Ibrahim Ferrer: Mi Sueno (CD)

Ibrahim Ferrer

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Label:: World Circuit
Year of recording ca.:: 2005
Item number:: 8715728
UPC/EAN:: 0769233007728
Release date:: 26.3.2007

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Ein Traum wird wahr: Auf seinem letzten Album huldigt der Kuba-Star dem Bolero

Mit Ibrahim Ferrer starb 2005 der populärste Star des Buena Vista Social Club. Der kubanische Sänger war Publikumsliebling im gleichnamigen Wim-Wenders-Film, nahm mit Ry Cooder einige Soloalben auf und tourte mit grandiosem Erfolg durch die Welt. Nun erscheint sein letztes Album »Mi Sueño« (mein Traum). Das Album ist dem romantischsten aller kubanischen Stile gewidmet – dem Bolero.

Zeit seines Lebens war Ferrer auf die Rolle des rhythmischen Improvisators für den schnell gespielten Son festgelegt, da seine Stimme für den Bolero zu unmännlich erschien. Ein nicht zu haltendes Urteil, wie bereits Ferrers Version des Boleros »Dos Gardenias« auf BVSC bewies. 2005 begann Ferrer dann mit »Mi Sueño« das lang ersehnte Bolero-Album aufzunehmen. Voller Leidenschaft und Sanftheit und trotzdem mit einem unwiderstehlichen Swing verwandelt der Sänger bekannte Songs in frische und atmosphärische Kreationen.

»Mi Sueño« steckt voller Liebe und ist ein Traum, der wahr wird. Es präsentiert Ibrahim Ferrer als einen der größten Bolero-Sänger der Welt – genauso sollte man sich an ihn erinnern.

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Of the many celebrated musicians to emerge from the Grammy Award-winning Buena Vista Social Club project, Ibrahim Ferrer emerged from retirement and relative obscurity to become perhaps the key figure in the resulting multi-million selling series of recordings. He earned further acclaim with the albums Buena Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer and Buenos Hermanos. Ferrer passed away in August 2005. The vocalist’s final album, Mi Sueño, was released on April 24, 2007, by World Circuit / Nonesuch Records.

According to the UK's Q magazine, “Ferrer sings with the innate grace and intimacy of the truly blessed.”

The album’s title, Mi Sueño (My Dream), refers to Ferrer’s longtime hope to record an album of boleros. Ferrer explained, “If my days ended tomorrow I would leave very satisfied in having achieved my wish, the wish was that dream: to sing a bolero.” Ferrer added, “In the past I was never allowed to sing boleros. They used to say my voice was no good for it. Not manly enough. But thanks to Buena Vista, a path cleared ahead of me, a little bird knocked on my door and I got where I was meant to be.”

Three weeks before he was to complete the final recording for Mi Sueño, Ferrer died at the age of 78. While on his deathbed, he dictated a letter asking that his dream album be finished. With the high-quality demos of the songs that would make up the rest of the album, this became possible. In the confusion following Ferrer’s death these tapes were temporarily lost, causing a delay in the album’s completion. Eventually they were located and Ferrer’s dream album was realized.

Recorded in Havana, Mi Sueño features a number of Cuba’s most accomplished musicians. The core backing group consists of Roberto Fonseca (piano), Manuel Galbán (guitar), Orlando “Cachaíto” López (bass), Ramses Rodríguez (drums), and Emilio del Monte (percussion). The late Buena Vista pianist Rubén González performs on one track (“Melodía del Río”), as does singer Omara Portuondo (“Quizás, Quizás”). Ferrer is also joined by trumpet player Manuel “Guajira” Mirabal on the song “Copla Guajira.”

Ferrer’s most recent World Circuit / Nonesuch release was Buenos Hermanos (2003). Produced by Ry Cooder, it was the highly anticipated follow-up to Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer—which sold more than 1.5 million copies and topped the world music charts in countries around the world. The Grammy-nominated album won Ferrer the Best New Artist award at the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards.

Reviews

C. Dick in Audio 4/07: "Herzergreifend, oft einfach wun- derschön wiegen sich die sanften Rhythmen um Ferrers Stimme - in dynamisch-raumgreifendem Klang." T. Fuchs in Stereo 5/07: "Das zwei Jahre nach seinem Tod veröffentlichte "Mi Sueno" (Mein Traum) veranschau- licht noch einmal die ganze Klasse Ferrers, an dem sich nachfolgende Sänger messen werden."