Omara Portuondo - Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo
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Free Music Notes for Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo
Free Music Review: Excellent representation of this genre
Hit: 4 Stars
Another wonderful cd from the buena vista social club. Excellent variety of fast paced and slow songs. I highly recommend this cd if you have bought any of the others.Free Music Review: Very Pleasant Indeed
Hit: 4 Stars
Omara has a beautiful and rich voice. The songs are pleasant and warm. I can listen to this CD over and over again because it is up-lifting and relaxing.Free Music Review: A GEM!
Hit: 4 Stars
The Buena Vista Social Club is one of Cuba's gems. Omara is one of its stars!Free Music Review: Buena Vista Social Club & Omara Portuondo
Hit: 3 Stars
One's view of this CD may depend on what the "Buena Vista Social Club Presents" conjures up. Does this mean a particular type of style, ensemble, musicians, production values, or something else, such as a marketing ploy to sell as many records as possible? Omara Portuondo's singing is beautiful, powerful, and emotional. The production is wonderful. Yet, in my case, I would have been happy to use Napster or Gnutella to download only a few of the songs. A number of the songs, including the first, use a string orchestra, others a string quartet, one a rather hokey electric guitar. Others may disagree, though, and love the album for its presentation of diverse styles, all beautifully performed. I suggest borrowing it from a friend and checking it out first.Free Music Review: What is the fuss all about?
Hit: 2 Stars
After reading all the media hype and even the reviews that appear in this site, I rushed to get this Omara Portuondo CD. I have listened to it four times and I am totally confused...You see I am a big fan of the "boleros" and of Cuban singers in general. I've listened to most of them all my life and they have enriched my life with their feeling and unique styles... I have loved Beny More, Nico Membiela, Olga Guillot, La Lupe,Blanca Rosa Gil, Elena Burke et all.. even Bola de Nieve... But Miss Portuondo? I really don't understand what the fuzz is all about. The best thing I can say is that Portuondo is "adequate" in these beautiful songs but not extraordinary... I guess she makes a big impression on people that have not followed the history of the "Cuban feeling singer" and have never heard the biggest voices of the genre.
It is strange and sad that American record labels, which have ignored for years the great talents of the Cuban bolero,(most of them living and dying here in the U.S. by the way) and all of the sudden come up with this product...They have packaged and marketed Miss Portuondo and her Buena Vista buddies in such a way that unsuspecting individuals who are beginning to discover these musical treasures believe that they are listening to the best...
It all only proves that in our society anything that is packaged and marketed properly will have great success regarless of merit.