Anhelo: Argentinian Songs [Import]

Jose Cura (Composer), Carlos Guastavino (Composer), Julian Aguirre (Composer), Alberto Muzzio (Composer), Jorge Cardoso (Composer), Alberto Ginastera (Composer), Ariel Ramirez (Composer), Carlos Lopez-Buchardo (Composer), Astor Piazzolla (Composer), Hilda Herrera (Composer), Maria Elena Walsh (Composer), José Cura (Conductor, Performer), Eduardo Delgado (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: José Cura, Eduardo Delgado
• Conductor: José Cura
• Composer: Jose Cura, Carlos Guastavino, Julian Aguirre, Alberto Muzzio, Jorge Cardoso, et al.
• Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Erato
• ASIN: B00000DGWU
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,391 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Preludio a los Sonetos de Amor y Muerte

2. La rosa y el sauce

3. Se equivoco la paloma

4. El unico camino

5. Elegia para un gorrion

6. Campanilla, adonde vas?

7. Riqueza

8. Soneto 4

9. Anhelo

10. Caminito

11. Nocturno

12. Milonga

13. Cancion del arbol del olvido

14. Alfonsina y el mar

15. Cancion del carretero

16. Cancion de Perico

17. Adios Nonino

18. Desde el fondo de ti

19. Postal de guerra

20. Sonetos de Amor y Muerte

Editorial Reviews

CURA JOSE ANHELO

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Cura for Heartache, September 23, 1999

By 

John Buckingham "Smokey Raku-Potts" (Worcester, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anhelo: Argentinian Songs (Audio CD)

Musical wonderman José Cura conducts himself in this splendid collections of art songs from his native Argentina. Wrapping his big, rich, meltingly warm barti-tenor voice around each ballad of heartache and romantic longing, Cura beautifully conveys the emotion at the heart of the song; it's meaning comes clear even for us listeners who aren't up on our Spanish. Especially impressive are his top notes, which he deploys either forcefully or very soft and intimate, like a lover's whisper in one's ear. Superb support from Ernesto Bitetti and Eduardo Delgado on guitar and piano contribute to the aura of closeness surrounding this disc. Simply put, ANHELO is a beautiful album and one which deserves a place any serious music lover's collection. ¡Viva El Cura!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anhelo, November 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Anhelo: Argentinian Songs (Audio CD)

I discovered Jose Cura through Sarah Brightman's "Time to Say Goodbye." What a find I made! This man has the most expressive voice. Full of emotion and grandure, but not to the point of being ridiculous.

"Anhelo" is the perfect introduction to this wonderful man's voice. It is traditional Argentine music. The first time I heard "La Rosa" I was literally crying by the time it was over. The production is not over the top. You can hear Jose, without fighting the orchestra. Even if you don't speak Spanish, you can understand what he's singing through the emotion he gives each song.

Where most operatic voices do not understand that not every song is an aria, Jose does. He, like Sarah Brightman, can sing the opera with the "pop." Pick up this CD, with the bath and wine ready!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A large voice sings small, May 31, 2001

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V. S. Sheridan (Coronado, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anhelo: Argentinian Songs (Audio CD)

Many opera singers cannot seem to make their voices fit small or popular-type songs. The great Placido Domingo's pop albums are all disappointing: overproduced and underfelt. Jose Cura, on the other hand, gives these small songs from his homeland a warm, heartfelt treatment. The spare, always apt accompaniment adds to the poetic quality of the whole. This CD is a treasure.