Official Retrospective Of Cuban Music

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Introduction

In Europe it is titled – Retrospective Officielle Des Musiques Cubaines. In the USA/Canada it is titled – Official Retrospective of Cuban Music. This is a 4 CD box set from the archives of the Center for the Investigation and Development of Cuban Music (CIDMUC), Havana Cuba.

“ In the Official Retrospective Of Cuban Music, ethnomusicologist Olavo Alen Rodriguez has compiled a superb introduction to the cultural and historical roots of what is arguably the most influential musical tradition of the Americas. ”  — Michael Stone

This 4 CD box set represents our desire to showcase a panorama of Cuban music. Almost all of these CD’s contain never released music from all parts of Cuba, and represents the majority of cuban genres of today and yesterday.

Includes Booklet

Also included is an 80 page booklet written by Olavo Alen Rodriguez and Ana Casanova of CIDMUC describing the genres on the CD’s and an introduction to Cuban Music. The booklet is in English and Spanish in the US/Canadian Release and English/French for the European release.

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Details

Since its very inception, the music of Cuba has not only intrigued the United States, but the entire world. The music of Cuba has always had a certain mystique to it. And one would never have imagined it, but the economic embargo that the US has had against Cuba since 1961 has affected even the production of art on the island.

Interestingly, the mystique about Cuban music has grown only all the more intriguing to Americans as a result of these political hostilities between the two nations, forcing collectors and record companies to conduct a form of trade under less than ideal circumstances. Somehow, hundreds of compilations of Cuban recordings have managed to make their way to the United States despite the embargo, and by sometimes unknown methods. On the one hand, many of these recordings that come direct from the island have saved American ears from the otherwise monotonous salsa style of the past decade. But it has also confirmed that, despite its ostracism by most of the democratic nations of the world, Cuba continued and continues to educate some of the most talented artists on the entire planet.

“This 4-CD set is an excellent addition to any existing musical collection and a good representation of the folkloric and popular music of Cuba.”

— Latin Beat Magazine – Nov 1999

This anthology of Cuban music, put together with the cooperation of the Center for Research and Development of Cuban Music, rescues the work of groups not yet introduced to audiences outside the island. Additionally, Dr. Olavo Alen Rodriguez and Ana Casanova Oliva invested their academic efforts in formulating the valuable historical and bibliographical notes that accompany this production.

“ Dr Olavo Alen Rodriguez has done it again.” —

http://www.muzikifan.com/cubatwo.html

Cuban music is arguably the most universal music of all. And by listening to it, by enjoying it, and by dancing to this unique collection of recordings we have compiled for you, we know you’ll find the reasons to argue for such a claim. Finally, it is fortunate that, for those of us who love and cherish music down to the most central part of our souls, no barriers – whether they be political or economic -can ever censor the joy of music, particularly Cuban music.

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Tracks

MUSICA AFROCUBANA Y RUMBA

VOLUME I

  1. Toque a Elegguá (Oru seco)
    Agrupación de batá: Omó Irago
    Folklore
    Matanzas, 1984
    Time: 1:30

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  2. Toques y cantos a: Elegguá, Oggún y Ochosi
    Agrupación : Güiros de San Cristóbal de Regla
    Folklore
    Ciudad Habana, 1983
    Time: 3:49

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  3. Toques y cantos a: Agayú y Changüí
    Agrupación de bembé: Iyaguaré Ochun
    Folklore
    Colón, Matanzas, 1985
    Time: 2:33
  4. Toque y canto a Oyá
    Agrupación de tambores iyesá del Cabildo Santa Bárbara
    Folklore
    Sancti Spíritus, 1986
    Time: 3:42
  5. Toque y canto para Dasoy
    Grupo Dahomé Arará
    Folklore
    Perico, Matanzas, 1984.
    Time: 2:12
  6. Saludo a la Bandera
    Grupo de makuta del Cabildo Kunalungo
    Folklore
    Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara, l986
    Time: 1:43
  7. Má Ludgarda
    Tambor yuka
    Folklore
    El Guayabo, Pinar del Río, 1990.
    Time: 1:53
  8. ¡Ay Negra!
    Grupo de kinfuiti del Cabildo San Antonio de Quiebra Hacha
    Folklore
    Mariel, La Habana, 1986.
    Time: 1:37
  9. Toque y canto a Sarabanda
    Grupo Iyaguaré Ochún
    Folklore
    Colón, Matanzas, 1985
    Time: 2:40
  10. Toque y canto de maní
    Agrupación de practicantes reunidos para la grabación
    Folklore
    Pedro Betancourt, Matanzas, 1984
    Time: 2:00
  11. Marcha Efí
    Grupo Abakuá de Ciudad Habana con las figuras de Gregorio y Justo Pelladito
    Folklore
    Ciudad Habana, 1988
    Time: 4:58
  12. Qué me importa que brille la luna (tonada trinitaria)
    Grupo Lomydé
    Folklore
    Cienfuegos, 1985.
    Time: 6:29
  13. Yambú (yambú)
    Grupo Afrocuba
    Folklore
    Matanzas, 1985.
    Time: 7:09
  14. La perla del Caribe (guaguancó)
    Grupo Lomydé
    Folklore
    Cienfuegos, 1985.
    Time: 5:00
  15. Martínez Campos decía (columbia)
    Grupo Rumbolero
    Folklore
    Ciudad Habana, 1984
    Time: 2:40
  16. Mamá se fue (conga)
    Tambores de Bejucal
    Folklore
    Bejucal, La Habana, 1982
    Time: 4:44

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Total Time Aprox. 56:01

SONES Y GUARACHAS

VOLUME II

  1. La conferencia (changüí)
    Grupo de changüí de Chito Latamblé
    Autor: Herminio Corrioso
    Guantánamo, 1984
    Time: 4:09

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  2. Mamía (changüí)
    Estrellas Campesinas
    Folklore
    Felicidad de Yateras, Guantánamo,1984
    Time: 5:34
  3. Kiribá (kiribá)
    Grupo Kiribá
    Folklore
    Baracoa, Guantánamo, 1984
    Time: 2:50

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  4. A pescar camarón (son montuno)
    Luis Bejerano: voz y tres
    Folklore
    Los Palacios, Pinar del Río, 1984
    Time: 3:08
  5. Yo no quiero salir de la montaña (son montuno)
    Dúo Amante Guajiro
    Autor: Vismar Suárez
    Guamá, Santiago de Cuba, 1987
    Time: 2:06

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  6. El beso discreto (guaracha)
    Nilda Salazarte y el Dúo Gilberto y Yayá
    Autor: Miguel Matamoros
    San Antonio de los Baños, La Habana,1986
    Time: 2:15
  7. Menéame la cuna (guaracha)
    Trío Voces de Cuba
    Autor: Antonio Fernández (Ñico Saquito)
    Ciudad de la Habana, 1984
    Time 2:48
  8. Tiene que llegar (guaracha)
    Estudiantina Matancera
    Autor: José Claro Forme
    Unión de Reyes, Matanzas, 1984
    Time: 4:09
  9. Amor como yo te quiero (guaracha)
    Los Agricultores
    Autor: Rubén Torres
    Los Corrales, Granma, 1987
    Time: 3:29

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  10. María Elena (sucu-sucu)
    Tumbita criolla
    Autor: Ramón (Mongo) Rives
    Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, 1985
    Time: 4:55
  11. Yo me voy a B. Masó (guaracha)
    Modelo 84
    Autor: Miguel Pacheco Rosales
    Guisa, Granma, 1987
    Time: 4:41
  12. El café (guaracha)
    Sexteto Hermanos López
    Autor: Lucio López
    Melena del Sur, La Habana, 1986
    Time: 4:04
  13. Sarandonga (son)
    Aldo del Río y el Sexteto de son del Organo Pinareño
    Autor: Aldo del Río
    Pinar del Río, 1989
    Time 4:01
  14. Echale candela (guaracha)
    Septeto Los Naranjos
    Autor: Isaac González
    Cienfuegos, 1986
    Time: 3:05
  15. Te busqué anoche (son)
    Son del Mayabeque
    Autor: Ignacio Piñeiro
    La Habana, 1986
    Time: 4:45
  16. Querida paloma (son)
    La Melodía
    Creación colectiva
    Casimba de Filipinas, Guantánamo, 1984
    Time: 3:46

Time total aprox. 61:10

PUNTO CUBANO Y CANCION

VOLUME III

  1. Décimas a un niño (punto libre)
    Decimista: Regla Veloz
    Tonada Carvajal
    Conjunto Cucalambé
    Colón, Matanzas, 1984
    Time: 4:04
  2. Décimas libres (punto libre)
    Eusebio Casa Ribera (decimista) y Rogelio Casa Ribera (tres)
    Tonada Patria Libre
    Loma de Arroyo, Pinar del Río, 1984
    Time: 2:50
  3. Décimas improvisadas (ronda poética en punto libre)
    Poetas repentistas: Miguel Mariano Rives y Ramón (Mongo) Rives
    Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, 1985
    Time: 2:23
  4. Forjando la juventud (pie forzado en punto libre)
    Poeta repentista: Alberto Suárez
    Grupo Brisas Pineras
    Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, 1985
    Time: 1:21
  5. Controversia de supremacía (punto libre)
    Poetas repentistas: Florentino Arencibia y Ramón León
    Conjunto Cucalambé
    Colón, Matanzas, 1984
    Time: 4:28

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  6. Punto de parranda (punto fijo)
    Grupo de parrandas Las Coloradas
    Morón, Ciego de Avila, 1987
    Time: 2:36
  7. Parranda espirituana (punto fijo)
    Grupo de tonadistas espirituanos
    Sancti Spíritus, 1981
    Time: 2:34
  8. Canto de altar
    Cantante: Casilda Matos
    Folklore
    Maisí, Guantánamo, 1984
    Time: 1:42
  9. La Carolina (habanera)
    Dúo Enigma
    Autor: Tradicional Anónimo
    Ciudad Habana, 1997
    Time: 1:47

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  10. Ojos malignos (Trova Tradicional)
    Dúo Enigma
    Autor: Juan Pichardo
    Ciudad Habana, 1997
    Time: 2:28

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  11. Amorosa guajira (guajira)
    Conjunto Cucalambé
    Autor: Jorge Gonzalez Allué
    Colón, Matanzas, 1984
    Time: 3:19
  12. Si me pudieras querer (bolero)
    Aldo del Río (voz y tres)
    Autor: Ignacio Villa (Bola de Nieve)
    Pinar del Río, l989
    Time: 5:19
  13. Y tú qué has hecho (bolero tradicional)
    Trío Taicuba
    Autor: Eusebio Delfín
    Ciudad Habana, l986
    Time: 3:04
  14. Cada vez que me acuerdo de tí (bolero)
    Trío Taicuba
    Autor: Baz Tabranes
    Ciudad Habana, l986
    Time: 2:44
  15. La Gota de Rocío (canción)
    Dúo Enigma
    Autor:Silvio Rodríguez
    Ciudad Habana, 1997
    Time: 3:15
  16. Lágrimas negras (bolero-son)
    Estudiantina Matancera
    Autor: Miguel Matamoros
    Unión de Reyes, Matanzas, 1984
    Time: 6:39
  17. Raíces Cubanas (canción afro)
    Septeto Los Naranjos
    Autor: Pablo Jústiz
    Cienfuegos, 1986
    Time: 5:53

Total Time Aprox. 56:25

EL DANZON Y LA MUSICA TRADICIONAL ACTUAL

VOLUME IV

  1. El Sungambelo (contradanza)
    Piquete Típico
    Autor: Tradicional Anónimo
    Ciudad Habana, 1983
    Time: 1:43
  2. La Bohemia (danza)
    Charanga Típica Cubana
    Autor: R. Riverón
    Ciudad Habana, 1983
    Time: 2:30
  3. El Bombín de Barreto (danzón)
    Piquete Típico
    Autor: José Urfé
    Ciudad Habana, 1983
    Time: 4:57
  4. El cadete constitucional (danzón)
    Charanga Típica Cubana
    Autor: Jacobo González Rubalcaba
    Ciudad Habana, 1986
    Time: 6:38
  5. Para Elizabeth (danzón)
    Charanga Típica Cubana
    Autor: Guillermo González Rubalcaba
    Ciudad Habana, 1986
    Time: 6:45
  6. Silver Star (cha cha chá)
    Ases del Ritmo
    Autor: Enrique Jorrín
    Pinar del Río, 1989
    Time: 7:32
  7. No puedo vivir (bolero-chá)
    Ases del Ritmo
    Autor: O. Alburqueque y Richard Egües
    Pinar del Río, 1989
    Time: 4:35
  8. Para quererte (canción)
    María Elena Lazo y el grupo Cumbre
    Autor: Rubén González
    Pinar del Río, 1989
    Time: 3:34
  9. Baila mi son (son)
    Ecos de Turiguanó
    Autor: Creación colectiva
    Güines, La Habana, 1986
    Time:4:47
  10. Suena el Timbal (son)
    Grupo Cumbre
    Autor: Alberto Torres
    Pinar del Río, 1989
    Time: 7:02
  11. De mí hacia tí (danzón)
    Grupo Yarey
    Autor: Ariel Alfonso
    Pinar del Río, 1989
    Time: 5:26

Total Time Aprox.

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