Story Of Flamenco, The

Hemisphere Artists (Series), Various Artists - International - Latin - Flamenco | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 22, 2011)
• Original Release Date: July 29, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note
• ASIN: B000005H8X
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #332,579 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #11 in Music > Indie Music > Latin Music > Flamenco
  • #62 in Music > Indie Music > Latin Music > Salsa & Merengue

Track Listings

1. Serranita Me Publicaste - Pepe De la Matrona

2. Me Valgo De Mi Saber - Perla De Cadiz

3. Subasta De Cuadros Antiguos - Pericon De Cadiz

4. Moritos A Caballo - Sernita De Jerez

5. Yo Tengo Tres Corazones - Paco Isidro

6. Mujer Malina - Manolo Caracol

7. Le Pido A Dios - Fernanda De Utrera

8. En El Estribo - Gabriel Moreno

9. Los Andaluces - Flores De Gaditano

10. La Zagala - La Nina De la Puebla

11. Me Pongo A Pregonar - Terremoto De Jerez

12. Fiesta En El Barrio De Santiago - Terremoto De Jerez, Romerito, El Borrico, Daimente Negro, Sordera And

13. Linares Que Us Mi Pueblo - Carmen Linaresa

14. Tabernas De Triana - El Pali

15. Nochebuena En El Alosno - Hermanos Toronjo

16. Nana De La Cebollas - Enrique Morente

17. Me Gusta Estar En La Sierra - Pepe Marchena

Editorial Reviews

Story Of Flamenco, The by Hemisphere Artists

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Desert-island Flamenco, September 18, 2000

By 

Chia-heng Yao "milesyao" (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Story Of Flamenco, The (Audio CD)

Where to go after Gypsy King? Well you've come to the right place. This has got to be the best single-cd "introduction to <world music X>" that I've ever seen. Assembled with intelligence and taste, it casts a wide net over the sea of flamenco and Andalucian folk music, and comes up with nothing but pearls. Each cut is a masterpiece done by a singer renowned for that particular form -- La Perla por alegrias, Fernanda por solea, Toronjo por fandango, and El Pali por sevillanas. No limp jazz-fusion like so many other such anthologies ('Duende' comes to mind), but no geezers either. These are true classics -- old songs that rock just as hard now. In particular "Fiesta en el barrio Santiago" is probably the best recorded buleria of ALL TIME.

The inclusion of Andalucian folk like campanillero and villancico is unorthodox but brilliant -- it helps establish context for the non-Spanish listener. Many of the artists included are hard to find otherwise (e.g. Fernanda)

In a word, BUY IT!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good introductory CD - with a few min-blowing tracks, September 1, 1999

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Uffe Steenberg (Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Story Of Flamenco, The (Audio CD)

I am still stunned by the track on the CD called "La Zagala". The singer "La nina de la puebla" has a tremendous voice and the song is not like anything I've heard before. This song alone makes the CD worth buing!!! If anyone knows of other recordings by the same artist, I would like to hear about it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great place to start.........and return to, October 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Story Of Flamenco, The (Audio CD)

This is a fantastic introduction to the music of flamenco! By far the best "best of" disc on the market. Includes some classic performances by flamenco's great voices, in all the traditional flameco forms (thankfully it has none of the newer "jazz fusion"). Considering the age of some of these recordings, the sound quality is quite good.

This is the disc we started our discovery of flamenco with (our collection now exceeds 75+ discs), and still one we play with great regularity.