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Title: Her voice completely gone on this album.
Review: This CD is really only for collectors who want to hear this particular concert. However, be prepared, Chavela's wonderful voice is not to be found on this album. All the songs are familiar, but the voice isn't. Her voice cracks constantly, forcing her at times to speak the words rather than sing them and to remake the song to avoid the difficult notes. The crowd is boisterous too often calling out to her in the middle of a song-- which makes the CD hard even harder to listen to.You would not give this CD to introduce him to Chavela. There are much better albums for that: the hard to find "Volver, Volver" being the one that most springs to mind. As I mentioned previously, this CD is only for collectors who feel they must have every last album of hers. If you think you're one of them, I'd still suggest that you try to find a site where you can download and listen to a track before committing to this album.
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