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| Mi Sueno | 
 enlarge | Artist: Ibrahim Ferrer
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 40703
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 139068
UPC: 075597998672
EAN: 0075597998672
ASIN: B000NVHWLG
Release Date: April 24, 2007
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 Inimitable grace. April 24, 2007
29 out of 31 found this review helpful
When those magnificent Cuban veterans Buena Vista Social Club exploded on to the scene, their singer Ibrahim Ferrer was the life and soul of the party.
It wasn't so much his voice - he really didn't have much of one - but more what he did with it: his timing, and the irrepressible glee with which he delivered his frequently saucy lyrics.
"Mi sueno" means "my dream", and that is literally what this posthumous new album meant for him: he had always wanted to record a collection of boleros - meltingly romantic traditional songs - and that is what he spent his last weeks recording.
Luckily, his death didn't prevent that dream being realised, as he'd left a cache of high-definition demos.
So here we are: sensitively backed by his superb group on piano, bass, guitar, and drums, and at one point poignantly joined by fellow veteran Omara Portuondo, Ibrahim calls to us from beyond the grave with inimitable grace.
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