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| Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo | 
 enlarge | Artist: Omara Portuondo
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $11.99
You Save: $6.99 (37%)
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $7.84
Avg. Customer Rating:  (37 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2990
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79603
UPC: 755979603270
EAN: 0075597960327
ASIN: B00004SVHO
Release Date: May 9, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Can't get enough March 14, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I can't get enough of this CD! Omara Potuondo's voice is captivating and enchanting. The CD features many songs of liberation both in a personal sence and in a political one. The melody lines are mellow and romantic. The trumpets sound smooth and satiny. Even a non-Spanish speaker can appreciate this CD since all of the lyrics appear in both Spanish and English in the booklet. I fell in love with this CD imediately!
 How can you not love her? August 24, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a big fan of anyone who has anything to do with Buena Vista Social Club. Okay, maybe not Ry Cooder too much, but if it's in Spanish, I like it. Omara, then, is no exception. She works meticulously to correctly interpret these songs with her beautiful voice (one of the most, if not the most beautiful voice I've ever heard). Most of the songs are slower, but the gems of the album, in my opinion (primarily because I like the songs that make you wind your hips and shake your shoulders), and, are the more "danceable" songs "Donde estabas tu?" and "No me llores mas," a duet with another Cuban great (and Buena Vista amigo), Ibrahim Ferrer. But, of course, I can't forget that "La sitiera" and "Siempre en mi corazon" are wonderful songs as well. Omara puts complete corazon y alma (heart and soul)into each song to make a great album. Check it out..
From the heart.... September 6, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'm not deep into Cuban music, and haven't heard of Omara Portuondo before, but I find this a beautiful and treasurable CD. She sings from the heart of a love that hurts, and in a number of styles including a couple I'm not familiar with: guajiro, bolero, mambo, habanera, etc. I especially enjoyed "Veinte Anos" with the trombone and bass dialogue as introduction. And I certainly wasn't expecting her version of Gershwin's "El hombre que you ame". The familiar "Siempre en Mi Corazon" was another favorite. Yet, I enjoyed each and every one of the other numbers. She has a dramatically expressive voice and can carry one with her emotion. If, as one reviewer indicates, her voice isn't what it once was, it still is, to me, one of the great voices one can hear.
I'm in love with a 70 year old songbird July 20, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
She simply has the voice of an angel. Though it has aged, her voice is simply marvelous and breathes life. I hate to dance, but as soon as this album starts I begin doing what I like to call the "He's Definitely Not Latino" Meringue shuffle in my seat. With the accompaniment of such a great band, this album is pure gold. If your a fan of latin music, this whole series ("Buena Vista Social Club", "Cachaito" and "Buena Vista Social Club presents Ibrahim Ferrer") is for you. Even if you know nothing about latin music (like me), you will most likely thoroughly enjoy this worldly romp. It's a delight to the senses.
 What is the fuss all about? November 16, 2000
25 out of 48 found this review helpful
After reading all the media hype and even the reviews that appear in this site, I rushed to get this Omara Portuondo CD. I have listened to it four times and I am totally confused...You see I am a big fan of the "boleros" and of Cuban singers in general. I've listened to most of them all my life and they have enriched my life with their feeling and unique styles... I have loved Beny More, Nico Membiela, Olga Guillot, La Lupe,Blanca Rosa Gil, Elena Burke et all.. even Bola de Nieve... But Miss Portuondo? I really don't understand what the fuzz is all about. The best thing I can say is that Portuondo is "adequate" in these beautiful songs but not extraordinary... I guess she makes a big impression on people that have not followed the history of the "Cuban feeling singer" and have never heard the biggest voices of the genre. It is strange and sad that American record labels, which have ignored for years the great talents of the Cuban bolero,(most of them living and dying here in the U.S. by the way) and all of the sudden come up with this product...They have packaged and marketed Miss Portuondo and her Buena Vista buddies in such a way that unsuspecting individuals who are beginning to discover these musical treasures believe that they are listening to the best... It all only proves that in our society anything that is packaged and marketed properly will have great success regarless of merit.
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