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Cuban Lullaby
Various Artists, Bola Denieve, Rey Guerra
Cuban Lullaby
Genres: International Music, Classical, Children's Music, Latin Music
 
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No fat cigar, not even Cuba's gorgeous sunsets, can register close on the sublimity scale to the country's lush, commercially unsullied music, something lots of folks discovered a few years back when a subtle loosening of ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Various Artists, Bola Denieve, Rey Guerra, Clave Y Guaguanco, Mercedes Valez
Title: Cuban Lullaby
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Ellipsis Arts
Original Release Date: 10/24/2000
Release Date: 10/24/2000
Genres: International Music, Classical, Children's Music, Latin Music
Styles: Caribbean & Cuba, Cuba, Opera & Classical Vocal, Lullabies, Latin Children's
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 052296428020, 052296428044, 4260027624283, 005229642802

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No fat cigar, not even Cuba's gorgeous sunsets, can register close on the sublimity scale to the country's lush, commercially unsullied music, something lots of folks discovered a few years back when a subtle loosening of regulatory strings let the brilliant, boundary-busting Buena Vista Social Club cross the shore. On Cuban Lullaby, another of Ellipsis Arts' impressively packaged, carefully annotated, and sweet-smelling Lullaby series (the scent of lavender, said to promote heavy-liddedness, comes wafting out once the protective plastic is removed), the tradition-steeped African and Spanish elements that fused the Cuban sound fall in for a 16-track close-up--intimacy, after all, is what lullabies are all about. The music moves from lilting piano ("Drume Negrita," "Berceuse a Jessie," "Drume Mobila") to elegant guitar (a different rendition of "Drume Negrita," "Suenos de Colores") to tribal-sounding bata drums ("Oguere"). The set is by turns sweepingly beautiful, twinkly sweet, and rhythmically soothing--no surprise, considering this record's artist roster. Grammy-winning pianist Chucho Valdes, immortal entertainer Bola de Nieve, and Buena Vista Social Club singer Omara Portuondo raise the talent bar to a dizzying level, the right altitude, it turns out, for drifting off to dreamland. If your little one is the lucky intended dozer, leave the light on and read the liner notes. The English translations of these songs, like "El Amor de Caracol y Lombriz," about a snail-worm romance, and "Nana Animalera," describing a late-night all-animal hootenanny, crack a window on Cuban culture, causing, without intending to, sharp regrets that it's been sealed away for so long. --Tammy La Gorce

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CD Reviews

For sleeping yes, for spanish no
Katie | 08/30/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)

"This album is beautiful and should certainly put your little one to sleep. Many of the songs have a kind of aching lonliness, and the musicianship is spectacular. Two cautions:

1) How many versions of Duerme Negrita can they put on one album? Aren't there other songs Cuban mamas y papas sing to their little ones?

2) If you're hoping to introduce your little one to the Spanish language, quite a few of these songs are in afro-cuban dialect.



Enjoy!"
La fairy azul
la fairy azul | 08/10/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Este álbum de Cuban Lullaby es una joya. Son todos temas que crecí escuchando, cantados y arreglados musicalmente con un estilo sofisticado y encantador. Mi esposo me lo regaló hace un par de años y desde entonces lo he regalado varias veces a amigos con y sin niños, ahora lo comparto con mi bebita cada noche a la hora de dormir."
Rare Gem
la fairy azul | 05/31/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am Cuban-American and found two rare gems this year. This CD, CUBAN LULLABY and the Cuban-American bilingual children's picturebook set in Cuban Miami's Little Havana Calle Ocho Festival, DRUM, CHAVI, DRUM!/TOCA, CHAVI, TOCA! The characters, author and illustrator are Cuban. These two recommendations are for children, but if you're Cuban-American or Latina/o you will relish in these two items no matter how old you are. 10 stars to both items!"