Ibrahim Ferrer

Essential Classics, Vol. 784: Ibrahim Ferrer

Los Bocucos

Tierra Caliente

Buenos Hermanos (Special Edition)

Ojos Malvados

Ven Conmigo Guajira

Mi Sueño (Buena Vista Social Club Presents)

Ibrahim Ferrer (Buena Vista Social Club Presents)

Leyendas

Mis grandes éxitos (Remastered)

Ay Candela (Remastered)

Mi Oriente (Remastered)

Chepin Y Su Orquesta Oriental

Mi Oriente

Cuban Dreams Band

"Guajiro" Mirabal

Manuel "Puntillita" Licea

Amadito Valdés

Chinchilita

Juan Pablo Torres

Orlando "Cachaito" López

Alfredo Valdes Jr.

Manuel Valera

Ben Lapidus

Pio Leiva

A Reunion: The New York Sessions

Buenos Hermanos

Una Fuerza Inmensa

by Steve Leggett

The success of the Buena Vista Social Club series gave Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer the chance to finally begin his dream project in 2005, the recording of an entire album of bolero pieces, the musical form Ferrer loved above all others. Unfortunately the 78-year-old singer died in August of that year while sessions for the project were still underway, and that Mi Sueño (My Dream) exists at all is in itself a small miracle. Ferrer left behind high-quality vocal demos of the boleros he still intended to record for the album, but these tapes were apparently misplaced and Ferrer's dream seemed destined to go unfulfilled. The demos were eventually recovered, and Mi Sueño has finally seen the light of day. It is the perfect goodbye from Ferrer, a fitting and beautiful last testament that spotlights his easy and smoky vocals over subtle, non-intrusive arrangements generally featuring pianist Roberto Fonseca, guitarist Manuel Galbon, and bassist Cachito Lopez. The late Rubén González adds piano to the beautiful "Melodía del Río," a track produced by Ry Cooder in 1998 that fits seamlessly with the newer recordings. Javier Zalbar's clarinet lines add perfect lift to "Copla Guajira," the closest thing to an up-tempo piece here, but then the romantic lilt of the classic Cuban bolero isn't about speed and energy but is instead about an elegant gliding through the motions of love, and Ferrer does it perfectly. He would have been proud of this album. It has a calm and measured grace, and flows like a watery sequence from a dream -- Ibrahim Ferrer's dream, to be exact.

這是Ibrahim Ferrer（依伯拉海姆·費熱）的首張個人專輯(1999 World Circuit 出品)，雖然他在古巴十分着名，但他出色的嗓音是在BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB（BVSC，美景社交俱樂部）專輯出版後才聲名遠播的。除了BVSC原班人馬鼎力相助外，還有其他音樂人的加入（將近五十人），使得Ibrahim FERRER能夠從不同角度展現其獨特的魅力，和非常個人化的古巴音樂體驗。 
專輯開篇的“BRUCA MANIGUA”是傳奇人物ARSENIO RODRIGUEZ用西班牙俚語和非洲土語寫成，是30年代的改編版本，講述一個黑奴逃離苦難生活，逃向MANIGUA（大山）的故事，先看看這歌詞： “我來自Carabali海岸（尼日利亞），一個非洲的國度，我不能活在沒有解放的日子裏// 現實已經結束了，我曾受到那麼多殘酷的對待，我快瘋了// 敵視我的世界啊，要把我抓回去，無論如何困難，我必須力爭自由// 現在我是多麼地疲倦！幾乎不想説話// （答案在在大山深處）//大山啊，告訴我通向自由的道路，請幫我下定決心// STEP BY STEP，我要得到我的自由//……剛果！我滿懷幸福！Bruca Manigua Ae yaeooo ...//我自由了，自由的行走在世界上// ……（可是）如果那個姑娘愚弄了我……（天哪！）Bruca Manigua Ae yaeooo ...” 
這是從心裏流淌出來的聲音，這是音樂，這是跨越語言障礙帶給我的對自由的渴望和鬥爭的勇氣。這就是古巴的聲音，苦難的歷史並沒有壓抑人們樂觀和勇敢……Bruca Manigua Ae yaeooo ...這聲音讓你想飛。
第二首是愛情，“Herido de sombras”,在60年代初期由四重唱樂隊LOZ ZAFIROS唱紅，他們就住在FERRER家附近。這首歌由Ibrahim FERRER主唱，吉他是來自的LOZ ZAFIROS的MANUEL GALBAN，和聲由一個年輕的四重唱樂隊GEMA CUATRO完成，絃樂和SAX由另一個大師DEMOTRIO MUNIZ負責，真是高手雲集，彷彿京劇的名角匯瘁，聽得人如痴如醉。 
“Herido de sombras”歌詞：沒有你的生活就象破碎的陰影，只有黎明的晨曦陪伴我，你的愛消散了，我再也感覺不到幸福 // 我象輕煙一樣漫無目的，四處遊蕩，尋找着你。也許我再也找不到你，我的愛人，也許我永遠地失去了你 // 我記得你的眼睛，你的撫摩，我不能逃出記憶，我忍受着，渴望着昨天，我忘不了你 ...（重複） 
多簡單的歌詞，直接的情感，這是民間的力量。感性的聲音帶着古巴特有的風情，讓人搖搖擺擺……

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