un Pretesto/La Sirena Una Metafora
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0009G6NTC Release Date: 2005-04-05 |
World Music:
- Le Cose Cambiano [Import]
- Les Plus Belles Chansons Francaises V.2 [Import]
- Les plus grandes chansons, coll. Les Immortels [IMPORT] [Import]
- Lieder Die Im Schatten Stehen V.1 & 2 [Import]
- Lo Mismo Que Yo [CD-single] [Import]
- Love From [Import]
- Maldicion de Malinche [Import]
- Novo Millennium [Import]
- Occitanista [Import]
- Oh Otto [Import]
World Music
Very Best of Roger Chapman & Family [Import]
Rossini Three Tenors ~ Bruce Ford, William Matteuzzi & Paul Austin Kelly
Blue and Sentimental [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
Private Press [Box set] [Import]