Candombe

Grupo Del Cuareim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 1999)
• Original Release Date: May 25, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Big World Music
• ASIN: B00000J2Q3
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #449,739 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #25 in Music > World Music > South & Central America > Uruguay

Track Listings

1. Lonjas de Cuareim

2. Biricunyamba

3. Baile de los Morenos

4. Yo También

5. Candombe Para Figari

6. Todos

7. Y Volver Por Ti

8. Eee Lumbé/Pique y Repigue

9. Camino Verde

10. Ayer, Te VI

11. Palo y Tamboril

12. Solo He de Quedar

13. Mejor Me Voy

14. Mucho/Rey Tambor

15. U

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Candombe - South America's best kept secret!, September 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Candombe (Audio CD)

Candombe? Grupo del Cuareim???!!! Maybe even Uruguay means nothing to you! In fact Candombe, is an African delivered rhythm and main part of uruguayan way of life. In my opinion, Uruguay and candombe are the best kept secrets of South America. Cuareim, or "Barrio Sur" the southern side of Montevideo. Grupo del Cuareim brings you the sound and flavours of the music that african slaves brought almost two centuries ago and slowly came to it's actual shape in this neibourhood of the city.

Even if this is the first recording of the group many of their components have been playing around the world for more than 30 years. Keyboard composer and arranger Hugo Fattoruso, he has worked with musicians like Ron Carter, Milton Nascimento, Hermeto Pascoal, Chico Buarque among others. In this exciting CD you'll find him at his acoustic piano supported by a "cuerda of tamboriles", the three drums that are used to play candombe, and occasionally other intruments like bass and guitars. You'll also find a superb vocal section, featuring singer and composer Ruben Rada and other nine vocalists singing their heart out in theese classical candombe repertoire. But no words, at least not mine, can describe what can be heard and what is hidden in this superb album. All I can do is tell you is to ask your cd retailer to get you a copy of it and get yourself into a new musical experience with the hypest of rythms! You can also check albums as Ruben Rada - Montevideo and Hugo Fattoruso - Homework, both issued by BigWorld Records, to enlarge your candombe experience.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars latin muzak, April 2, 2004

By A Customer

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This review is from: Candombe (Audio CD)

it is not street candombe, but some homogenized drek that is overproduced and
wants to make you leave the room, or use the cd as a frisbee

I think they have listened to too much Herb Alpert

had high hopes for it

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and compelling, November 17, 2004

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WorldDiscoveries.Net "Bill Donovan, Reviewer" (Petaluma, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Candombe (Audio CD)

The percussive rhythms of CANDOMBE are powerful and compelling, and the satisfying complexity doesn't stop with drums, but is enhanced by numerous vocalists and a large 'big band' feel produced by the interactions of many musicians.
 CANDOMBE offers lovely songs, outstanding choral effects and works unparalleled in both depth and technical complexity.