Lirica Infantil - Volume 1

 (4 customer reviews)

Mr. Orozco's clear voice, good spanish & acoustic guitar accompaniment make for a very good introduction to the Lirica Infantil series. The body of the album is made up of mostly traditional songs from Spain, Mexico & the rest of Latin America, plus some original songs. It is hard to find as nice a selection of songs with such a good recording quality. Other collections I have heard (Arroz con leche, for example) suffer from lack of skill & experience with the Spanish language, others (Juguemos ninos? & Juguemos otra vez?) are just recordings of low quality . Another error (I think) this album avoids is the overreliance on electronic instruments or modern reinventing of traditional songs, not that there isn't a place for that kind of album, it is just that there are almost no collections which respect the traditional music and the songs heard of the past. Sadly even in Mexico, Children's song collections use generic synthetized music accompaniment or try to appeal to...Read more

This is certainly a nice collection of fun Spanish children's songs, but it just didn't live up to my expectations. I had "Diez Deditos" first and loved that one so much that I was anxious to find more of the same. However, this recording is just not as good a production and seems a little flat in comparison. If you don't have "Diez Deditos" you may be perfectly happy, but you'd be missing out on something better!

All of Orozcos CDs are truly excellent, and well worth the money. We love this one the best, but play all of them often. You can't get better for your kids!!!!!