Pablo Milanés - Versos de Jose Marti
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Track List: Versos de Jose Marti
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- Mi Verso Es Como Un Punal - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
- Yo Soy Un Hombre Sincero - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
- Banquete De Tiranos - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
- Al Buen Pedro - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
- Si Ves Un Monte De Espumas - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
- Vierte Corazon Tu Pena - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
- Eramos De Nuestra America - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
- Amor De Ciudad Grande - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
- Poetica - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
- Para Un Principe Enano - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
- El Enemigo Brutal - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
- Es Rubia, El Cabello Suelto - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
- Yo Soy Un Hombre Sincero - Pablo Milanes
- Versos Sencillos - Pablo MilanesDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Versos de Jose Marti
- Release Date:
- 03/06/1992
- Label:
- Universal Latino
- UPC:
- 639374008024
Pro Reviews: Versos de Jose Marti
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews On this 1973 record, Pablo Milanés sings selections by 19th century Cuban poet and revolutionary José MartÃ, drawing primarily on -Versos Sencillos (1891) and the posthumously published -Versos Libres (1913). Although this was Milanés' first album, by the time of its release he was already an accomplished artist. Following early-'60s stints with El Cuarteto del Rey and los Bucaneros, Milanés pursued a solo career; by the end of the decade he was collaborating with Silvio RodrÃguez and others, first at El Centro de la Canción Protesta de la Casa de las Américas and then as a member of El Grupo de Experimentación Sonora. Milanés began developing these arrangements for MartÃ's work while he was in El Grupo de Experimentación Sonora and the resulting solo debut remains a foundational recording of the nueva trova Cubana. Milanés' simple acoustic guitar accompaniment offers an evocative setting for MartÃ's words, but his voice is the crucial instrument; his smooth tenor captures the cadences, tone, and emotional power of MartÃ's writing, from its quiet, contemplative passages to its spirited, passionate flourishes. Milanés' adaptation of section one of -Versos Sencillos and his stirring versions of "Amor de Ciudad Grande" and "Banquete de Tiranos" are breathtaking. Particularly noteworthy is the brief "Eramos," a rendering of a passage from MartÃ's famous essay "Nuestra América" which masterfully conveys the musicality of his prose. It's impossible to divorce the nueva trova from its ideological context and to separate Milanés' art from his role in Castro's Cuba. But while that political backdrop is divisive, Cubans on opposite sides of the debate, at home and in exile, embrace José Martà as a hero; likewise, whatever your allegiances, it's hard not to concede that this album is a stunning musical achievement. Pop music lyrics seldom qualify as poetry, but Milanés shows how poetry can inspire phenomenally powerful popular music. - Wilson Neate, All Music Guide |
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Along with Silvio Rodriguez, Pablo Milanés was one of the crucial figures in Cuba's nueva trova popular-song movement of the late '60s; sponsored by Fidel Castro's government, the collective of nueva trova musicians were essentially supposed to reco...Full Pablo Milanés Biography
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