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Side
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1.
Concierto de Aranjuez (J. Rodrigo) (4:06)
2.
Besame Mucho (C. Velasquez) (3:34)
3.
Manham de Carnaval (L. Bonfa) (2:33)
4.
Amor Amor Amor
(G.
Ruiz / R. Lopez Mendez) (3:52)
5.
Romance (Anon.) (3:16)
6.
Recuerdos de Ia Alhambra (F. Tarrega) (3:17)
7.
Cavatina (Theme from "The Deer Hunter")
(S.
Myers) (3:23)
8.
Perfidia (A. Dominguez) (3:16)
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Side B
1. Maria Elena
(L. Barcelata) (3:12)
2. The Girl
From Ipanema
(A.C. Jobin /
V. De Morases) (2:43)
3. Vaya Con
Dios
(L Russell /
J. James / B. Pepper) (2:24)
4. Wave (A. C.
Jobim) (2:24)
5. Nostalgia (Weyer
/ Roucher) (2:52)
6. Malagueña
(E. Lecuona) (3:44)
7. La Paloma (
S. Yradier) (3:16)
8. Prelude No.
1 (H. Villa - Lobos) (3:06)
9. La Comparsa
(E. Lecuona) (3:16)
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Internationally
renowned guitarist Lex Vandyke turns his attention to Latin American
Music with this collection of well-known melodies. Playing favorites
from the 'Great Latin Songbook' from "Besame Mucho", "Amor,
Amor, Amor", "Perfidia", "Malgueña" and
"La Comparsa" to the tunes of bossa nova era including "Manha
de Carnaval", "The Girl from Ipanema" and
"Wave", Lex Vandyke endows each with the special blend of
musicality and tenderness that makes his recordings so irresistible to
listeners around the globe.
The
album is entitled "Concierto de Aranjuez" after one of the
masterworks of the Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo. The "Concierto
de Aranjuez", a mature and astonishingly well-balanced composition,
explored new fields of harmony and rhythm and opened up vistas in the
use of the orchestra and the solo instrument. In the "Concierto de
Aranjuez", the guitar, in spite of its distant sound, never becomes
submerged in the orchestra, but asserts its individuality and even
dialogues with it.
Along
the way, Lex Vandyke also pays tribute to some of the best composers of
popular music in the history of Latin American music, composers such as
Ernesto Lecuona, Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Lecuona is
probably the most successful composer Cuba has produced, Bonfá
and jobim are among the beloved Brazilian composers of the 20th century.
Bonfá
is best known for "Manha de Carnaval" ("Morning of
Carnival"), from the cinema classic "Black Orpheus",
(original title, "Orfeu Negro", 1958). Film director Marcel
Camus commissioned Luiz write the score for "Black Orpheus",
but originally rejected "Manha de Carnaval" as its theme.
Bonfá complied with a second offering, but
insisted the first was preferable. After heated disagreements, Camus
relented and "Manha de Canaval" has since become a classic,
recorded in 37 different languages.
Jobim
made the world aware of the lilting, langourous rhythms of Brazil with
such songs as "The Girl From Ipanema" and "One Note
Samba". These songs are representative of bossa nova, a music which
has influenced countless musicians and listeners.
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