Susana Seivane

Susana Seivane

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 22, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Green Linnet
• ASIN: B00004WK1H
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #86,932 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jotabé

2. Taramundi E Alén

3. Xota de Niñodaguia/Muiñeira Do Moiño de Peizá/Polca Para Erica

4. Pasacorredoiras de Ponteareas

5. Alalá de Vilalba

6. Sabeliña

7. Marcha Procesional Dos Mato

8. Fonsagrada

9. Xota Dos 28 Puntos

10. Maneo

11. Cotula

12. O Saviñao-Pasodoble de Pousada

13. Tres Muiñeiras (Three Muiñeiras)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The music of the northwestern Spanish coastal province of Galicia consists of a persistent Celtic strain grafted onto centuries of Portuguese, Spanish, and early music influences. The local mouth-blown bagpipe is called the gaita and was made famous by Carlos Núñez. Susana Seivane is descended from generations of pipers and is also a formidable virtuoso, but she has a subtler, more reedy sound than her charismatic countryman. Her debut album was produced by Rodrigo Romani of the supergroup Milladoiro, the Galician equivalent of the Chieftains. He and other band members sit in as Seivane leads a faultlessly idiomatic team of Gallegos (Galicians) through a program of rumbas, xotas, paso dobles, muñieras (Galician jigs), marches, and alalás (slow airs). Tin whistles and flutes, squeezeboxes, fiddles, mouth harps, plucked strings, and occasional vocals by the talented Sonia Lebedynski add up to a lighthearted journey through a relatively unspoiled and picturesque musical terrain. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rising Star, December 19, 2000

By	Emmett Miller (Burton, WA) - See all my reviews

Susana Seivane brings so much music out of her pipes it is difficult to believe your ears. Compared to recordings by other Galician pipers or groups, Susana walks in the clouds. The arrangements are not over done in an attempt to be commercial. The tunes are traditional for the most part, but this is no ethnomusicological study either. Susana plays with incredible technique and style, but she doesn't exploit her abilities to simply show off or play wicked fast. She is quite young, and we will, I hope, be hearing a great deal more of her piping for years to come. If you like Spanish music, if you like piping, or if you like music gets your feet tapping and moves your soul, this CD is a "must have."

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars she's a great piper!, April 5, 2001

By	Gander (Mill Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This is masterful piping. Lovers of traditional Irish, Scottish, or Breton music will find this disc a delight.

BTW, the writer of Amazon's review has it completely backwards: centuries of Spanish, Portugues, and other musical influences graft on the the scion, the original stock, Galician! The only older influence hereabouts is Basque.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Susana Seivane, March 1, 2001

By	David C. Escobar "bumfaloo" (Issaquah, WA USA) - See all my reviews

Amazing! The music is entrancing. One is drawn to listen, dance, imagine--the bagpipes are so lively, and never crossing into flat rythym--what control! I can't wait for more from this incredible woman. I also was intrigued by references to other Gallician groups and musicians. I will be looking for them from now on. QUE BRAVA!