From: ak835@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael P. Burns)
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical.guitar
Subject: Flamenco recs. (revised)
Date: 9 Nov 1992 12:56:10 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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Here's a revised version of the Flamenco recordings list with
some additional notes and comments.
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TITLE                   ARTIST(S)               LABEL & No.
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Azahara                 Paco Pen~a              Nimbus  NI5116
   Guitar solos and duets (with Tito Losada) by one of the three
   virtuoso Pacos
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Music of R Montoya      Paco Pen~a              Nimbus  NI5093
      & N Ricardo
   Guitar solos of transcriptions of music by Ramon Montoya and
   Nin~o Ricardo, two of the most influential guitarists of the
   middle third of the 20th century. (Ramon was Carlos Montoya's
   uncle and teacher)
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Cante Gitano            Various artists         Nimbus  NI5168
   Recorded live at private Flamenco juerga in Moron dela Frontera
   Singers: Maria Solea, Maria la Burra, Jose de la Tomasa
   Guitars: Paco del Gastor, Juan del Gastor
   Paco del Gastor is the third of the three virtuoso Pacos
   (i.e, Paco Pen~a, Paco de Lucia and Paco del Gastor). He does
   not (to my knowledge) record as a soloist.
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Cante Flamenco          Various artists         Nimbus  NI5251
   Recorded live at private Flamenco juerga in Moron dela Frontera
   Singers: Gaspar de Utrera, Chano Lobato, Manuel de Paola,Miguel
            Funi, El Cabrero
   Guitars: Paco del Gastor, Juan del Gastor
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Flamenco                Paco Pen~a              Phillips 826 904-2
   Guitar solos, very good introduction to the main Flamenco styles
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Cante Gitana                                    OCORA  C558642
   Recorded live in concert in Paris and in studio. 2 CDs
   Singers: Fernanda and Bernarda de Utrera
   Guitar: Paco del Gastor
   Fernanda and Bernarda are sisters of Gaspar (see above)
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Los Malaguen~os                              Harmonia Mundi HMA 190965
   Singers: Conchita and Nena Cano
   Guitars: El Malaguen~o, Marino Cano
   Several guitar solos and duets, three cuts with singers. Includes
   a great rumba Flamenca and features some innovative harmonies
   This would be a good sampler of Flamenco for a beginning
   listener.
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Music of R Montoya      Manuel Cano             Hispavox   (no. ?)
   Guitar solos.  Most of the same pieces as on Paco Pen~a's CD with
   a more restrained performance
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Guitarra Gitana         Melchor de Marchena     Hispavox  7304032584
   Another of the greats of the previous generation in a rare solo
   performance.  Melchor was of the school that believed that the
   role of the Flamenco guitar was an accompanist to the singer
   and he did it better than anybody.
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Flamenco Highlights from Spain                  Laserlight  79036
   Contains some good examples of Sevillianas interspersed with
   guitar solos by Sabicas, one of the greatest Flamenco
   guitarists ever
  
Zyryab                  Paco de Lucia     Verve World 314 510 805-2
Sirocco                 Paco de Lucia           Mercury  (no. ?)
  The two recordings by Paco de Lucia are a good taste of the
  most avant garde Flamenco.  Paco de Lucia is arguably the
  greatest living virtuoso of Flamenco guitar.  In these
  recordings, especially "Zyryab", he admittedly goes beyond
  the bounds of Flamenco into jazz, "world music" or call it
  what you will.  Anyway it's great music.
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Le Chant du Monde: Grandes Figures du Flamenco Series
        distributed by Harmonia Mundi
  The "Grandes Figures du Flamenco" series is a treasure
  trove of Flamenco tradition.  These are re-masters of old
  recordings on which the engineers have worked their magic to
  increase the fidelity and remove hiss, pops, etc.  I have nos.
  6, 9 and 10 and the quality is very good, both technically and
  artistically.
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1)   Pepe de la Matrona         LDX 274 829
2)   El Nin~o de Almaden        LDX 274 830
3)   La Nin~a de los Peines     LDX 274 859
4)   Terremoto de Jerez         LDX 274 860
5)   Ramon Montoya              LDX 274 879
6)   Carmen Amaya               LDX 274 880
     Flamenco song and dance, some selections feature Sabicas
     as accompanist. Fantastic!
7)   Manolo Caracol             LDX 274 899
8)   Manuel el Agujeta          LDX 274 900
9)   Antonio Mairena            LDX 274 911
     with Melchor de Marchena accompanying.  It doesn't get any
     better than this.
10)  Pepe Marchena              LDX 274 912
     A singer in a style that was popular in the 1920's,
     softer and more subtle.  Paquito Simon and Ramon Montoya
     accompanying.

I have posted a revised version of my list with some explanatory
notes at the request of some who wanted more information about the
various recordings.

-- 
Michael P. Burns

ak835@cleveland.freenet.edu