Flamenco On Fire

Sabicas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Legacy International
• ASIN: B00000I0GR
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,288 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #48 in Music > World Music > Latin Music > Flamenco
  • #54 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Spain

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Flamenco Guitar, July 31, 2001

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Jonah DeWall (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flamenco On Fire (Audio CD)

This album shows the virtuosity of Sabicas, unencumbered by Cante (singing) or any other accompaniment--it is solely solo guitar. The album includes traditional flamenco styles (like Guajiras, Farruca, and Verdiales) as well as some other styles (like Ritmos del Paraguay) adapted brilliantly by Sabicas for the flamenco guitar. A couple things about the recording: several tracks on this album also appear on "All the Best Spanish Flamenco", but I would recommend this album if you're interested in the guitar as I am. Also, some of the tracks on this CD are identical (like #1 and #11, #3 and #15), but I never mind listining for a second time. There is some skipping on track 1, but track 11 is the same piece and is flawless. I think this is the best solo flamenco guitar recording I own. It is technically amazing, yet deeply musical and soulful.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Flawed package, great artist, November 30, 2004

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Ronald Levao (Princeton, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flamenco On Fire (Audio CD)

It is a treat to hear Sabicas' unaccompanied guitar work, but the packaging is inexplicably careless. It's more than the problem of skipping on the first track, or its repetition. The last FIVE tracks are repetitions of earlier tracks, and the insert gives no information about the songs, their traditions, or the artist, a man with a very interesting story. The insert also only has a sadly patronizing little bit about "authentic" music, but nothing on what that this authenticity means or why it is so fascinating.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A master at work, July 9, 2000

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Penumbra (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Flamenco On Fire (Audio CD)

Sabicas (1913-1990) was a grand master flamenco guitarist. This album features almost an hour of first rate traditional flamenco guitar music. Sabicas' old school style should appeal to traditionalists and fans of "neuevo flamenco" as well.

The only reason I didn't give this cd 5 stars is because of some "skating" on the first track. A friend's copy does the same thing in the same spot, so there might be a flaw in the master from which these were pressed.