popular music: cubano     popular music:       Brouwer: Sonata; Hika; Suite No. 22 reviews Leo Brouwer, Graham Anthony Devine Naxos, 2003 Brouwer Vol III Graham Anthony Devine is certainly one of the finest guitarists to come out of England in recent years. Some have said he is a "modern-day Julian Bream for the next generation"; perhaps an overstatement, but still a good measure of his growing reputation. The music on this CD is relatively unfamiliar. My own favorites would have to be the Suite #2, Hika, and Una Dia en Noviembre. These are ...             Ultimate Collection13 reviews Ernesto Lecuona RCA, 1997 Lecuona the Cuban pianist is Great! In my opinion this is one of the best CD's from Lacuona, Most of his piano compositions are recorded here (original ones), What, Ms. Leslie Gerber forgot to mention is that Mr.Lecuona was a band leader,"Lecuona and the Cuban Boys", remembers him? Or maybe she does not have sufficient information about him. The music from Lecuona still is very well alive today. I came across his recordings on my ...             Copland Conducts Copland: Our Town; The Red Pony Suite; El Salón México; Danzón Cubano; Three Latin American ...7 reviews Aaron Copland, Helmuth Kolbe, ... Sony, 1990 Profound Forget what the guy above says about the London Symphony Orchestra's recording of "Our Town." Hands down, the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard. Moving, surreal, profound. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.             A Lo Cubano49 reviews Orishas Universal Latino, 2000 Lo Mejor de lo Mejor! When Orishas released this CD I was still living in Cuba. I used to listen to these songs all day long with my friends. Then I moved to US and what can I tell you? 537 Cuba is like an anthem for me because it really tells the reality about the feelings of Cuban people and perhaps every person that lefts his country likes us. On the other hand, these guys are amazing! The mixture of rap with ...             Putumayo Presents: Cafe Cubano3 reviews Various Artists Putumayo World Music, 2008 A Musical Mojito Putumayo's "Cafe Cubano" is the latest in the world music's cafe series,and so far,the best. While Italian&French Cafe are bland collections, the Cuban one is a savory blend of old and new music. The compilation is like a mojito-a cold limeade with the extra kick of rum. There's even a recipe--a mojito dipping sauce made with lime,lemon&orange juices. "Cafe Cubano" opens with Jose Conde y Ola ...             The Copland Collection: Orchestral & Ballet Works, 1936-19486 reviews Benny Goodman, Aaron Copland, ... Sony, 1991 Aaron Copland: Populist and Conductor If you want a prime collection of Copland's more accessible works, this is it. Yes, it's true that Bernstein's recordings of individual pieces are often bolder and livelier; but this set offers the composer's own authoritative view of his work, and for that reason alone it is priceless. In addition, it includes virtually all the orchestral pieces he composed during his "populist phase," from El ...             Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos23 reviews Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos Atlantic / Wea, 1998 Superb guitar An extraordinary album. I'm new to Marc Ribot, but this album is full of surprises--witty, innovative guitar that is melodic and always listenable. Ribot's guitar playing is at the heart of every tune and carries the weight of this mostly instrumental album. The Cuban style echoes Manuel Galban but is (not surprisingly) less traditional. This album will satisfy people who love guitar and enjoy ...             Leo Brouwer: Guitar Music, Vol. 110 reviews Leo Brouwer, Ricardo Cobo Naxos, 1998 A score for Naxos Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1939, Leo Brouwer has written some of the most diverse music for any instrument during the last 60 years. You can hear his Cuban background in the dynamic Afro-Cuban strains of his work. And of course, as in all guitar music, there's a rich Spanish element (in fact, one of Brouwer's guitar teachers studied under a pupil of Francisco Tárrega). But on top of that there's ...             Ay Caramba!4 reviews Ska Cubano Cumbancha, 2006 An exciting blend of Caribbean musical cultures Ay Caramba! is the musical creation of a UK/Cuba collaboration called Ska Cubano, which blends the bouncy ska beat that once took Jamaica by storm in the 1960s with Cuban cultural music. The result is an album with "hand-clapping" songs, rousing rhythm, and a diverse mixture of lively styles. An exciting blend of Caribbean musical cultures, Ay Caramba! is not to be missed. Tracks include Soy ...             Copland: Appalachian Spring/Fanfare For The Common Man/El Salón México/Danzón Cubano10 reviews Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, ... Sony, 1990 Long-Time Favorite When I was in the fifth grade, there was a district-wide competition called music memory, and one of the pieces I had to memorize for the competition was the last movement of Appalachian Spring. And I fell in love with that song. I went and bought the cassette of Appalachian Spring with Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic, and I listened to it almost every night before going to sleep. ...             A Copland Celebration Vol. 15 reviews Aaron Copland, Michael Winfield, ... Sony, 2000 The composer as conductor is unusurpassed This is a reissue of recordings conducted by Copland himself that are totally definitive and, to my mind, superior to the recordings by Bernstein that are generally considered to be the best. The composer has a broader, grander vision of these works, taking them at a slower and more majestic pace than Bernstein and others. In his hands this is great classical music, not just upscale cowboy ...             20 Grandes Exitos1 review Daniel Santos Teca Music, 1970 No me gusta mucho. Lo compre, pero no es lo que yo esperaba             Rough Guide to Urban Latino1 review Zona Marginal, Triangulo Oscuro, ... World Music Network, 2006 Estupendo conscious hip-hop! Rough Guide's "Urban Latino" is a true gift. At turns joyful, indignant, subversive and easy to dance to, this CD offers something for any music fan, whether you speak Spanish or not. I'm currently studying Spanish, and the thoughtful lyrics of these songs are inspiring me to discover the meaning of every word I hear. The songs by Colombia's Zona Marginal and Argentina's Actitud Maria Marta ...             Brouwer: Guitar Music, Vol. 23 reviews Leo Brouwer, Elena Papandreou Naxos, 2002 the way brouwer meant it to sound Brouwer himself states that Papandreou preforms his works the way they're supposed to, and I totally aggree! Papandreou has a great sonority, an unbelievably balanced and astonishing technique, and most of all a profound interpretation. Brouwer himself once stated in an interview that his music is really easy to interpret, if you just play what he mentions in his partitures. Of course this is a ...             Muy Divertido!14 reviews Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos Atlantic / Wea, 2000 carlos who? This review is in response to to the guy who calls the "typical" jazz guitar tone "thin" and "icy". does this guy have ears? JAzzers play huge fat hollowbodies for a reason..... big fat tone!!! also, who is the one who hired britney spears' #1 fan to write reviews for amazon? To say santana layed the groundwork for this album is musically ignorant. Comparing marc ribot's playing to ...             Distinto Diferente13 reviews Afro-Cuban All Stars Nonesuch, 1999 Muy caliente! Pure magic, my dear ladies and gentlemen, pure magic. I smell cigar smoke whenever I go past the CD tower.             LAGQ Latin Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Telarc, 2002             Breathe: The Relaxing Guitar2 reviews Johann Sebastian Bach, Leo Brouwer, ... Telarc, 2005 Relaxing guitar I bought this CD especially for "Farewell to Stromness," a piece written by knighted Peter Maxwell Davies, transcribed for guitar by Timothy Walker, and performed by David Russell. The piece is of a Scottish folktune, and written as part of a successful grass-roots resistence to the potential destruction of the picturesque town of Stromness in the Orkney islands in Scotland. The resistence ...             Lagq: Latin5 reviews Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Telarc, 2002 this album rocks the LAGQ again give us some suprise with this recent release. This is the second best version of Carmen Suite (second only to Romero's, but much better than Segovia Quartet's). The whole album is full of Latin style and spanish favor.             Lecuona Sinfónica / Morton Gould and His Orchestra3 reviews Ernesto Lecuon, Morton Gould and His Orchestra RCA, 1997 Acquire this ; you will be eternally rewarded! The inspired moods in which Morton Gould and his orchestra were inmersed when this recording was made was simply anthologic . Gould literally caught the perfect balance and the idomatism of Ernesto Lecuona , a cuban composer and author of Malagueña An emblematic song played for artists of the high of Paco de Lucia , Carlos Montoya , Jose Feliciano and the most famous orchestras of the world as ...              search for popular music 1936-1948, american, appalachian, breathe, brouwer, caramba, celebration, collection, conducts, copland, cubanos, diferente, distinto, divertido, exitos, fanfare, grandes, guitar, latino, lecuona, orchestra, orchestral, postizos, presents, putumayo, relaxing, sinfónica, sketches, spring, ultimate popular music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen pc & video games: Tecmo Stackers (PlayStation) home  impressum - about us