The Sound Of Cuba
Various ArtistsCD1 POPULAR SERENADES & SONGS
- Anonymus: Flor de venganza
- Miguel Campanioni: Rosalba
- Angel Almenares: Cajón del muerto
- Oscar Hernandez: Ella y yo
- Carlos Manuel Delgado: Si fuera como tú
- Miguel Campanioni: A Herminia
- Daniel Castillo: El misterio de tus ojos
- Daniel Castillo: ¿Y tú qué has hecho?
- Manuel Corona: A una coqueta
- Eugenio Portuondo: Tarde dominical
- Miguel Campanioni: A la orilla del mar
- Salvador Adams: Sublime Illusión
- Cristobal Dale: Entre flores moriré
- Rafael Gomes: Si volvieras a mi
CD2 GUITAR MUSIC FROM CUBA
- Ernesto Lecuona: La Comparsa
- Ernesto Lecuona: Danza Lucumi
- Ernesto Lecuona: A la Antigua
- Leo Brouwer: Preludio (Suite No. 2)
- Carlos Farinas: Canción triste
- Carlos Farinas: Preludio
- Enrique Ubieta: New York Rush
- Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: I. Asokere I
- Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: II. Suayo
- Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: III. Iyá mí ilé
- Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: IV. Borotití
- Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: V. Asokere II
- Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: VI. Iyá mo dupé
- Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: VII. Yeye bi obi tosuo
- Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: VIII. E Iekua
- Hector Angulo: Cantos Yoruba de Cuba: IX. Asokere III
- Jose Ardevol: Preludio
- Jose Ardevol: Variaciones
- Jose Ardevol: Danzas
- Leo Brouwer: Exordium-conjuro
- Leo Brouwer: Danza de las diosas negras
CD3 THE PIANO MUSIC OF ERNESTO LECUONA
- Ernesto Lecuona: Preludio en la noche
- Ernesto Lecuona: La conga de media noche
- Ernesto Lecuona: Canción de luna
- Ernesto Lecuona: Ella y yo
- Ernesto Lecuona: Vals arabesque
- Ernesto Lecuona: Vals maravilloso
- Ernesto Lecuona: Vals brillante
- Ernesto Lecuona: Vals apasionado
- Ernesto Lecuona: Vals patetico
- Ernesto Lecuona: Vals romantico
- Ernesto Lecuona: Vals poetico
- Ernesto Lecuona: Danza negra
- Ernesto Lecuona: ¡ ... Y Ja negra bailaba!
- Ernesto Lecuona: Yo te quiero siempre
- Ernesto Lecuona: La comparsa
- Ernesto Lecuona: Ante EI
- Ernesto Lecuona: San Francisco EI Grande
- Ernesto Lecuona: Danza de los ñañigos
- Ernesto Lecuona: La habanera
- Ernesto Lecuona: Danza lucumí
- Ernesto Lecuona: Bell-Flower
- Ernesto Lecuona: La cardenense
- 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.