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Masters of Flamenco Guitar

Masters of Flamenco Guitar

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Artist: Various Artists
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music

List Price: $11.98
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 reviews
Sales Rank: 3192

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 59273
UPC: 724385927324
EAN: 0724385927324
ASIN: B000005HA9

Release Date: November 25, 1997
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Tracks:

  • Zapateado - Sabicas
  • Taranta 'Camino De Linares' - Sabicas
  • Bulerias 'Con Un Clavel' - Sabicas
  • Alegrias 'Salero Gaditano' - Sabicas
  • Farruca 'El Albacin' - Sabicas
  • Siguiriyas 'Serrana Juncal' - Nino Ricardo
  • Fandangos 'Martisma De Hueiva' - Nino Ricardo
  • Soleares 'Gitana Gaditana' - Nino Ricardo
  • Malguena 'Velez-Malaga' - Nino Ricardo
  • Zapateado - Nino Ricardo
  • Pregon 'Liego El Frutero' - Manolo De Huelva
  • Fandangos Por Solea 'Yo No Me Hubiera Perdido' 'Ruegale A Dios Por Salud' - Manolo De Huelva
  • Malaguena 'No Te Hagas Ilusiones' - Manolo De Huelva
  • Fandangos 'Ese Me Gusto Seria'/'Ni Hermosa Ni Dinero' - Manolo De Huelva
  • Bulerias - Melchor De Marchena
  • Tanguillos De Cadiz - Melchor De Marchena
  • Sevillianas - Melchor De Marchena
  • Penteras - Melchor De Marchena
  • Serranas - Melchor De Marchena
  • Soleares - Melchor De Marchena

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
Many subtly varied kinds of music fall under the rubric of flamenco, which is a style of singing, dancing, and even living, as well as playing the guitar. This collection presents a good guitar selection, highlighted by the polished technique of Sabicas, the profundity of Manolo de Huelva, and the sheer brilliance of Melchor de Marchena. There is a drastic change of atmosphere in the transition from track 10 (a zapateado played by Nino Ricardo) to track 11: Manolo de Huelva accompanying the voice of Manuel Vallejo. Suddenly we are in a cuadro, the natural environment of flamenco, with a group of participants clapping, stamping their feet, and shouting encouragement to the musicians. No longer is it just a man sitting alone on a stage or in a studio, playing the guitar fluently and flawlessly; this is cante hondo, the heart of flamenco, intense and astringent, and the best of this disc's many flavors. --Joe McLellan


Customer Reviews:   Read 4 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Masters of Flamenco   March 11, 2008
Masters of Flamenco Guitar

This is a remarkable CD. The musicians are truly gifted, the music beautiful. Makes me want to dance along.



4 out of 5 stars Excellent price, good performances, some track labeling issues   March 1, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

For the price, great for those interested in classic flamenco guitar. Sabicas, Nino Ricardo, and the others were true flamenco maestros.

Something I noticed, though, (which is not Amazon's fault, I think) but must be the record company's, is that the Sabicas tracks are probably mislabeled. Based on my understanding of the flamenco forms, the 'compases', the tracks are probably shown out of order. Listening to the pieces, the first track is an alegria, the second a buleria, the third a farruca, the fourth a zapateado (and I have a DVD where Sabicas is playing this and it is labeled as being a zapateado), and the fifth a taranta, so actual ordering of the tracks should probably read:

Alegrias 'Salero Gaditano' - Sabicas
Bulerias 'Con Un Clavel' - Sabicas
Farruca 'El Albacin' - Sabicas
Zapateado - Sabicas
Taranta 'Camino De Linares' - Sabicas

I think the ordering for the non-Sabicas tracks is okay.



2 out of 5 stars NOT what I had hoped!   December 3, 2007
 1 out of 4 found this review helpful

This was not what I had expected, and I was disappointed at the performances. Ive heard better players play the same songs, and usually I do not agree that anyone can top the original player of a song, but I felt like there was not enough energy in the way these songs were played, and it sounded kind of sloppy, and rough, rather than concentrated and smooth.


4 out of 5 stars This album is for musicians   May 21, 2007
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I am a big fan of flamenco, but I am not a musician. I still like and appreciate the music in this album, but I think it is for musicians who can understand the skill.


5 out of 5 stars Four of the Best (before the 2 Pacos)   March 28, 2007
This is a high quality recording of four of the best Flamenco Guitarist predecessors to Paco Pena and Paco de Lucia.

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