Maria Teresa Vera

Various Artists - International - Latin - Pop/Rock | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 12, 1999)
• Original Release Date: January 12, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nube Negra Records
• ASIN: B00000HXJ8
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #543,586 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #45 in Music > Indie Music > Latin Music > Latin Pop

Track Listings

1. Veinte Años (Twenty Years)

2. La Rifa (The Raffle)

3. Por Qué Me Siento Triste? (Why Do I Feel Sad?)

4. Ya No Puedo Amarte (I Can't Love You Any Longer)

5. He Perdido Contigo

6. Juramento (Oath)

7. Los Funerales de Papá Montero (Papa Montero's Funeral)

8. Sólo Pienso en Ti (I Only Think of You)

9. Eso No Es Ná (That's Nothing)

10. Perdona Corazón (Forgive, Oh Heart!)

11. Dime Que Me Amas (Tell Me That You Love Me)

12. Sobre Una Tumba Una Rumba (Over a Grave a Rumba)

13. Doble Inconsciencia (Double Thoughtlessness)

14. Esta Vez Tocó Perder (This Time It Was My Turn to Lose)

15. Virgen del Cobre (Virgin of Copper)

Editorial Reviews

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Born in 1895 in Rio de Pinar, Maria Teresa Vera grew up in a Cuba rich in songs born of beauty and conflict. That she became a professional singer was at first an effrontery to the male-dominated music business at the time; that she became a sensation is a tribute to a talent that is now legendary in her country. In the years that she sang and wrote songs, she became famous, made a wealth of recordings, led her own band, and championed the country music of the street troubadour in the years before the son swept the nation. This album is a tribute to her. The 15 performances, by singers from Spain and Cuba, show the power of the songs themselves, songs she wrote or made famous during her career, songs that forged this generation of singers and writers. They include the polished contemporary folk-pop of Gema Corredera and Maria Salgado, whose warm performance of Vera's signature song "Viente Años" is wonderful. A more country feel comes from Caridad and Reinaldo Hierrezuel's take on Manuel Corona's humorous death tribute "Los Funerales de Papa Mantero." Other near-perfect tracks include Galician diva Uxia's "Perdona Corazon," and the heart-rending warmth of Pablo Guerrero's "Doble Inconsciencia." Pablo Milanes, one of the vanguard of the nueva trova movement in Cuba, calls Maria Teresa Vera "the embodiment of Cuban song." These performances prove it. --Louis Gibson

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment., August 18, 2004

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KP "KP" (Miami, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maria Teresa Vera (Audio CD)

I love Cuban music. I have hundreds of recordings, thousands of songs. I am writing this not for the casual listener who thinks of this as "world music", but for the dedicated one who can appreciate a bolero and who might be temped by this album.

Most of the interpretations on this CD stilted and loungy.

Rifa strays into the ugliness that is "salsa." Uxia's renditions are particularly atrocious, but she's not alone. At best, the majority of tracks are forgettable mediocrities.
Most of the artists on this CD are not fit to interpret this music.

Funerales para Papa Montero is very good, but then Cariada Hierrezuelo is a legend in her own right. If only she would have done the entire album...

Even the song translations are poor and change the meaning of the original.

Do yourself a favor and listen to Maria Teresa, as this "tribute" does no homage to her genius. If you want a superb sampling of real trova by actual trova artist, not imitations, try Casa de la Trova (ASIN B00000J26Y).

KP

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PRECIOUS, November 10, 1999

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ROXANA GARCIA ([e-mail]) (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maria Teresa Vera (Audio CD)

MARIA TERESA VERA IS ONE OF THE BEST CUBAN WRITERS AND SINGERS OF HER OWN TIME. LUCKY ARE THOSE WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING HER.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sobre Una Tumba Una Rumba, August 5, 2000

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Jose Ignacio (Barranquilla, Atlantico Colombia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maria Teresa Vera (Audio CD)

Buena selección de una amplia producción literaria musical, mujer pionera de la musica popular cubana de directos ancestros con la madre tierra africana pero con una elaboración tambien fuertemente enraizada en la tradicion musical de nuestra tierra indoamerikana.