Mangore

Manuel Obregon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 7, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Orchard
• ASIN: B00005IC2W
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,478,155 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Preludio En Do Menor

2. Vals, Op.8 No.3

3. Vals, Op.8 No.4

4. La Catedral: Preludio De Saudade

5. La Catedral: Andante Religioso

6. La Catedral: Allegro Solemne

7. Danza Paraguaya

8. Gran Tremolo

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect from start to finish, May 14, 2011

By 

Jason Drew (GA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mangoré (MP3 Download)

On a whim more or less, I picked this music up (as a CD!) in the airport in Costa Rica. And what a find. The music was written for guitar by the great Paraguayan composer Agustín Barrios, but has been reworked here by the transcriber/performer Manuel Obregón. And really, it's more than a plain transcription, it's been quite reworked so that it sounds as if born to be piano music. As such, the music is mostly faithful to the guitar original, but sometimes departs, but either way there is no denying that this just works, and makes for an album that just sounds perfect.

The album bears up to repeated listening, and picking a favourite track is impossible. In mood, it varies from subdued to dance-like to some percussion-like passages: Barrios's music is quite varied and worth exploring.

Great to see that this is available for download; highly recommended!