Cuba!

Manuel Barrueco

Sold through Guitar Nine thru 2012

Cuba!, guitarist Maneul Barrueco's 1999 EMI release, was called "an extraordinary musical achievement" by the San Francisco Chronicle. Cuban music is as rich as is varied, and Barrueco has chosen works by composers such as Ernesto Lecuona (the most famous composer that Cuba has ever produced) and Hector Angulo (tracks 8-16 comprise the "Cantos Yoruba De Cuba", melodies belonging to the Yoruban people, who came to Cuba as slaves from the west African state of Nigeria). Also of Afro-Cuban inspiration are tracks 20-21, which comprise the "Rito De Los Orishas" by Leo Brouwer. Brouwer, a guitarist himself, was born in Havana and is recognised as one of Cuba's most important contemporary composers.

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The record

1	La Comparsa Instrumental Guitar	2:20
2	Danza Lecumi Instrumental Guitar	3:33
3	A La Antigua Instrumental Guitar	2:42
4	Preludio (Suite No. 2) Instrumental Guitar	2:32
5	Cancion Triste Instrumental Guitar	2:49
6	Preludio Instrumental Guitar	3:50
7	New York Rush (Theme From 'El Super') Instrumental Guitar	4:55
8	Cantos Yoruba De Cuba: Asokere I Instrumental Guitar	1:12
9	Cantos Yoruba De Cuba: Suayo Instrumental Guitar	2:00
10	Cantos Yoruba De Cuba: Iya Mi Ile Instrumental Guitar	1:58
11	Cantos Yoruba De Cuba: Borotiti Instrumental Guitar	2:04
12	Cantos Yoruba De Cuba: Asokere II Instrumental Guitar	0:32
13	Cantos Yoruba De Cuba: Iya Mo Dupe Instrumental Guitar	1:44
14	Cantos Yoruba De Cuba: Yeye Bi Obi Tosuo Instrumental Guitar	1:43
15	Cantos Yoruba De Cuba: E Iekua Instrumental Guitar	0:50
16	Cantos Yoruba De Cuba: Asokere III Instrumental Guitar	1:21
17	Sonata For Guitar: Preludio Instrumental Guitar	4:07
18	Sonata For Guitar: Variaciones Instrumental Guitar	6:05
19	Sonata For Guitar: Danza Instrumental Guitar	4:12
20	Rito De Los Orisbas: Exordium-Conjuro Instrumental Guitar	4:27
21	Rito De Los Orisbas: Danza De Las Diosas Negras (Danza I, Danza II, Evocacion I, Evocacion II, Danza III) Instrumental Guitar	9:58