Corazon Libre

Mercedes Sosa | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 13, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B0009DBXJA
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,118 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A New Pearl from Mercedes, October 8, 2005

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Juan Mobili (Valley Cottage, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corazon Libre (Audio CD)

If you are already familiar with Mercedes Sosa, you are probably elated that she has released a new album. Having turned seventy years old and of fragile health in recent years, her recordings have been spare -with live recordings filling wider gaps between those with new songs- which makes this release even a stronger reason to rejoice.
As far as this album is concerned, the wait has been amply justified. Mercedes has chosen an intimate ensemble for these offerings, the accompaniment consists of musicians with whom she's played for many years, and the few instruments and austere -yet heartfelt- arrangements in each song focused on her exquisite voice and the mastery of her interpretations.
To select songs for singular praise is quite difficult since every one of these tracks is magnificent, whether they are songs she's not sung before or those who she's chosen to sing again with new arrangements. That said, there are several which deserve attention and promise special delight.
Among the new songs, "Corazón Libre" which is bound for addition to her long list of classics, "País," "Tonada del Otoño," "Tonada del Viejo Amor" - a duet with the legendary Eduardo Falú- and "Y la Milonga lo Sabe" are stunning in their depth and simplicity.
When it comes to new versions, "Todo Cambia," a song that has reached hymn-like status in Argentina since she first sung it, shines brightly. Furthermore, her choice of recording it in a slower and quieter form, brings to the fore new dimensions and nuances -at least it's true in my case- that you may not have fully appreciated before.
All in all, Mercedes Sosa has made another pearl of an album, and if her voice may not always have the chant-like power of earlier recordings, it has not lost any of the heart and wisdom she's known for infusing her songs with. Whenever I listen to this album I'm reminded of the poet Stanley Kunnitz when he says "I am not done with my changes" because Mercedes is clearly not done with hers. May God bless her.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars so happy she's back, October 8, 2005

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Marcos Montes (Buenos Aires Argentina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corazon Libre (Audio CD)

Mercedes has been sick for a couplle of years but if that's taken a toll on her voice somehow, her art goes deeper and deeper. I strongly recommend this album to her fans, and to those who want to know what Argentine folklore is all about. Though her sound is somewhat fragile on certain songs, the delivery remains unparallelled, and she's always in tune. In Zamba de Argamonte, she handles her head tones admirably and ends up the song on a far-fetched, perfectly-tuned note. Remarkable!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Corazon Libre - Mercedes Sosa, February 23, 2006

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Oscar Matos "Oscar Matos" (VA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corazon Libre (Audio CD)

Excelente disco, como todos los de ella. Lo recomiendo a todos los amantes de la buena musica de conciencia.
Oscar Matos