On a Night Like This / En Una Noche Asi: Ernesto Lecuona Love Songs
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Composer: Ernesto LecuonaPerformer: Carole Farley
Performer: John Constable
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2004-07-27
Music Label: Bis
Soundtracks:
- Siempre En Mi Corazon for voice & piano (or orchestra)
- Cómo presiento (The feeling I have), song for voice & piano (or solo pi
- Allá en la sierra, song (High in the Sierra) (from Córdoba)
- Tu no tienes corazón, song (You have no heart)
- Mi corazón se fué, song (I lost my heart)
- Dame de tus rosas, song for voice & piano
- No es por tí, for voice & orchestra
- Mira, song (Look! or Heartless) (from La Habanera)
- Dame el amor (Give me your love), song for voice & piano
- Que risa me da, song (Oh what a laugh)
- La Comparsa, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
- Al fín (Finally), song for voice & piano
- Se abrieron las flores, song (The flowers opened or You, Only You)
- Conga Cuba, song
- Amor tardio (Belated love), song for voice & piano
- En una noche asi (Another Night Like This) [From Carnival in Costa Rica
- Devuelveme el corazón, for voice & orchestra
- Primavera de ilusión, song (Spring of illusion)
- Un amor vendrá (A love will come or I'll know it's love), song for voice &
- Me has dejado, song (You have left me or I won't stand in your way)
- No me engañares, song (You won't deceive me or Idle Dreams)
- Rumba mejoral, song (Pronouncing rumba)
- No me mires ni me hables, song (Don't look at me or speak to me or Now
- Mi amor fué una flor, for piano
- Canción del amor triste, song (Song of sad love)
Music reviews of On a Night Like This / En Una Noche Asi: Ernesto Lecuona Love Songs
Music Review: Pathetic... and this is stated with great regret
Rating: 1 Stars
Thank heavens Gilberto (see "Horrible") doesn't have a tin ear. This is the most deceptively presented collection of unidiomatic interpretations imaginable. I have a profound respect for the works of Lecuona, be they vocal, orchestral or piano solo, and am proud to own 32 Lecuona CD's, many bought in Havana over six trips to that city. Madame Farley captures none of the magic that Esther Borja, Alina Sanchez, Rosita Fornes, Rita Montaner or Maria de los Angeles Santana display in their priceless renditions of Lecuona's treasures. Her Spanish pronunciation is off-base and I have the impression that she's sight-reading the music. She hits the notes square on, and yes, she does have a beautiful voice, but there's no feeling in between the notes. Madame Farley doesn't caress the music with her heart and soul. If she has been to Cuba, I'll be very surprised indeed, as I have no sense she's ever felt the gentle evening breeze flow over her shoulders on a Havana rooftop patio or a Miramar garden under a noche azul sky.
People who don't know Lecuona and rave about this initial purchase remind me of those who bought the soundtrack to the 1981 cult favorite "Diva" so they could hear Wilhelmenia Fernandez sing "Ebben ne andro lontana" and claim they were all of a sudden "into opera"... and never bought another operatic album again. You're having the wool pulled over your ears, folks. Stay away. Go on-line and order any vocal recordings with the above-mentioned singers (especially Borja's "Canta a dos, tres y cuatro voces") to hear Lecuona sung with more than just the sweet sounds of a melody muffin. I admire Madame Farley for her excellence in opera, but without some very intense language study and immersion in Cuban culture, she ought never to attempt Lecuona again. Similarly, Bing Crosby was one of the great singers of the 20th century when he stuck to his repertoire, but his recording of Lecuona's "Siboney" has to be one of the least Latina of incarnations of all time... "See Bone Nay-ay-ay".
I have the honour of knowing Esther Borja, who was Lecuona's singer of choice. He accompanied her countless times in the 30's and 40's. I was privileged to join friends in celebrating two consecutive birthdays of hers in recent years. Believe me, at 91 she could HUM the music better than Madame Farley sings it. I brought the Farley CD to Havana last March to play it for several musician friends and the common thread in their reactions was, "This is not what Lecuona would have wanted." Cubans are, for the most part, very polite.
It pains me not to be able to savor this recording as I think one cannot possibly have too much Lecuona. I really wanted to own "CD number 33". I was eager to hear what the lovely Farley voice would do with the music. Sadly, I'm still stuck at 32.
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