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Adriana's Gift

Ario E. Salazar | Berkeley, CA United States | 08/09/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD is one of the most beautiful things to enter into our world. It is a gem that deserves a special place in one's music collection. I think that it was Keats who said that "a thing of beauty is a joy forever." This is the case with Cantata Cadicamo of Adriana Varela. Her smooth, deep and penetrating voice takes us into that realm of an almost oneiric Buenos Aires filled with characters that yearn, celebrate, love, and perish in the cadences of a language that only Tango could create, or recreate rather, for us to attain that "impossible memory" of which Borges so fondly wrote in his poem "The Tango." This CD is, literally, a harmony of caprices and whims that will fill with their voices spaces in your heart that not even you knew they were there. It truly is a pity that not many people know about this great Argentine singer, but this perhaps adds a charm to any buff's collection, as her music is definitely better enjoyed the way one enjoys certain lusts or sins: in the intimacy of one's soul."

THE REALLY SOUL OF BUENOS AIRES

Guillermo | Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego Argentina | 05/30/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'M SORRY BUT I CANT WRITE ABBOUT TANGO WITHOUT SPEAKING SPANISH. CONSIDERO QUE ADRIANA VARELA, ES UNA EXCELENTE DISCIPULA DEL POLACO GOYENECHE, UN ENFASIS MUY ESPECIAL EN EL TIMBRE DE SU VOZ, SU CAPACIDAD DE VOCALIZACION. CONSIDERO QUE LOGRO CAPTAR EN SU ESCENCIA INTIMA LO QUE CADICAMO QUISO EXPRESAR CON UN TOQUE MUY PROFUNDO DE GOYENECHE. PLEASE, EDIT THIS CD AGAIN, I THINK NO PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO LOVES TANGO CAN MISS THIS WORK GUILLERMO J. MARTINEZ MD."

Varela At Her Best

Kurt Harding | Boerne TX | 03/05/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"During the last couple decades, Adriana Varela and Litto Nebbia have collaborated in bringing the tangos of old back to life. They have done albums with Roberto Goyeneche and more recently have taken to resurrecting the tangos of Enrique Cadicamo into the popular consciousness of their native Argentina.

I own several CDs that showcase the singing of Adriana Varela and so far, Tangos de Lengue is the best. Varela has that husky, besotted voice so suitable to tango which makes her the best female tango singer on the scene today. And along with Discepolo, Cadicamo is one of my favorite "guardia vieja" composers.

My favorites here are Anclao En Paris, Tango de Lengue, a tremendous rendition of the famous Los Mareados, Punto Alto, and Descarte. Among the musical luminaries who back her are Antonio Agri, Nestor Marconi, and the aforementioned Litto Nebbia.

If you are new to the heartfelt singing of Adriana Varela, then this CD is as good a place as any to start. My copy of the CD bears a different cover than the one illustrated above, but it is still from the same Argentine company Melopea. Check it out!"