Celia Cruz - Hits Mix
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Artist: Celia CruzEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-11-05
Music Label: Sony U.S. Latin
Soundtracks:
- La Negra Tiene Tumbao (Remix)
- La Sopa (Remix)
- Yo Vivire (I Will Survive) (Azucar Para Ti Remix)
- La Vida Es Un Carnaval (Reggae/Latino Mix)
- Que Le Den Candela (Dance Mix)
- Hay Que Empezar Otra Vez (Reggae/Latino Mix)
- Oye Como VA (Latin/Trance Mix)
- Azucar Negra (Sarli's Azucar Negra Remix)
- Sazon (Sarli's Sazon Remix)
- Gotta Get Down (La Negra Tiene Tumbao) (Spanglish Remix)
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Free Music Review: The oldest have heard no one like her, and the youngest never will again; but through her music she lives on!
Hit: 5 Stars
Arturo Toscanini, renowned conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra during the 1940's, once told the opera soprano Marian Anderson, "A voice like yours comes but once in a century!" The very same could be said of Celia Cruz, "La Reina de Salsa". It was not just her ability that has placed her within the pantheon of immortals such as Enrico Caruso and Edith Piaf, but her greatness of spirit, which left its mark on everything she did.
I only discovered her at her death; the coverage of her passing on English and Spanish-language television networks included file footage of her performing and being interviewed. Even to such a clod as I (and with only a moron's understanding of Spanish), her vivacity and charm were instantly apparent. I can only compare it to an electric current. Intrigued, I first purchased the album "Havana Days", made up of music she recorded in the 1950's; then this album, "Hits Mix". One of the great charms of her work was her willingness to experiment with changing the form of her music while preserving the content. That is to say, she was willing to alter her music for a new generation of fans while maintaining its essence throughout. From her earliest works to her last, nothing vital is ever lost while it is being continuously renewed. This is certainly on display in this album where her songs are recast as dance numbers and include some modern electronic flourishes. While purists may shudder, all I can say is that she succeeds brilliantly at something I would have judged impossible had I not heard it for myself.
Centuries from now, if humanity is not destroyed by natural or human-induced catastrophe, I would like to think that--if they remain human at all--some will hear these songs and feel the same strange and amazing exhilaration they bring to me. If you have never heard her music, select an album of hers and order it-not tomorrow, but today. If you are a native speaker of Spanish--whether from California, Texas, New York, Spain, or anywhere else--you cannot consider youself civilized until you have sampled the music of one of the greatest singers in your mother tongue. A new and fantastic pleasure awaits you all!
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