Yasmin Levy - Sentir (2009) CD-Rip
BAND/ARTIST: Yasmin Levy
- Title: Sentir
- Year Of Release: 2009
- Label: Adama Music #AD20520
- Genre: World, Latin, Sephardic, Flamenco
- Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
- Total Time: 00:45:00
- Total Size: 255 / 109 Mb (Full Scans ~ 88 Mb)
- WebSite: Album Preview
In Yasmin Levy’s music there is an undeniable tension between the purity of Ladino (the Judeo-Spanish music of Spain) and the fiery heart of flamenco. For her fourth album Sentir she has finally found a vision that integrates effortlessly these various musical directions. Produced by the acclaimed Javier Limón (who has worked previously with the likes of Portuguese fado star Mariza), the album’s programme draws songs not only from Ladino (’Mi Korason’, ’Londje de Mi’) and flamenco (Javier Limón’s ’Nos Llego El Final’) traditions but also contemporary material (by Javier, Yasmin) and even Leonard Cohen (in a remarkable and fresh version of ’Hallelujah’). An important factor in Yasmin’s life and musical direction has been the legacy of her father Yitzhak Levy, who died when Yasmin was only one year old. ’Una Pastora’ allows Yasmin, by the miracle of modern technology, to duet with him. With Sentir, Yasmin’s music truly becomes ’of the world’.
Track List:
01. Mi Korasón [3:16]
02. El Amor Contigo [3:33]
03. Nos Llegó El Final [2:50]
04. Londje De Mi [2:46]
05. Hallelujah [4:01]
06. Una Pastora [2:05]
07. Triste Vals [5:47]
08. Jaco [4:23]
09. La Hija De Juan Simon [5:18]
10. Porque [3:58]
11. Alfonsito [3:25]
12. Yigdal [3:39]
After the unqualified success of 2007's Mano Suave, expectations were high for this release. It certainly promised a great deal, including a duet with her long dead father on "Una Pastora," an old Ladino song. Unfortunately, it fails to reach the exquisite heights of its predecessor. On the over-arranged openers, "Mi Corason" and "El Amore Cantigo," Levy comes across not so much as impassioned but mannered, the music more chanson than Ladino, and a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" seems pointless. The song has been overdone and Levy brings nothing new to it, instead turning in a bland, unenthusiastic version. Things do pick up toward the end with "Una Pastora," which is spare and moving; and "Jaco" and "La Hija de Juan Simon" are as lovely as anything she's recorded, real additions to the Ladino canon. Another duet follows, this time with Greek singer Eleni Vitali. It veers headlong into Andalusian music, a style Levy knows intimately and which suits her majestic voice. Overall, however, this is an album that could – and should – have been so much more.
~ Chris Nickson, All Music
~ Chris Nickson, All Music
Track List:
01. Mi Korasón [3:16]
02. El Amor Contigo [3:33]
03. Nos Llegó El Final [2:50]
04. Londje De Mi [2:46]
05. Hallelujah [4:01]
06. Una Pastora [2:05]
07. Triste Vals [5:47]
08. Jaco [4:23]
09. La Hija De Juan Simon [5:18]
10. Porque [3:58]
11. Alfonsito [3:25]
12. Yigdal [3:39]
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