Sacred Rhythms

Grupo Liu Ana | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 25, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bembe Records
• ASIN: B00005NTS7
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,891 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #96 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Afro-Cuban

Track Listings

1. Cantos to the Orisha: Ellegua

2. Cantos to the Orisha: Oyá

3. Cantos to the Orisha: Ogún

4. Cantos to the Orisha: Yemayá

5. Cantos to the Orisha: Obatalá

6. Cantos to the Orisha: Ochún

7. Cantos to the Orisha: Chang

8. Oru Seco: Ellegua

9. Oru Seco: Ogún

10. Oru Seco: Ochosi

11. Oru Seco: Obaloke

12. Oru Seco: Inle

13. Oru Seco: Oyokotá

14. Oru Seco: Babalú-Ayé

15. Oru Seco: Oasain

16. Oru Seco: Osun

17. Oru Seco: Obatalá

18. Oru Seco: Oggué

19. Oru Seco: Aganyú

20. Oru Seco: Ifá

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the real deal, June 9, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sacred Rhythms (Audio CD)

This fantastic 1995 folkloric recording was made in Canada while several folkloric artists were participating in performances and workshops at the BANFF arts center. Led by percussionist Regino Jiménez (Musical Director of Danza Contemporanea de Cuba) and the recently deceased Amelia Pedroso on lead vocals, this five member ensemble presents sacred songs to Afro-Cuban deities known as oricha utilizing batá drums and voice. Also included on this recording is what batá drummers refer to as the oru seco or oru del igbodu, a liturgical suite of rhythms played on three batá drums. This ensemble is top-notch, and unlike field recordings, the audio fidelity is superb. If you are into Santeria music and batá drumming, you already own this. I highly recommend the recording. The producers add a note that the majority of the royalties of the recording go directly to the artists (because it was recorded in Canada, it avoids American embargo problems).

4.0 out of 5 stars Afro-Cuban Bata Playing, November 17, 2004

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WorldDiscoveries.Net "Bill Donovan, Reviewer" (Petaluma, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sacred Rhythms (Audio CD)

Grupo Ilu Ana's SCARED RHYTHMS provides powerful vocal cantos to the Orisha: Afro-Cuban bata playing lies at the heart of lovely tradtional Cuban drumming emphasized in SACRED RHYTHMS.