Homenaje a Violeta Parra [Import]

Mercedes Sosa | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 3, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Int'l
• ASIN: B0000X2DHA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,483 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #20 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Tangos

Track Listings

1. Defensa de Violeta

2. Gracias a la Vida

3. Segun el Favor del Viento

4. Arriba Quemando el Sol

5. Me Gustan los Estudiantes

6. Volver a los 17

7. La Carta

8. Que He Sacado con Quererte

9. La Lavandera

10. Rin del Angelito

11. Los Pueblos Americanos

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GRACIAS A LA VIDA WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION, September 22, 2006

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C. Scanlon "least helpful reviewer" (among us humans) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homenaje a Violeta Parra (Audio CD)

hear the great Mother Earth open all her tears and moan so musically the gratitude of life with all of its sorrows.

why this later reissue is at this moment a good one hundred dollars less than the original Musicrama issue of 1995 is incomprehensible. Probably that price will fluctuate, have recently jumped from three to one hundred and three dollars. Meanwhile, this re-issue is accessibly priced and well worth the purchase.

You will never hear mere anglo shallow divas again. Here the whole Earth herself sings.

YOu also may not require any other South American disk than this, as it covers a wide variety of rhythms and styles. And once Gracias a la vida gets into your bones, you will set your CD player on rep1 24/7 with that one tune, and it will do you no harm.

YOu will give thanks to life for that one tune. Of course, my Andean ex-wife sang it way better than even this perfection, but that's another story. If only I could remember those guitar chords. Gotto hear it once more. Scuse me while I kiss the earth.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mercedes Sosa sings Violeta Parra, January 30, 2010

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Laura Auerbach "Laura Auerbach" (Lima, Peru) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homenaje a Violeta Parra (Audio CD)

A bit melancholy but good if you like protest and melancholic music. Definitely for listening to when you are feeling good - not when a bit sad or depressed! Certainly not lift-you-up music.