Latin American Favorites

1. Fly Me to the Moon

2. It's Impossible

3. House of the Rising Sun

4. Do You Know the Way to San Jose?

5. September Song

6. Mayfair Walk

7. Lady Is a Tramp

8. Stranger on the Shore

9. I'll Never Smile Again

10. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen

11. I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)

12. American Trilogy

Latin American Favorites,Various Artists,Madacy Records,Int'l & World Music,Latin,Latin America

Average customer rating: great CD for little babies Great CD and fun to listen too for parents...and baby! Excellent sound quality, diversity of voices/songs Good musicians and creative arrangements

Al Agua Pato Latin American Music for Children Cantare Manufacturer: Cantaré Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music International Folk | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Children's Nursery Rhyme Songs in Spanish/Canciones Infantiles Para Ninos en Espanol Songs in Spanish for Children Fiesta Songs! Latin Lullaby De Colores and Other Latin American Folk Songs ASIN: B000BGQW6E Release Date: 2005-10-06

Tracks:

1. Al agua pato
2. Ya lloviendo est
3. Que llueva, que llueva
4. Debajo del bot
5. Chim pum fuera
6. Baguala del grillo
7. La mar estaba serena
8. En un vag
9. El payaso Plin Plin
10. Guerra y Parra
11. El rey de Constantinopla
12. Pepe Pecas
13. Maria Chucena
14. Pablito clav clavito
15. Mi barba tiene tres pelos
16. Porque tengo muchas ganas
17. Digo sdigo no
18. Saco la manito
19. Los piecitos
20. Conga, conga
21. TMonica
22. Hokey Pokey en espa
23. Al agua pato Reprise

Product Description

Brand new arrangements of Latin American favorites and original compositions inspired on styles such as son, merengue and swing. Contains sing-along songs, tongue-twisters and activity songs. Great for kids who are learning Spanish as a second language. In this playful musical journey to Latin America, they bring us the music that Latin parents, grandparents and teachers sing with their children. You will hear new renditions of traditional songs to sing along and dance, and a few tongue twisters with a twist.

Customer Reviews:

great CD for little babies.......2007-07-05

I am native spanish and this CD is the closest to the music I've had when I was little. Music is soft with no annoying voices. My 4 month old baby loves it already. Many of the songs are fun to dance with and in others you can signal with your hands while singing. Highly recommended.

Great CD and fun to listen too for parents...and baby!.......2006-12-23

We have a 10 month old and we can only speak English to her. To introduce her to the Spanish language we got this CD of music and the whole family loves it, including the little one. We all love dancing around the living room while its playing. Its also has 5 or 6 spoken parts to expose the baby to the spoken word. Also, its been a great CD to put her to sleep with because to songs are so soft an pleasing. You can't go wrong with this one!

Excellent sound quality, diversity of voices/songs.......2006-05-27

As a non-native Spanish speaker trying to expose our daughter to as much Spanish as possible (my husband only speaks English to her), this is a perfect CD with easily understood (i.e. not too fast, nor too many voices singing at once) and fun music in Spanish. The music quality is great and diversity of people singing (women, men, children) is broader than other CD's I've heard. Also, there are quite a few tracks!

Good musicians and creative arrangements.......2005-11-28

It can be hard to find children's music in Spanish that parents can also enjoy, but this is it. These performers sing well and have put together some delightful arrangments of old standards as well as some new songs. My Spanish-speaking kids (ages 4 and 1) love it and always get up to dance during their favorites.

Average customer rating: JALOUSIE/ STAR DUST- Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops

Jalousie and Other Favorites in the Latin Flavor/Star Dust Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Ladino | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Boston Tea Party Rodgers: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Pops Roundup Swing Swing Swing ASIN: B00000JWRO Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

1. Jalousie
2. Jalousie: Il Guarany: Overture
3. Jalousie: La Sorella, March
4. Jalousie: Espana Cani
5. Jalousie: Brazillian Dance (Danse Brasileira)
6. Jalousie: Jamaican Rhumba
7. Jalousie: Danze Piemontesi, OP. 31
8. Stardust
9. Stardust: Stairway to the Stars
10. Stardust: Wunderbar
11. Stardust: When You Wish Upon A Star
12. Stardust: You And The Night And The Music
13. Stardust: Clair De Lune
14. Stardust: Blue Moon
15. Stardust: Tonight
16. Stardust: Reverie
17. Stardust: The Night Was Made for Love
18. Stardust: Deep Purple
19. Stardust: The Glow Worm

Customer Reviews:

JALOUSIE/ STAR DUST- Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops.......2007-02-22

If you're a classical music lover, you can't go wrong with this great combination of two nostalgic gems, originally recorded on Lp format by Arthur Fiedler, conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra.
"Jalousie" was definitely one of Fiedler's finest works. The album theme "Jalousie" or "Jealousie" based on a tango composed by Gade, is a work of art. I first heard Fiedler's version of this great music master piece watching the old "B.F.Goodrich" musical program on television back during the early 60's and I immediately realized Fiedler's Boston Pops version of this great classic was absolutely the very best I have ever heard. This great album is complemented by other gorgeous classics, like "Il Guarany", "Jamaican Rhumba" "Danze Piemontese" and others. The second album included on this CD "Stardust" is another recorded milestone by Fiedler, "Stardust", "Clair de Lune" and other beautiful classics will simply delight you. Maestro Arthur Fiedler will always be remembered by music fans as Mr.Boston Pops. Fortunately a portion of his musical works with the Pops have been re-issued for us to enjoy and reminisce. I very highly recommend it. Do not miss this one.

Average customer rating: Magnificent Marimba Music A landmark recording!!! Highly recommended Every time I play this CD is like going to heaven.

Caribenos - Latin American Music for the Marimba Orlando Cotto Manufacturer: Orlando Cotto ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Best of the Baja Marimba Band ASIN: B00000HZ8U Release Date: 1998-11-04

Tracks:

1. Elegua
2. Son Montuno
3. Cuba y Puerto Rico Son
4. Pequena Pieza para Marimba
5. Natalia
6. Yacambu
7. Misionera
8. Bordel 1900
9. Cafe 1930
10. Night Club 1960
11. Piedra en la Piedra
12. Almendra

Album Description

Congratulations to those of you who have purchased a copy of the CD; you have made a wise choice. For those who need a little encouragement: go ahead, take a chance, you will not be disappointed. This is a recording unlike any other you have heard. It is good for any type of audience. For the "New Age" listener, this recording brings a new level of beauty and joy to the music industry. For the Classical listener, the music will move your feet. For the Latin music listener, you wondered why it took so long to get this published. Needless to say, I had a hard time deciding where to place this recording under the Amazon categories. But be assured that the music is easy to understand. To put it simply, this recording took some of the best traditional music from Latin American countries and re-invented them on a classical music instrument, the concert marimba.

Fernando Meza describes the instrument in the CD liner notes: "The marimba as a solo instrument has only come of age over the past few decades. This recording will undoubtedly contribute to the future professional development of the marimba, both because it is tremendously enjoyable character and because of the artist's high level of "musicianship". Orlando is able to sail through the murky waters of demanding technical passages making the music come alive in all its splendor. As we move into the twenty-first century and more demands are placed on performers to reach ever-higher levels of artistic excellence, creative and unique voices such as [Orlando's] will be the ones dictating the future of this instrument".

Fernando continues to talk about the recording: "Coming from the small town of Cayey in Puerto Rico and being able to draw from the extensive musical traditions of Latin America, [Orlando] offers in this recording a musical bouquet of delicious inspiration and daring undertaking. The adventurous quality and demanding virtuosity of works like Caribenos by Andrew Lazaro, or Piedra en la Piedra by Ricardo Lorenz, along with the delicate beauty of Piazzola's Historia del Tango and other gems included here are representative of [Orlando's] sensitive musical nature. With a thorough understanding of Latin rhythms and harmonies, this gifted artist dives into the depths previously unexplored by other marimbists and makes us engage and relate to the wonderful subtleties of the complex world of Latin music".

Customer Reviews:

Magnificent Marimba Music.......2002-02-24

This is a splendid CD. I came across it in a general search for marimba music. For those who might think of "Latin" music in rather limited terms--son, samba, etc.--this CD will come as a revelation. The program is tremendously varied, with both danceable pieces and more abstract, darker compositions that beautifully exploit the instrument's warm sonority. I had the pleasure of seeing Cotto perform live recently: he is a dynamic performer whose mastery of this difficult instrument looks effortless. No one will regret purchasing this.

A landmark recording!!!.......1999-04-06

Your CD is a landmark on the history of latin music written for the marimba because it is one of the few available on this particular genre. The repertoire is very well balanced, your performance perfect while Giovanni Hidalgo's participation gives the authentic latin touch. A+ to you, congratulations!

Highly recommended.......1999-03-28

I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to this cd. The marimba is enchanting...the music of Orlando Cotto both soothing and complex. My favorites on this unique cd are Caribenos and Piedra en la Piedra. Great stuff!

Every time I play this CD is like going to heaven........1999-03-19

Every time I play this CD my mind goes to those places reserved for your soul to go and enjoy. The performance of the artist is nothing less than subliminal and the selection of the music was excellent. I can't wait for his second album.

Average customer rating: All the best from Latin America: 20 Great Favorites execelent music. Nice Instrumental Rendition

All The Best From Latin America: 20 Great Favorites Various Artists Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Latin General | Latin Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Latin General | Latin Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000K59 Release Date: 1994-09-08

Tracks:

1. Copacabana
2. Fernando
3. Quiereme Mucho
4. El Lute
5. Ay No Digas
6. Samba Pa Ti
7. Una Paloma Blanca
8. Valencia
9. Brasil
10. Cuando Cuando Cuando
11. Argentina
12. Agua
13. Que Sera
14. Oye-Como Va
15. Rise
16. Chiquitita
17. Mexico
18. Quando Calienta El Sol
19. Granada
20. El Condor Pasa

Customer Reviews:

All the best from Latin America: 20 Great Favorites.......2007-05-14

I have no idea what the CD contains since I keep getting the wrong CD.
I keep receiving a CD titled "The best of Latin America". This has happened twice and I still have not received the correct one I ordered. I'm getting discouraged having to continually return the incorrect CD just because of your errors. Someone should check the stock at Amazon and get this straightened out. It's very frustrating and doesn't speak well for your company.
PLEASE send me the correct CD that I ordered.

execelent music........2003-09-22

I previously had a cassette tape. Tried to buy a CD of it from several places. Bad news from every place. They all sent me "the best of latin america. Sound like the correct cd, almost. The album ordered was "All the best from Latin America". One place CASCAMAN was the most helpful. I was told that the UPC code was identical for both albums. I even wrote the company in Canada and did not get an answer. I gave up. I might have had nervous breakdown if I tried to order it again. Good luck.

Nice Instrumental Rendition.......1999-07-11

Well done instrumental (without acclamation) of many classic Latin standards; many of which will be familiar to all audiences, Latin or otherwise. Well worth the bucks. Add your own vocals and I'm sure you'll be surprised how good you sound with a great orchestra backing you up.

Average customer rating: A Real Treasure Chest of Latin American Folk Favorites

Latin American Folklore Favorites Various Artists Manufacturer: Premium Music Coll. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Latin General | Latin Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Latin General | Latin Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00005IBGT Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

1. Adelita
2. Mulher Rendeira
3. Viva Jujuy (Viva la Feria) - Los Indios
4. Lola
5. Rio Manso - Los Indios
6. Mi Cafetal
7. Guantanamera
8. Cucaracha
9. Quien Te Amaba Ya Se Va - Los Indios
10. Llorona
11. Pajaro Campana - Los Indios
12. Bamba
13. Golondrina
14. Romanza de Espa
15. Calurosa - Los Indios
16. Cielito Lindo - Los Camperos de Valles

Customer Reviews:

A Real Treasure Chest of Latin American Folk Favorites.......2006-11-02

If you like Latin American folk music, lively, varied, and well-performed, you should order this CD without delay. You'll be glad you did. (Yes, it's that good!)

The selection is well-balanced, with many of the songs most popular in the US, complemented by several likely to be new to yanqui ears. What makes the disk stand out, though, is the consistently fine level of performance. The singers' voices are great: they sing clearly, blending well, and in tune. The instrumentalists play their parts just as they should be played: in proper style and very, very well. The recorded sound is excellent throughout. What more could anyone ask?

The two groups represented here--Los Campesinos and Los Indios--are unknown to me; a web search produces no information, either. It's too bad that such good groups are so little known. Still, this disk will sing their praises as long as it's heard.

The disk contains about 48 minutes of music: 2 instrumental tracks and 14 with vocals. All are sung in Spanish, except Mulher Rendeira, which is in Brazilian Portuguese. A few notes on the tracks follow:

"Adelita" is a love song from the Mexican revolution, quite well known in Mexico, I think, but likely unfamiliar to most US listeners. It's a lovely song, sentimental and impassioned, which was used in the 2004 movie "Pancho Villa," starring Antonio Banderas (available as a DVD disk on the HBO label).

"Mulher Rendeira" (lacemaking woman) is a fine song from northeastern Brazil adapted by Ze do Norte from a theme attributed to Virgulino Ferreira da Silva and featured in the movie "O Cangaceiro." Though do Norte started out as a poor cottonpicker he ended up as an internationally known musician/composer, and this is probably his best-known song. Two verses are presented here, along with the refrain, which says "Hey, lacemaking woman, you teach me how to make lace and I'll teach you how to love."

"Viva Jujuy" refers to the northwestern Argentinian province of Jujuy, in the Andes south of Bolivia. The valley of Humahuaca situated there gives its name to a well-known song, originally in Quechua but better known, as here, in Spanish translation: "La Fiesta de la Quebrada Humahuquena." It is a festive dance song mentioning native instruments (erke, charango, bombo). Its high spirits will lift anyone's mood and get their toes tapping.

"Lola", better known as "Ave Maria Lola," is a Caribbean song often found among salsa collections. Its refrain tells it all: "Ave Maria Lola, conmigo vas a acabar" (Ave Maria Lola, you're going to break up with me). Its lively rhythm belies its sad plaint of a rejected lover.

"Rio Manso" (calm river) refers to the river of that name in southern Argentina, and is another song of love gone awry. The poetic words, by Andres Calamaro, say in part, "I could not make you happy, so I beg you to forget me. I'm like the (river) Parana, which, without slowing its pace, kisses the beach and goes on." The music features the alternation between major and minor modes which is characteristic of this genre, and makes a lovely effect.

"Mi Cafetal" (my coffee plantation) is an old familiar Carribean tune which says "Everybody's always criticizing me, but I go on, carefree as always. They don't know I have a beautiful coffee plantation." The refrain says "Yo tengo mi cafetal, y tu ya no tienes na'" (I have my coffee plantation, and you've got nothing!) This is a bright and contagiously upbeat song.

"Guantanamera" is, of course, known to most everyone these days. Here is is presented in an easy, laid-back rhythm which lets the sweet harmonies and the words by Cuba's poet-patriot Jose Marti shine through: "I'm an earnest man from where the palmtrees grow..." It's a welcome reminder that that Guantanamo was once a nice little seaside town, before the US leased it for a naval base and built its notorious prison.

"La Cucuracha" is too familiar to say much about, except that it's the prettiest song about a cockroach that one can imagine. It tends to accumulate witty little verses, some of which may be a bit less than squeaky clean. As usual, Los Campesinos do any excellent job of presentation.

"Quien Te Amaba Ya Se Va" is A. Rodriquez Escudero's remarkably beautiful and tender tonada of sad resignation over the loss of love. The singer says "the one who loved you is now leaving, since another has come. Your torments will end and your boredom will go away. And if you hear a bell toll, don't ask who died: it has to be the one who loved you." This song also features major-minor mode alternation.

"La LLorona" (the weeping woman) is another very well-known song, from Mexico, supposedly about a ghost-woman weeping for her dead children. The only words to this song that I've ever seen, though, have no apparent connection to the ghost legend. They are, as here, simply a lover's words to the object of his affection. For example: "Y aunque la vida me cueste, LLorona, no dejare de quererte" (And even though it should cost me my life, Llorona, I won't give up loving you).

"Pajaro Campana" (bird of the plains) This is a long established, standard harp virtuoso piece which, though I first heard it at a folk concert in Venezuela, is widely known thoughout South America. The piece, which imitates bird sounds, is very well rendered here by Los Indios.

"La Bamba" is a "son jarocho," a particular form of music from the Veracruz region of Mexico, and this song is a very old, traditional wedding dance song. Though the words are simple enough, their meaning is subject to varied interpretations. In any case, it's a super-popular song not only in Mexico, but also in the US and all over the world since Ritchie Valens recorded it in the 1950s. Though its traditional use in weddings has largely died out, special groups, such as the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico still perform the music and dance in a stunning manner: the "bride" and "groom" while dancing manage jointly to tie a long ribbon into a neat bow, using only their feet!

"La Golondrina" (the swallow) was composed in 1883 by a Veracruz (Mexico) composer named Narciso Serradel Sevilla and became known in the US in 1906 when it was recorded by "Senor Francisco" on a Victor 78 rpm disk. It's a widely known song of sweet longing for one's native land, sung here in an appropriately sentimental way. Very sweet!

"Romanza de Espana," often known simply as "Romanza" or some other variation, is a remarkably beautiful traditional Spanish tune, best known as a classically elegant guitar solo. It became widely known when Spanish guitarist Narciso Yepes included his arrangement of it in the soundtrack for the 1952 French film "Jeux Interdits" and has subsequently been performed and recorded by many prominent guitarists. Here it is played by several guitar-like instruments in a lively arrangement which, though lacking the simplicity of the guitar solo, still manages to communicate the haunting loveliness of the piece without too much distraction.

"La Calurosa" (the warm one) is a fine folk dance-song featuring an interesting and catchy rhythm and two groups of voices singing in call-and-response fashion. It seems an authentic portrayal of what you might expect to hear at a local fiesta in some rural village in Latin America.

"Cielito Lindo" (beautiful sky) Though a "cielito" is a type of Argentinian dance song, by all accounts this very widely known piece is Mexican, and, though basically a love song, is quite a danceable one. Two of the best-known verses are presented here, along with the usual refrain, in a very enjoyable performance.

There's no doubt this CD merits a 5-rating for its excellent, lively, and varied performances of many fine pieces of Latin American folk music.

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Kazuhito Yamashita Plays His Favorites Manufacturer: Crown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Milhaud | Milhaud, Darius | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Scriabin, Alexander | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sibelius | Sibelius, Jean | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tarrega | Tarrega, Francisco | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Scriabin, Alexander | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000009KI4 Release Date: 1994-05-24

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