1. Zapateado - Sabicas
2. Taranta 'Camino De Linares' - Sabicas
3. Bulerias 'Con Un Clavel' - Sabicas
4. Alegrias 'Salero Gaditano' - Sabicas
5. Farruca 'El Albacin' - Sabicas
6. Siguiriyas 'Serrana Juncal' - Nino Ricardo
7. Fandangos 'Martisma De Hueiva' - Nino Ricardo
8. Soleares 'Gitana Gaditana' - Nino Ricardo
9. Malguena 'Velez-Malaga' - Nino Ricardo
10. Zapateado - Nino Ricardo
11. Pregon 'Liego El Frutero' - Manolo De Huelva
12. Fandangos Por Solea 'Yo No Me Hubiera Perdido' 'Ruegale A Dios Por Salud' - Manolo De Huelva
13. Malaguena 'No Te Hagas Ilusiones' - Manolo De Huelva
14. Fandangos 'Ese Me Gusto Seria'/'Ni Hermosa Ni Dinero' - Manolo De Huelva
15. Bulerias - Melchor De Marchena
16. Tanguillos De Cadiz - Melchor De Marchena
17. Sevillianas - Melchor De Marchena
18. Penteras - Melchor De Marchena
19. Serranas - Melchor De Marchena
20. Soleares - Melchor De Marchena
Amazon.com
Many subtly varied kinds of music fall under the rubric of flamenco, which is a style of singing, dancing, and even living, as well as playing the guitar. This collection presents a good guitar selection, highlighted by the polished technique of Sabicas, the profundity of Manolo de Huelva, and the sheer brilliance of Melchor de Marchena. There is a drastic change of atmosphere in the transition from track 10 (a zapateado played by Nino Ricardo) to track 11: Manolo de Huelva accompanying the voice of Manuel Vallejo. Suddenly we are in a cuadro, the natural environment of flamenco, with a group of participants clapping, stamping their feet, and shouting encouragement to the musicians. No longer is it just a man sitting alone on a stage or in a studio, playing the guitar fluently and flawlessly; this is cante hondo, the heart of flamenco, intense and astringent, and the best of this disc's many flavors. --Joe McLellan
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Masters of Flamenco Guitar
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1997-11-25)
- Publisher: Blue Note Records
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Studio: Blue Note Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 9 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #4569
Avg. Customer Review:
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Masters of Flamenco 2008-03-11
Comment: Masters of Flamenco Guitar
This is a remarkable CD. The musicians are truly gifted, the music beautiful. Makes me want to dance along.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Excellent price, good performances, some track labeling issues 2008-03-01
Comment: For the price, great for those interested in classic flamenco guitar. Sabicas, Nino Ricardo, and the others were true flamenco maestros.
Something I noticed, though, (which is not Amazon's fault, I think) but must be the record company's, is that the Sabicas tracks are probably mislabeled. Based on my understanding of the flamenco forms, the 'compases', the tracks are probably shown out of order. Listening to the pieces, the first track is an alegria, the second a buleria, the third a farruca, the fourth a zapateado (and I have a DVD where Sabicas is playing this and it is labeled as being a zapateado), and the fifth a taranta, so actual ordering of the tracks should probably read:
Alegrias 'Salero Gaditano' - Sabicas
Bulerias 'Con Un Clavel' - Sabicas
Farruca 'El Albacin' - Sabicas
Zapateado - Sabicas
Taranta 'Camino De Linares' - Sabicas
I think the ordering for the non-Sabicas tracks is okay.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: NOT what I had hoped! 2007-12-03
Comment: This was not what I had expected, and I was disappointed at the performances. Ive heard better players play the same songs, and usually I do not agree that anyone can top the original player of a song, but I felt like there was not enough energy in the way these songs were played, and it sounded kind of sloppy, and rough, rather than concentrated and smooth.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: This album is for musicians 2007-05-21
Comment: I am a big fan of flamenco, but I am not a musician. I still like and appreciate the music in this album, but I think it is for musicians who can understand the skill.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Four of the Best (before the 2 Pacos) 2007-03-28
Comment: This is a high quality recording of four of the best Flamenco Guitarist predecessors to Paco Peņa and Paco de Lucia.
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