Guitar Greats: The Best of New Flamenco

Oscar Lopez, Jesse Cook, Various Artists - International - Latin - Flamenco, Young & Rollins, Strunz & Farah, Armik, Ottmar Liebert | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 25, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Baja Records
• ASIN: B00004TZB2
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,333 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #1 in Music > Indie Music > Latin Music > Flamenco
  • #4 in Music > World Music > Latin Music > Flamenco
  • #9 in Music > Indie Music > World Music

Customer Reviews

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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Acoustics ... the Art of Listening, August 20, 2001

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Billy Lum (KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guitar Greats: The Best of New Flamenco (Audio CD)

These 2 months marked my entry into a new genre of musical enchantment. I used to like pop, rock and jazz (still do), but a chance introduction to the romantic and seductive sounds made simply by an acoustic guitar got my motors firing on all cylinders...

I am totally mesmerised and i've fallen in love with the music of the acoustic guitars. I hv. NEVER heard any of these masterful artistes' names ever before in this GREAT album. The music from this album earns 100 stars! (out of five)

Thereon, I have purchased more CDs than i've previously did in 10 months! In a short two months, i've collected the following albums;

Jesse Cook:- "Free Fall" "Vertigo" and "Gravity"

Ottmar Liebert:- "Innamorare - Summer Flamenco"

Armik:- "Rubia" "Rosas del Amor" and "Gypsy Flame"

Oscar Lopez:- "Armando's Fire"

Next, I'm planning to purchase a couple from "Govi"... Is this testimony enough that "Guitar Greats - The Best Of New Flamenco" is a superbly GREAT buy?

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Luscious listening, August 8, 2000

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E. Karasik (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guitar Greats: The Best of New Flamenco (Audio CD)

From lightning-fast latin rhythms to haunting passages reminiscent of Old Spain, this CD provides consistently excellent sounds within the "New Flamenco" genre. Most of the tunes are contagiously upbeat and danceable -- I wasn't able to listen sitting still for long. What is also refreshing is the consistent quality of the entire CD -- no need to fast forward past any of the tunes. Particularly enjoyable to me were the contributions by Armik, NovaMenco, and Young & Rollins, the latter being charismatic newcomers to the latin music scene. If you need one good CD for a road trip, this could definitely be it.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Flamenco at its finest!, August 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Guitar Greats: The Best of New Flamenco (Audio CD)

This is an outstanding compilation, I couldn't believe that all the big names are here like Ottmar Liebert, Oscar Lopez, Armik, Jesse Cook, Strunz&Farah, NovaMenco, Govi, Shahin&Sepehr, Lara&Reyes and the new comers Behzad, Young&Rollins. Every song is a winner, you just cannot dislike this CD, I particularly like The Flavor, Barcelona Nights, Gypsy Renaissance and Jardin but the other ones are fine pieces of songs too. If you like this CD, you should also own "Gypsy Passion" from Narada, I just cannot have enough of those 2 CDs ! In the same style as this, I also own Oscar Lopez's "Seduction" , Armik's Rain Dancer/Gypsy Flame and Govi's Passion&Grace, Guitar Odysey. Just do yourself a favor, listen to this CD and relax, it's new flamenco guitar at its best!