The Sound Of Cuba

CD1 POPULAR SERENADES & SONGS

1. Anonymus: Flor de venganza
2. Miguel Campanioni: Rosalba
3. Angel Almenares: Cajón del muerto
4. Oscar Hernandez: Ella y yo
5. Carlos Manuel Delgado: Si fuera como tú
6. Miguel Campanioni: A Herminia
7. Daniel Castillo: El misterio de tus ojos
8. Daniel Castillo: ¿Y tú qué has hecho?
9. Manuel Corona: A una coqueta
10. Eugenio Portuondo: Tarde dominical
11. Miguel Campanioni: A la orilla del mar
12. Salvador Adams: Sublime Illusión
13. Cristobal Dale: Entre flores moriré
14. Rafael Gomes: Si volvieras a mi

CD2 GUITAR MUSIC FROM CUBA

1. Ernesto Lecuona: La Comparsa
2. Ernesto Lecuona: Danza Lucumi
3. Ernesto Lecuona: A la Antigua
4. Leo Brouwer: Preludio (Suite No. 2)
5. Carlos Farinas: Canción triste
6. Carlos Farinas: Preludio
7. Enrique Ubieta: New York Rush
8. Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: I. Asokere I
9. Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: II. Suayo
10. Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: III. Iyá mí ilé
11. Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: IV. Borotití
12. Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: V. Asokere II
13. Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: VI. Iyá mo dupé
14. Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: VII. Yeye bi obi tosuo
15. Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: VIII. E Iekua
16. Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: IX. Asokere III
17. Jose Ardevol: Preludio
18. Jose Ardevol: Variaciones
19. Jose Ardevol: Danzas
20. Leo Brouwer: Exordium-conjuro
21. Leo Brouwer: Danza de las diosas negras

CD3 THE PIANO MUSIC OF ERNESTO LECUONA

1. Ernesto Lecuona: Preludio en la noche
2. Ernesto Lecuona: La conga de media noche
3. Ernesto Lecuona: Canción de luna
4. Ernesto Lecuona: Ella y yo
5. Ernesto Lecuona: Vals arabesque
6. Ernesto Lecuona: Vals maravilloso
7. Ernesto Lecuona: Vals brillante
8. Ernesto Lecuona: Vals apasionado
9. Ernesto Lecuona: Vals patetico
10. Ernesto Lecuona: Vals romantico
11. Ernesto Lecuona: Vals poetico
12. Ernesto Lecuona: Danza negra
13. Ernesto Lecuona: ¡ ... Y Ja negra bailaba!
14. Ernesto Lecuona: Yo te quiero siempre
15. Ernesto Lecuona: La comparsa
16. Ernesto Lecuona: Ante EI
17. Ernesto Lecuona: San Francisco EI Grande
18. Ernesto Lecuona: Danza de los ñañigos
19. Ernesto Lecuona: La habanera
20. Ernesto Lecuona: Danza lucumí
21. Ernesto Lecuona: Bell-Flower
22. Ernesto Lecuona: La cardenense
23. Ernesto Lecuona: Mazurka glissando 

Popular songs from Casa de la Trova, Cuban guitar music feat. Manuel Barrueco and Cuban piano music with Kathryn Stott: the authentic Sound of Cuba in a three-album compilation

The first things that come to mind when you think of Cuba? Cigars, colourful vintage cars… and sultry, sensual music. The three-album compilation The Sound of Cuba captures the spirit of authentic music from the island nation. The collection also features the iconic album Casa de la Trova – Santiago de Cuba’s answer to Havana’s Buena Vista Social Club!

In 1999, Havana-born guitarist Manuel Barrueco made a tribute to his homeland with the album Cuba! Featuring such greats as Ernesto Lecuona, Héctor Angulo, and Leo Brouwer, the release enjoys legendary status as a Cuban music classic. The child prodigy, pianist and bandleader Ernesto Lecuona, known as the ‘South American Gershwin’, created an oeuvre of more than 600 melodies, all infused with that irresistible Cuban flavour and rhythm. He takes centre stage on the 1999 piano album Habanera, with Kathryn Stott interpreting his music. On this album the English pianist brings Lecuona, who died in 1963 and who had been long forgotten in the West, to a new public falling under the spell of his lively music.

With music from the renowned Casa de la Trova, The Sound of Cuba box set brings the listener right to the heart of Cuban music. It was here in Santiago de Cuba with the Trova singers and guitarists that the country’s vibrant music-making culture emerged. This became the root of many other Latin-American styles that spread all over the world.