Paco Pena and his Group - Flamenco Puro Live LP

Paco Pena and his Group - Flamenco Puro (Live)

Label: Speakers Corner (Decca)
Genre: Classical
Product No.: ADEC 4237
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Records

"This 1971 recording shows instrumental flamenco in full and wonderful flavor." - John Storm Roberts.
The Germans have their male-voice choirs, the French the musette, the Scottish the bagpipes, and the Spanish their fandangillo, solear, and tango - or to put it more concisely - flamenco. This music is far more than just folk music passed down from generation to generation, for it combines strict dance form with a free vocal melody and virtuoso guitar playing. Fame equal to that of a toreador is reaped by the few who have mastered this form of art. Paco Pena and his ensemble rank among these few, and it goes without saying that no recording studio in the world can do real justice to the fascination of flamenco. As the short sub-title puro suggests, this LP certainly lives up to expectations in encapturing an electrifying live atmosphere. Thrilling flourishes on the guitar, the sharp clack of the castanets, the rapid zapateados (heeltaps), and the typical, almost harsh singing are reproduced so clearly and spatially that one cannot help looking around to see where the musicians are standing. Those of a suspicious nature can be sure here that the Phase 4 Process is anything but a publicity stunt.



Price:RM170
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