The reissue game continues. All of this material has been available more or less continuously in recent years, with the exception of Frühbeck's Three-Cornered Hat, which only resurfaced quite recently on an EMI twofer accompanied by Atlántida. The reason it reappears here, evidently, stems from the fact that this two-disc set contains all of Victoria de Los Angeles' stereo Falla recordings; and despite the fact that she sings for about 60 seconds in total in "Hat", it's always a pleasure to hear Frühbeck's big-hearted, expansively Romantic but always exciting way with the music.
Double CD by siinger Antonio L. Machin (1903-1977), who was very famous, especially in Spain, for his interpretations of popular songs and boleros. Born in Cuba began in the song from the 23 years. He later moved to New York and then Europe, definitely settling in Spain, where he developed his career after the civil war. Machin was coming increasingly popular over the years to be recognized as one of the great figures of the song in those years. His songs became emotional reference for generations of Spaniards mainly through the radio.
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Smoma are three guys who work together since 2000, playing live in all the most trendy location of Italy, proposing covers with original arrangements. Smoma are Simona (voice), Andy (trumpet) and Tobia (bass and piano – production). Their passion is jazz and you can clearly feel it through their new songs and from their versions of famous covers in a lounge and jazz house way, played sometimes with soft atmosphere and sometimes with more dancing rhythm.
Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) was one of the most celebrated musicians of the fifteenth century and one of the greatest composers of all time. He was every bit the equal of J.S. Bach in contrapuntal technique and profound expressivity, and like Bach able to combine the most rigorous intellectual structure with a beguiling sensuality. His two dozen songs set French lyric poetry in the courtly forms of his era—rondeau, virelai, and ballade—to exquisitely crafted polyphony in which all voices are granted equally beautiful and compelling melodies.
'Pequeña Compañía' was a Spanish vocal group made up of four singers who built his career between 1978 and 1987. They performed melodic songs in a medley format usually bringing popular themes (boleros, chachacha, tangos, cumbias, etc..) which achieved great success at those years.
The original Spanish crooner to the stars returns with his first studio work since 1996's TANGO with NOCHE DE CUATRO LUNAS. This first-class production moves deftly back and forth between the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas, navigating a swirl of arid flamenco melodies, Caribbean rhythms and cosmopolitan electronic pop finesse. The enlisting of such winning producers and songwriters as Rene L. Toledo and Robbi Draco Rosa seals the album's course for international appeal. As always with Senor Iglesias, romance is the name of the game. "Gozar La Vida" ("To Enjoy This Life") starts the set off with a bang, clearly riding the hit wave begun by Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas' "Smooth" with its hard-hitting guitar, organ and horn rhumba.