Product information：

• Item No：HI-FI Spain
• SKU：AAD-286
• Artists：flamenco
• Genre： Hi-Fi Test
• Company：ABC （Int'l）Records

When most people are asked about Spain, the first thing that comes to mind is a flamenco dance show, sangria and sunny beaches. For many, this passionate and powerful style of dance tells the story of Spain’s ancient past and the spirit of its people.
Flamenco is not only the triple art of cante, baile and toque, but also represents a generous, frenetic, bold and uninhibited way of life.
Gypsies love to say: “Flamenco is in our blood!” And it’s true. In the eyes of us foreigners, flamenco is gypsy, is Carmen, is those from a distant foreign land, beautiful and untamed souls.
Today, the word flamenco is not only the name of a specific dance, but also used to describe an attitude towards life. According to the dictionary, flamenco refers to a group of people who are pleasure-seeking, unproductive, debauched and often live on the fringes of the law. In the minds of artists, “flamenco” is not only the triple art of cante, baile and oque, but also represents a generous, frenzied, bold and uninhibited way of life. The bohemian style that has become popular in the fashion industry in the past two years is a romantic manifestation of this spirit.
Flamenco dance is not a traditional Catalan dance, but originated from the southern region of Spain. However, over the years, people from the south of Spain have moved here, so you can also experience the authentic flamenco dance performance in Barcelona. The dancers perform a natural and uncouth art. They dance to the music with a passion and love that is infectious. The dances are sometimes heart-tugging and sometimes relaxing.
Spanish guitarists are not only handsome but they are also amazing musicians. The guitarist performs unique and emotional music that blends with the singers and dancers. With the flamenco steps, the three male singers produce vowels that are either light and beautiful or painful and moaning. At different points in the music, they join the female singers and dancers in an incredible and powerful chorus.
A connoisseur says: “Flamenco is the most enjoyable dance in which the music is mastered with the greatest precision”. In flamenco dance, in addition to songs, guitar and soundboard accompaniment, dancers sometimes with the rhythm of clapping, sometimes feet on the ground to strengthen the rhythm, with the change of musical expression, the dancers’ physical performance is also followed by sad, joyful, as if for the deepest expression of the soul. Throughout the performance, both the artist and the audience are seeking a spiritual connection.
The flamenco dance has a strong and fast rhythm, with exaggerated and powerful movements. The female performers wear long, colorful, swinging dresses, and as they move, their skirts flutter like blooming flowers. The male performers are dressed in smart attire, either in shirts and vests with breeches and boots, or in powerful military uniforms, showing the masculine beauty of the male body. Their dance steps are like tap dance, but with a tighter and more solid rhythm, and a series of fast-paced, kicking and sounding steps that make you feel passionate together with the dancers!
A soundboard is a must for flamenco performances. If you have a sharp ear, you can probably hear that the sound from the soundboards in the dancer’s left and right hands are not the same, the left hand side of the sound is low, representing the males; the right side of the sound is more high-pitched, the females. The response of the soundboards in the dancers’ hands expresses the dialog between men and women. In order to tell the story of men and women in a gentle way, the talent and life experience of the artist is more important than technique, which is why many flamenco dancers, the older they get, the more flavorful they dance.
Of all the dances, the woman in flamenco is the most seductive. She is not like the ballet heroine as pure and dignified, not like the national standard dance in the female partner as passionate and noble. She often appears alone, shoulders shrugged, head raised, eyes forlorn. In most of the duets, she and the male lead are distant and close, as if they are not together. When she really dances, her expression is still cold and even painful, but her body movements are full of passion, and the sounding board in her hand follows her dance steps with clatter and clatter, which seems to be telling her the vicissitudes of her past, is it not the sexiest picture?
Pepe Romero is a superstar in the Spanish classical guitar world and a representative of the legendary family. He began studying guitar at the age of three with his father, Celedonio Romero. At the age of ten, he gave his first public performance with his father at the Teatro Lope de Vega in Seville, Spain, and in 1958, the Romero family moved to California, where he made his debut recording as a flamenco guitarist the following year. Pepe had only one guitar teacher, his father, but he also studied with Basque pianist and composer Francisco de Medina in Spain and New York. For more than 20 years, Pepe performed and recorded as part of the Los Romemos Guitar Quartet. In the seventies, Pepe began to appear as a soloist and made numerous recordings with the St. Martin’s Chamber Orchestra, and in 1970 he gave the premiere of Rodrigo’s Concierto Madrigal for two guitars and orchestra with his younger brother Angel, a virtuoso performance that has become one of the world’s greatest guitarists. Pepe Romero as one of the world’s greatest guitar masters.
Pepe Romero is a musician with a flawless appreciation of the guitar. He set off countless climaxes, playing the most beautiful guitar performance in the need to play extremely light music, creating extremely beautiful, clear and elegant phrases. He has an inspirational sense of variations in dynamics and a rich palette of colors, so that he has the ability to create almost anything he needs. Pepe’s stirring interpretations and seamless technique have made him famous, and have often made him a favorite on guitar and with orchestra. Familiar melodies and mesmerizing guitar riffs, flamenco and classical collide to create a different kind of classic, a different kind of music. This is an amazing album, all the famous classical pieces are infused with the fresh blood of flamenco, a different feeling from classical music.

	Album Title	Artists	Time	Listen
01	Buleria Adagio	Mozart- Piano Concerto No_21	03:58
02	Tango Aria	Bach- Air on the G String	03:07
03	Primavera Tango	Vivaldi- The Four Seasons	03:49
04	Rumba Allegro	Mozart- Symphony No_40	05:10
05	Solea Canon	Pachelbel- Canon	04:36
06	Fandango for Elise	Beethoven- Fur Elise	02:48
07	Quiero tu nombre olvidar	Composer: Vainica Doble Carmen Linares	03:28
08	No Quiero Verte Tangos	Composer: Emilio Quiñones	04:40
09	Tango Adagio	Albinoni- Adagio	03:38
10	La Barrosa alegrías	Composer: Paco de Lucía	04:39
11	Andante Rumba	Mendelssohn- Symphony No_5	02:38
12	Segundos De Alegria	Composer: Romero	03:19
13	Tango Serenata	Schubert- Standchen	04:03
14	El Mandaito	Composer: Vicente Amigo	05:11
15	Moonlight Rumba	Beethoven- Piano Sonata No_14	05:17
16	Mensaje	Composer: Vicente Amigo	03:31
17	Flamenco Bolero	Ravel- Bolero	05:08