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Sabicas: The Greatest Flamenco Guitarist
Sabicas - The Greatest Flamenco Guitarist "The music Sabicas plays creates a world of love, rhythm, and death. It is not a world in which the intellect is of much use, for the music seeks to communicate deep emotions, the darkest feelings one tries to avoid. Flamenco in the hands of the great gypsies is a constant striving to express this duality. No guitarist of the 20th century has expressed this better or more profoundly than Sabicas."
-- Cynthia Gooding, from her liner notes to this Rhino Handmade CD release
Sabicas ("suh-BEE-cus") is known the world over as one of the premier acoustic guitarists of the 20th Century, admired by flamenco and classical players alike. His pitch is virtually perfect, his dexterity approaching light speed. He was a true Spanish gypsy, and according to their tradition, the gypsy has but two sides to his being: the pleasure he seeks in this life balanced with a constant awareness of death. This twin nature is the bedrock of the intense and visceral musical form known as flamenco.
Spaniards believe that all forms of flamenco derive from seguiriyas, the "deepest" songs, and soleares, the "lesser" songs. The former ponder the endless sorrow of humankind, while the latter tap into its fleeting joys. Many of the selections on this CD are identified accordingly ("Soleares," "Seguiriya," "Solera Gitana," "Solea Por Bulerias"); for the rest, listeners have only the music as a guideline.
Sabicas recorded three volumes of solo guitar for Elektra in the late 1950s. The first volume is included here in its entirety, along with magical selections from the second and third. Also featured are two previously unreleased tracks from the performer's earliest sessions. The music of Sabicas offers the most potent distillation of flamenco, with all its fire, depth, intensity, and incredible life force.
Sabicas: The Greatest Flamenco Guitarist is available as an individually numbered limited edition of 2,500 copies. Get it at:
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RE: Sabicas: The Greatest Flamenco G... (in reply to Escribano)
Florian: The Second Greatest Flamenco Guitarist
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Florian - The Second Greatest Flamenco Guitarist "The music Florian plays creates a world of love, rhythm, and death. It is not a world in which the intellect is of much use, for the music seeks to communicate deep emotions, the darkest feelings one tries to avoid spelling. Flamenco in the hands of the great Aussies is a constant striving to express this duality. No guitarist of the 20th century has expressed this better or more profoundly than Sabicas and Florian."
-- Cynthia Gooding, from her liner notes to this Rhino Handmade CD release
Florian ("MAYT") is known the world over as one of the premier acoustic guitarists of the 20th Century, admired by flamenco and classical players alike. His pitch is vertually perfect, his dexterity approaching light speed. He was a true Romanian Aussie, and according to their tradition, the Aussie has but two sides to his being: the pleasure he seeks in this life balanced with a constant awareness of death by wrestling Alligators. This twin nature is the bedrock of the intense and visceral musical form known as flamenco.
Spaniards believe that all forms of flamenco derive from seguiriyas, the "deepest" songs, and soleares, the "lesser" songs. The former ponder the endless sorrow of humankind, while the latter tap into Fosters. Many of the selections on this CD are identified accordingly ("Soleares," "Seguiriya," "Solera Gitana," "Solea Por Bulerias"); for the rest, listeners have only the grandiloquence of these liner notes as a guideline.
Florian recorded three volumes of solo guitar for Elektra in the late 1990s. The first volume is included here in its entirety, along with the least expensive selections from the second and third. Also featured are two previously unreleased tracks from the performer's earliest sessions. The music of Florian offers the most potent disparagement of flamenco, with all its fire, depth, intensity, and inedible life force.
Florian: The Second Greatest Flamenco Guitarist is available as an individually numbered limited edition of 25 copies. Get it at:
RE: Sabicas: The Greatest Flamenco G... (in reply to Escribano)
Hi Guys:
I think Cynthia needs to check her facts before she plagerizes...errrr writes an opinion.
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Spaniards believe that all forms of flamenco derive from seguiriyas, the "deepest" songs, and soleares, the "lesser" songs. The former ponder the endless sorrow of humankind, while the latter tap into its fleeting joys.
Anyone who ever listened to Soleares would argue... In fact, it has been written that the soleares is flamenco's crowning achievement because it is the most beautiful (hardly a lesser Palo); here's one:
If I poured all my anguish into the streams, The waters in the sea would Rise to the Heavens
(to the last verse)
I beheld black eyes Since then, everything in the world Is black for me
RE: Sabicas: The Greatest Flamenco G... (in reply to Miguel de Maria)
Very good Miguel , now lets get back to "reading too deep into everything " :)
Let us get back to those deep subjects such as " SCENT"
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ORIGINAL: Miguel de Maria
Dogs sniff each other, skunks have evolved scent glands that are a weapon! I wonder if scent has an impact on our musical experiences, as well? Do the great concert halls have a particular odor that imparts special qualities to the experiences of the listner, or the player?
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