Cuba 2000 / The Music Of Cuba

Mario Quevedo - La Voz Hispana
Excellent view of classic songs from Cuba, Rey's music makes me fell like I am there.

Product Description
Listening to the rich musical rhythms of Bolero I / The Music Of Cuba collection, one has the sense of peering through a series of windows, which overlook into the lush countryard of classic Cuban music. This collection explodes with the sounds of the old Cuba of our dreams.

Cuba 2000 / The Music Of Cuba

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Average customer rating: 1,000 Strings does Cuban Music Beatiful instrumental interpretation

Cuba 2000 / The Music Of Cuba Various Artists Manufacturer: Music Trends, Inc. 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 Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music Son | Latin Music | Styles | Music Rhumba | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cuban Patio / The Music Of Cuba Boleros I / The Music Of Cuba Cuban Jazz / The Music Of Cuba The Lost City The Lost City ASIN: B000040O9C Release Date: 1999-11-18

Tracks:

1. Siboney
2. El Manisero
3. La Negra Tomasa
4. Guajira Guantanamera
5. Amalia Batista
6. El Yerberito
7. Mama Ines
8. El Bodeguero Y Sus Amigos
9. La Sabrosona
10. Olga La Tamalera
11. El Mambi
12. El Yayabo

Album Description

Listening to the rich musical rhythms of Bolero I / The Music Of Cuba collection, one has the sense of peering through a series of windows, which overlook into the lush countryard of classic Cuban music. This collection explodes with the sounds of the old Cuba of our dreams.

Customer Reviews:

1,000 Strings does Cuban Music.......2006-08-25

I cannot claim any expertise when it comes to what is "authentic" Cuban music, but I can say that this CD sounds like I'm listening to Lawrence Welk or Percy Faith doing Cuban. Both have highly skilled musicians, but something about the renditions on this CD just feels wrong - synthetic. I give it two stars for the musical competence.

Beatiful instrumental interpretation.......2000-02-02

This CD, Bolero I, Cuban Patio, and Cuban Jazz is a wonderful music collection of old Cuba. They fill your soul. It makes you reminiscent on the good times. These CDs bring me closer than nything else to my Culture.

Average customer rating: A brilliant overview of Sosa's more lyrical side

Ballads 1997-2000 Omar Sosa Manufacturer: Ota Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mulatos Sentir Lawn Chair Society Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall ASIN: B000A2M1UA Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Mis Tres Notas
2. Para Ella
3. Fragile
4. Twice As Sad
5. Gracias Senor
6. Para Dos Parados
7. Antes De Ir Va Esto
8. Tienes Un Solo
9. Raya
10. Shirma

Customer Reviews:

A brilliant overview of Sosa's more lyrical side.......2006-09-16

Omar Sosa, Cuban jazz piano genius, here presents his most ravishingly romantic stylings culled from four previously released discs to great advantage.

If you've never heard Sosa, this is as good a place as any to make his acquaintance. If you've encountered him before, I suggest you cut to the chase and acquire Mulatos, his signature disc. And while you're at it, get Ayagunos, Pictures of Soul, and Mulatos Remix.

Ordinarily, I wouldn't give the time of day to a compilation disc of this sort. I'm, however, cutting Sosa a major break because he's just such a stone genius. Combine that with the fact that he records for his own label, doesn't get the kind of distribution his peers get on their major record labels, and, hence, labors in jazz's backwaters, and you've got a disc that ought to receive widest possible distribution, even though it's a rerelease of previously recorded numbers.

Combine that with the fact that on the four discs that make up the material from which these selections were culled there are numerous problematic rap/hip-hop/bogus contemporary selections, and you have pure Sosa sans the chaff.

Nevertheless. Hear me on this. Sosa chaff is better than 90% of others' best stuff. My view is that you should pick up this altogether remarkable disc, and then pick the four others (Free Roots, Spirit of the Roots, Bembon, and Prietos) from which these selections were taken. Yes, you'll get some unpleasantness in the form of stupid rap/hip-hop, but even this grossness is superior to the vast majority of drek churned out by other artists.

Really, this is an altogether lovely disc, one of the finest jazz releases in the past decade. If it acquaints you with one of world jazz's monster players and gets you deeper into this marvelous music, all the better. But either way, you can't lose.

Why not pick it up and be majorly graced?

Average customer rating: Large collection for the price, but not perfect excellent selection & quality sound

National Anthems of the World: Swarovski Orchestra Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glinka | Glinka, Mikhail | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kuhlau | Kuhlau, Friedrich | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Smith, John Stafford | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Collections of National Anthems, Vol. 1 World Anthems The World of National Anthems The Complete National Anthems of the World National Anthems of the World ASIN: B00029J1XQ Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

1. Algeria
2. Arab Emirates
3. Argentina
4. Armenia
5. Australia
6. Egypt
7. Barbados
8. Belgium
9. Bolivia
10. Brazil
11. Germany
12. Bulgaria
13. Denmark
14. Ecuador
15. England
16. Estland
17. Europe
18. Finland
19. France
20. Georgia
21. Greece
22. Iraq
23. Iran
24. Ireland
25. Iceland
26. Israel
27. Italy
28. Japan
29. Cameroon
30. Canada
31. Colombia
32. Cuba
33. Latvia
34. Luxembourg

Tracks:

1. Lithuania
2. Malta
3. Morocco
4. Mexico
5. Mozambique
6. Moldova
7. Monaco
8. Mongolia
9. New Zealand
10. The Netherlands
11. Norway
12. Oman
13. Austria
14. Peru
15. The Philippines
16. Poland
17. Portugal
18. Romania
19. Russia
20. San Marino
21. Saudi Arabia
22. Sweden
23. Switzerland
24. Singapore
25. Slovakia
26. Slovenia
27. Spain
28. South Africa
29. Syria
30. Thailand
31. Czech Republic
32. Tunisia
33. Turkey
34. Hungary
35. Uruquay
36. United States
37. Venezuela
38. Vietnam
39. Zimbabwe

Customer Reviews:

Large collection for the price, but not perfect.......2006-07-30

As with these sorts of all-inclusive collections, there are issues to be had with 'National Anthems of the World' as performed by the Swarovski Orchestra. Primary--to me--is that these performances and arrangements come off as being rather sterile and bland, though it's perhaps not surprising since I doubt very much that most of the nationalities of the nations represented here have citizens actually in the Swarovski Orchestra. There's little of the passion that a national band or orchestra would have in playing their own nation's anthem, much like listening to a generic studio band play play a collection of college fight songs (and there ARE CDs of those out for sale as well).

That said, this 2-disc CD set does offer a wide spectrum of national anthems, though it does a far better job of covering European nations more so than any other region. For instance, Central America is poorly represented in this collection as is Africa which, aside from Cameroon, the heart of that continent is conspicuously ill-depicted. But the biggest omission is China; neither the mainland or Taiwanese anthems are included in this set. Considering that The People's Republic of China is the most populous nation on earth, as well as a global political and economic force to be reckoned with, even in 1996 (this CD set dates from 2004, but at least one online database list the contents from the mid-1990s), this is a glaring oversight in my opinion.

The final gripe deals with the included documentation. Each of these anthems DO have titles to them, none of which the producers of this collection ever bother to mention and provide. One has to go to Wikipedia or some other resource to look up the actual name of the anthems included here. This is information that is relatively cheap to research and out of courtesy to the consumer should've been provided for this set, especially since this collection has been around in some form for over a decade already.

For the money, it's a fairly good buy for those who want a collection of national anthems. But the producers could've done a better job of compiling the contents of this collection, and what music there is would've certainly benefitted from a bit more impassioned play.

excellent selection & quality sound.......2005-08-27

Swarovski Orchestra did an excellent job in this compilation. I work in Foreign Service & I use this CD to play US anthem & the host country anthem during events. Unlike other compilations which shorten the pieces, this offers full-length pieces saving me from embarrassment.

Average customer rating: 70's cuban salsa

Forbidden Cuba In The '80s: Hot Brass For The Masses Juvenia 2000 Manufacturer: Rmm Records 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 Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000006098 Release Date: 1998-06-16

Tracks:

1. Sea Como Sea
2. Mejor Diciembre
3. Viudo, Soltero Y Casado
4. No Te Quedes Con Mi Paso
5. Este Es Mi Barrio
6. Decide Tu
7. Fuera De Mi Tierra
8. Juan Arere

Customer Reviews:

70's cuban salsa.......2001-11-30

Every song on this album is a 70's style cuban salsa gem, in a very datable 1970's kind of way. This album paved the way for modern day "timba" music by including a funky drumset as part of the salsa band and including lots of percussion "breaks". Also includes lots of horns, beautiful arrangements, congas, claves, and cowbells, and beautiful call and response singing. Even the flute, an instrument which usually annoys me, adds to the irresistability. The melodies are so simple yet soul touching. The closest comparison i can think of would be traditional cuban rumba music, such as the album "Patato and Totico" but with the addition of a full band and glorious arrangements. This album can make you dance and cry at the same time and carry you back several decades. The sound quality of the recordings is unfortunately not great, but tolerable.

Average customer rating:

La Havana - 14 Classics From the Cuban Capital Miguelito Cuni Con Chappottin , Grupo Irakere , Son 14 , Orquesta Ritmo Oriental , Alonso Y Los Bocucos , Malena Burke & Ng La Banda , Orquesta Original De Manzanillo , Celina Gonzalez , Irakere , and Ng La Banda Manufacturer: Fuel 2000/Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000G1LR46

Product Description

La Havana - 14 Classics From The Cuban Capital // 1. La Havana - Los Van Van 2. Mi Son, Mi Son, Mi Son - Miguelito Cuni Con Chappottin 3. Bacalao Con Pan - Grupo Irakere 4. A Bayomo En Coche - Son 14 5. La Chica Mamey - Orquesta Ritmo Oriental 6. Como Pienso En Ti - Alonso Y Los Bocucos 7. Longina - Malena Burke & Ng La Banda 8. El Diapason - Orquesta Original De Manzanillo 9. Cantido Celina - Celina Gonzalez 10. Taka Taka-Ta - Irakere 11. La Protesta De Los Chivos - Ng La Banda 12. Lo Que Me Paso En La - Adaberto Alvarez & Su Son 13. Santa Barbara - Celina Gonzalez 14. Lo Que Te Trae Rumbavana - Conjunto Rumbavana

Average customer rating: Guaco... I haven't heard this album...

La Historia 1980-2000 Guaco Manufacturer: Universal Latino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music Venezuela | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Mexico | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002CTXLS Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

1. Billetero
2. Pastelero
3. Cepillao
4. Sentimiento Nacional
5. Catsigala
6. Como Es Tan Bella
7. No la Juzgue
8. Que Cobardia
9. Deshonestidad
10. Medio Loco
11. Medio Loco
12. Culpable
13. Bailora
14. Como Camina
15. Mami's Bogaloo
16. Si Mis Paredes Hablaran

Product Description

Los Mejores exitos de los ultimos 20 anos.

Customer Reviews:

Guaco..........2006-02-05

I haven't actually heard THIS CD, but a different one that a Venezuelan friend sent me. When I received it I didn't expect to like it a whole lot, but "wao" :) Their songs are incredible, catchy and with a great rhythm. For me, they are now one of my favorites in la música latina, along with famous musicians like Juanes and Carlos Vives. I wonder why they aren't more popular outside of Venezuela.

I haven't heard this album..........2005-02-21

but I've heard about 60-70% of the songs in it. Guaco is without a doubt Venezuela's premier salsa-gaita-jazz-funk-timba band. They are eclectic, mostly modern salsa, but incredibly creative and have interesting compositions.

If you like harddriving salsa, and the type of musicality evidenced by performers like Juan Luis Guerra, or Cuba's Issac Delgado, you will be in good company with Guaco (http://www.guaco.com)

I cannot recommend this band enough...guaranteed to become a favorite in your CD player.

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6. Green Inferno
7. Gunyal
8. Honoring Singers and Songmakers, Vol. 3 [Live]
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10. I Love MPB: Tanto Amor [Import]

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