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Buena Vista Social Club

by: Ry Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrar, Ruben Gonzalez, Compay Segundo, Omara Portuondo

Release Date September 16, 1997
if you have ever wondered what it was like to wander the streets of old Havana at dusk, this is the cd for you. Old world charm, bittersweet songs of sadness, romantic love stories and upbeat melancholy musings turn every day into a sunny day. Grab a mojito and enjoy!

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Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo

by: Omara Portuondo

Release Date May 09, 2000
Slightly downtempo in feeling when compared to other _Buena Vista Social Club_ CDs I know. This isn't a bad thing; Omara Portuondo's sumptuous voice is at its best when she's not in a hurry.

Aside from Omara's intoxicating singing, the instrumental arrangements on this album have a cleaner and more spare sound than on other albums in the BVSC series. The players' restraint and sensitivity match her voice perfectly. There's a great deal on this album that doesn't call attention to itself, but that's well worth the time to get to know. A profoundly satisfying work.

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The Cuban Heroes Collection

by: Omara Portuondo

Release Date July 22, 2008
Slightly downtempo in feeling when compared to other _Buena Vista Social Club_ CDs I know. This isn't a bad thing; Omara Portuondo's sumptuous voice is at its best when she's not in a hurry.

Aside from Omara's intoxicating singing, the instrumental arrangements on this album have a cleaner and more spare sound than on other albums in the BVSC series. The players' restraint and sensitivity match her voice perfectly. There's a great deal on this album that doesn't call attention to itself, but that's well worth the time to get to know. A profoundly satisfying work.

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Flor de Amor

by: Omara Portuondo

Release Date July 13, 2004
 Warm, jazzy vocals by Omara Portuondo imbed FLOR DE AMOR with a powerful bossa nova and easy listening Latin beat.
 These are lovely pieces brought to life by Omara Portoundo's voice: delicate in style, here tinged lightly with a horn interlude; there with soft supper club crooning.

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Gracias

Release Date September 16, 2008
 Warm, jazzy vocals by Omara Portuondo imbed FLOR DE AMOR with a powerful bossa nova and easy listening Latin beat.
 These are lovely pieces brought to life by Omara Portoundo's voice: delicate in style, here tinged lightly with a horn interlude; there with soft supper club crooning.

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Lagrimas Negras Canciones y Boleros

by: Omara Portuondo

Release Date June 20, 2005
 Warm, jazzy vocals by Omara Portuondo imbed FLOR DE AMOR with a powerful bossa nova and easy listening Latin beat.
 These are lovely pieces brought to life by Omara Portoundo's voice: delicate in style, here tinged lightly with a horn interlude; there with soft supper club crooning.

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Duets

by: Omara Portuondo

Release Date April 23, 2007
 Warm, jazzy vocals by Omara Portuondo imbed FLOR DE AMOR with a powerful bossa nova and easy listening Latin beat.
 These are lovely pieces brought to life by Omara Portoundo's voice: delicate in style, here tinged lightly with a horn interlude; there with soft supper club crooning.

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Maria Bethania & Omara Portuondo

by: Maria Bethania, Omara Portuondo

Release Date March 25, 2008
If you are lucky to come across compositions and reditions like this more than a few times in your life, you would consider yourself lucky indeed. And yet they are brought together in a unique collection / colaboration between one of Cuba's and Brazil's greatest interpreters of love songs. Some songs sung in Spanish and some in Portuguese but all with a refiness that is unequaled.

If you are not at peace or in love at the beginning of the cd, you will be after listening to it once or twice.

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The Essential

by: Omara Portuondo

Release Date May 01, 2006
If you are lucky to come across compositions and reditions like this more than a few times in your life, you would consider yourself lucky indeed. And yet they are brought together in a unique collection / colaboration between one of Cuba's and Brazil's greatest interpreters of love songs. Some songs sung in Spanish and some in Portuguese but all with a refiness that is unequaled.

If you are not at peace or in love at the beginning of the cd, you will be after listening to it once or twice.

CD-Charts Position 10
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Cuba las Grandes Damas, Vol. 1

by: Omara Portuondo, Xiomara Alfaro, Esther Borja

Release Date November 21, 2003
If you are lucky to come across compositions and reditions like this more than a few times in your life, you would consider yourself lucky indeed. And yet they are brought together in a unique collection / colaboration between one of Cuba's and Brazil's greatest interpreters of love songs. Some songs sung in Spanish and some in Portuguese but all with a refiness that is unequaled.

If you are not at peace or in love at the beginning of the cd, you will be after listening to it once or twice.