Customer Reviews

Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra Live - Wide-Eyed + Dreaming

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I'm a big fan of Liebert's music, so I bought this dvd expecting to listen to it peacefully at home trying to relax myself, only to be INTERRUPTED by a comentary in the middle of my favorite song "snake charmer" what a shame... With this dvd you just have to skip and skip in order to find the music...Also, I find it just too short, just about six songs...very dissapointed.

Great music and an interesting look at this artist. Liebert fans will appreciate this DVD with its exceptional sound and a visual view of one of his concerts. I personnally have not had the pleasure to see him perform live in concert, so I enjoy this DVD as a nice compromise. Anyone who has not seen or heard his music, I recommend that they take a gamble and get this DVD to listen to his music and see his style. He's an accomplished musician, and his music is original and very enjoyable.

I agree with everyone about the quality of the recording and performance. The problem that is all too common with music on video is the talk that interrupts the flow of the music. Even worse is when a tune is cut short so we can hear talk. DVD has the capability of alternative tracks so one can hear the interesting talk when desired. I doubt anyone will desire to hear this great music interrupted by talk on each playing. This seriously compromises the enjoyment that would have been so much greater with this beautiful performance.

Acclaimed guitarist Ottmar Liebert and his band, Luna Negra, perform their unique flamenco-tinged jazz artistry live at Calgary's Centre for Performing Arts. Most of the tracks performed come from Liebert's 1996 Grammy Award nominated album, OPIUM, but some older hits like 'Snakecharmer' and 'Barcelona Nights' are also included. In addition, there is some candid documentary footage of Liebert's life in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he gathers much of his musical inspiration.

Performances include Lush, Butterfly + Juniper, Snakecharmer, Serenity On Ultracloud, Yasmeen, Bombay, Alegria Arabe, Duende Del Amor, and Barcelona Nights

For those who like to take a break from the noise once in awhile, this is a pleasant DVD. Sound and vision are great. Rather soothing!

Ottmar is one of the best guitarrists in the nouveau flamenco. He plays alive with his band acoustic music with percussions. Nothing to say about the quality of compositions but all the tracks are so similar (the style is this...) so all the concert is not boring but it's better if you are a good fan. Among the songs there are some interviews with Ottmar in which he tells something about him and his life. A good dvd for a romantic night and for whom loves this music.

As somebody who has a large range of Ottmar Liebert's music and consider his work to be of extremely high quality, and also the fact of living in Australia and not being able to see him personally in concert, I was more than impressed with the casualness of Ottmar and his band and how they combine together. It is of course unusual to see a player with a setting of many candles and barefoot playing on stage like that.
I just love Ottmar Liebert and his band Luna Negra and the way they present their music. Thank you.

I have never written a review before but I felt it necessary to add my opinion about this video since the previous ones were so terrible. Ottmar Liebert is an incredible composer and musician and he and his band are unbelievably tight. This video is mesmerizing and deserves an excellent rating. It is professionally done and the music is overwhelming.

Ordered this from Netflix, and had to own it. Commentary is part of video, and there are plenty of uninterrupted songs here. I was glad for the explanations, and insights as to how Ottmar writes.

If you are a guitarist, instrumental musician or arranger, you will find this fascinating. The simplicity of the arranging mixed with the skill of the musicians comes across beautifully.

I will use this as an example for my students.

Great experience...

In the DVD, O.Liebert says: "that he doesn't say much when he's performing." Well, he does not practice what he preaches in this DVD. He interrupts the Snakecharmer song at the most inopportune time with extraneous chatter. He then later makes an comparison about Michael Jordan and his group being in the "ZONE". That's a little bit more than what I want to hear. Other than that... it's o.k. listening.