Search - Ottmar Liebert :: Rumba Collection: 1992-1997

TOO MUCH OF THE SAME THING

MOVIE MAVEN | New York, NY USA | 02/11/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Two Christmases ago, I was very much taken with Ottmar Liebert's wonderful holiday album CHRISTMAS AND SANTA FE, reviewed it quite positively for Amazon.com and gave it four stars. I wish I felt the same way about RUMBA COLLECTION which, to me, is, after two listenings, not even a CD which I wish to add to my permanent collection. The music simply does not "grow" and give renewed pleasure. It does, however, begin to sound strangely familiar and repetitive. Every number on the CD sounds more like the one before it and the one after it.The saddest aspect of this is that an original and exciting musician like Liebert sounds as if he wrote elevator music. I know I'm being harsh. This is not a lousy album; it is simply a big disappointment."

Dry...but fast.

Carol | 09/12/1998

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Don't get me wrong. Ottmar continues to do what he does best--play great flamenco-influenced music, lending his own personal take and a few other influences to the great tradition of the fast and furious guitar, but for some reason this album just doesn't do it for me. Too much studio fiddling, too little wild improvisation. Go for his live album Viva! long before you move on to this new release."

Wonderful music

MOVIE MAVEN | 04/02/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Simply poetry for my soul"