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Maria Teresa Vera

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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

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.

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.

Whether you knew this Master of popular Cuban music or not, if you have not listened to this antholgy, you owe it to yourself. The artists reponsible for the project are of first caliber and I still have to find a cut I did not like. Based on the compositions that made her take the whole island under her spell, A MARIA TERESA VERA is full of exquisite, modern arrangements, wounderfully orchestraded . The guitar, the instrument of the "trovadores" and María Teresa's eternal companion, serves as the idoneous vehicle for achieving the perfection that characterizes the whole rendition. Highly recommended!