Lobo - Edu Lobo

Advantages: Hugely enjoyable music, fresh and free of pretence
Disadvantages: Unfamiliarity?

...Brazil’s most celebrated classical composer wrote some two hundred works for piano, many of which sadly languish in the wilderness. This disc will do much to advocate his appealing musical personality. The collection begins with the suite “As Tres Marias,” a trio of movements lasting barely three minutes. Based on the stars of Orion’s belt, it is one of Villa-Lobos’ most popular pieces, here played with great panache by the Canadian virtuoso Marc-Andre Hamelin. The closing Rudepoema, a fiercesome score from the 1920s dedicated to Arthur Rubinstein, paints a completely different sound picture. It’s a concentrated work, powerful and uncompromising, and perhaps surprisingly it delves into the world of polytonality as realised by Milhaud in the same decade. It takes several listens to fully appreciate the larger scale that Villa-Lobos... Read review

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Advantages: Great upbeat songs
Disadvantages: dissapointing followup to On The 6

..., Cory Rooney, Manny Benito, Neal Creque, Jose Sanchez, Frank Rodriguez and Guillermo Edghill Jr. and was produced by Cory Rooney for Cory Rooney Entertainment and Jose Sanchez, Frank Rodriguez and Guillermo Edghill Jr. for Swing Central Entertainment Inc. It was recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York and Lobo Recording Studios in Long Island, New York. The backing vocals were provided by William Duval, Yanko, Ricky Gonzalez and Shalene Thomas. Carino has a very Latin feel to this song with guitars, trumpets, trombones and a piano in the background music and contains a sample from the song Sofrito which was recorded by Mongo Santamaria in 1976 and was released on Vaya Records. Track 7. Come Over Come Over was written by Kip Collins, Michelle Bell, Sean Combs and Mario Winans and was produced by Kip Collins for ALC Productions, “... Read review

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Advantages: Antonio Banderas sings
Disadvantages: Hard to find

...Having seen the film "Desperado" I decided I wanted to get the Soundtrack, after months of searching I found it, in a small CD shop...in Berlin. I couldn't believe it. The soundtrack is mostly latin style music, artists included on the CD are Dire Straits and Carlos Santana (before his latest hits). Other less known artists, to me anyway, include Los Lobos and Latin Playboys. The films two stars also contribute to the soundtrack, Antonio Banderas sings the first song on the CD acompanied by Los Lobos and Salma Hayek performs a slow love song, even though if you turn the volume up you can hear someone saying the words before her in the background. If you liked the film or even if you like Latin music this is a great soundtrack.... Read review

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