Putumayo Presents: Republica Dominicana

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Putumayo World Music
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 790248016221
EAN: 0790248016221
ASIN: B00004785Z

Release Date: 2000-02-22

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"Quisqueya La Bella":Dominican Republic

Tracks:

Tranquila - Luis Vargas
Para Que Me Mate Un Hombre Que Me Mate Una Mujer - Juan Manuel
Procura - Chichi Peralta
Los Bodegueros - Joseito Mateo/Luis Kalaff
Lo Que Le Paso A Juan - Alfredo Polonia
Pegao De Que - Juan Bautista
Nuestros Lazos - Ramon Cordero
Cana Brava - Alberto Beltran Y Su Conjunto Tipico
Mi Nina - Cheche Abreu
Inmenso Amor - Bolivar Peralta
Anoche - Raulin Rodriguez

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Customer Reviews:

Music you've never heard--for a good reason.......2006-06-22

This CD claims to have the "best music you've never heard." It's not one of Putumayo's best."Tranquila","Pegao de Que","Anoche","Immenso Amor"&"Lo Que Paso a Juan" are catchy tunes;each one unique."Tranquila" counts as Latin easy listening.Unfortunately,most of the tracks sound the same.

If you're looking for fun Latin music,get yourself a Bebel Gilberto album,or anything Brazilian.Putumayo's Brazilian compilations are flawless and a SURE THING when you're looking for,as Putumayo's CEO Dan Storper says,"All hits,no filler."

Great compilation.......2005-10-04

This really is a great collection of (primarily) bachata songs, by a wide choice of great musicians, mixed with one or two more traditionally Dominican merengues. The songs are very well picked, excellently produced and combine a great latin feel of 'Ron y Baile' with the traditionally sensual, happy undertone of Bachata. So no, if you're looking for merengue, search elsewhere. If you're looking for a fantastic CD of great Bachata's, buy this CD and enjoy it.

A nice cd but not exclusively Dominican...per se.......2004-04-07

I bought this cd a few years ago because I recognized a few of the artists on the cover but I was surprised with myself that I couldn't really recognize the other artists. However, once I heard the music I knew why. The music is "tropical" but I would not say Dominican. I think if you consider the cd from that perspective it's nice. It has a nice mix of tropical sounding music but the bachatas are weak. Good artists- Raulin R & Luis V but the songs could have been something more representative of bachata "del pueblo" which better identifies Dominican culture. I don't know what criteria Putamayo uses when combining these cultural compilations but they have to ensure that the music is a true representation of the people and it's culture. Like I said as a tropical cd (and that's how I rated it) it's okay. As a Dominican cd...it needs to have more authentic merengue & bachata.

Noooooooo..........................!!.......2003-07-28

I consider this CD as barely of Dominican nature, musically. Although the Cd is composed of Dominican artist, it seems that only rythms other than Dominican folklore were selected for this album. The only artist that artistically represents a pure Dominican rythm is Chi Chi peralta, Fernando Echavarria and him are the originators and creators of the "Meren-son" a mxture of merengue and Dominican son. Basically, all the songs are not purely of Dominican nature, they are mixture of rythms, all influenced entirely by cuban music. To better understand Dominican music, I would advise you to listen to the following artists:

**Juan Luis Guerra(merengue & Bachata)
*Sergio Vargas(merengue)
Jossie Esteban(merengue);(the older the CD, the better he is)
*Los hermanos Rosario(merengue)
*Johnny Ventura(merengue)
*Luis Vargas(Bachata)
*Luis Segura(Bachata)
Anthony Santos(Bachata)

These are just a few artist that you will fall in love with.

A fantastic collection of Dominican music.......2001-08-24

I really don't understand some of the reviewers here who say this album is not Dominican music. Maybe it's not the music they would listen to in the Dominican Republic, or maybe they just haven't read the booklet, but this album is representative of Dominican music. Putumayo always does extensive research on their albums, and each and every artist on this cd IS Dominican. Every record label that the songs are culled from is Dominican or specializes in Dominican music. This album focuses on the guitar-based (requinto) music of Bachata, although there are examples of merengue and bachata-sons. Each song and artist has a page in the booklet devoted to them, (in English and Spanish), which explains what kind of music it is, such as "Tranquila" is a soulful Dominican bachata-son. "Lo Que Le Paso a Juan" is a plena dominicana, a variation of bachata. "Nuestros Lazos" is a rootsy traditional bachata, while "Cana Brava" is one of the most popular and best-known of the entire merengue repertoire. Yes, there are elements of Cuban son throughout, but all Latin music has a similar traditional basis to them...European and African, that there is always going to be some kind of link. But to say this album is not Dominican is an injustice to the Dominican artists represented here. It also states in the booklet that the music of the Dominican Republic is very diverse and varied, with many different types of merengue, including 'merengue cibaeno', 'perico ripiao' and 'pambiche'. And that the Dominican son is closely related to Cuban son, but has a more bouncy rhythm and uses unique melodies and song structures, and many locals claim that the 'son' is of Dominican origin and was brought to Cuba by Dominican immigrants. The music here is a wonderful representation, and on top of that, a portion of the proceeds from this cd will go to the Bayahonda Cultural Foundation which aids in the development and promotion of the traditional cultural expressions of the Dominican Republic.

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