Nouveau Flamenco: 1990-2000 Special Tenth Anniversary Edition [Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Ottmar Liebert | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 28, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Higher Octave
• ASIN: B00004RCS5
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,700 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #77 in Music > World Music > Latin Music > Flamenco

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This is where it all began. Ten years ago, Ottmar Liebert brought flamenco music to the world with a new style of playing he dubbed, appropriately, nouveau flamenco. Ten years later, despite such adventurous CDs as Opium and The Hours Between Night and Day, Nouveau Flamenco remains his most popular CD. The reasons are obvious. Although Liebert is a technically gifted player, he lets the melodies of his flamenco-inspired tunes ring out over his own virtuosity. That's what makes songs like "Barcelona Nights" and "Sante Fe" so memorable. Nouveau Flamenco spawned countless imitators, some of them even very good, but this CD instantly reveals why Liebert has managed to be the top-of-the-brain name for modern flamenco music. On Nouveau Flamenco: 1990-2000, they've remixed everything, extended some tracks out a bit and brought in five additional pieces recorded at the same time as the original CD. The resequencing may throw off your memories of the original, and the mix here tends to be thinner and less reverberant, but one decade and millions of CD sales later, Nouveau Flamenco still lives up to its title. --John Diliberto

Product Description

The 10th Anniversary edition of Liebert's groundbreaking 1990 debut that brought his updated flamenco sound to the mainstream, featuring sparkling remixes of the original 12 tracks and 6 bonus tracks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

56 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Buy the ORIGINAL-- nothing is "special" about this edition!, January 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Nouveau Flamenco: 1990-2000 Special Tenth Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)

"Special" doesn't always mean better!

Get the original album that was released in 1990. This flat re-release boasts "extra tracks" that in reality are just remixes masquerading as new material. Note that the above editor's review mentions the "thinned" out sound of the special edition versus the original release. I agree completely, and that is the bulk of my complaint about this cd. The original version was meatier, had more purposeful arrangements, and the sound was unique without being flashy.

This new edition, however, is a castration. New age guitar music already teeters dangerously on the edge of the easy-listening abyss, and this remastering has pushed 'Nouveau Flamenco,' a recording that barely evaded the evil clutches of Lite Jazz, into the bubble-bath music category.

Bottom line: if you want MUSIC, purchase the original release in all of its dynamic acoustical glory; if you want a collection of lullabies or a smooching soundtrack, pick up this so-called "special" edition, complete with its extra synthesizers and a computer's sense of rhythm.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Summer Music at its Best, June 6, 2000

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Dawn Woolcott (Vancouver WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nouveau Flamenco: 1990-2000 Special Tenth Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)

This is a wonderful cd I love to listen to. Perfect for background music during those warm summer nights during your barbecue party or as you cook dinner with friends gathered around. This was my first introduction to flamenco music and truly enjoy it. The songs are of a consistent nature, yet with distinct melodies so that they don't drone on together into one mass. They are just unique enough, yet similar enough so that they make good background music without becoming boring or irritating. I recommend it.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soothing and Energizing - all at once, July 31, 2000

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Liz (Reynoldsburg, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nouveau Flamenco: 1990-2000 Special Tenth Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)

This album is soft, gentle, makes you want to sway - and dance! If you regularly sit in traffic - play this album and you'll wish the traffic jam would last. Is it possible to be in a bad mood while listening to this? I don't think so...