Enrique Morente

About

Enrique Morente Cotelo, known as Enrique Morente, was a Spanish flamenco singer and a celebrated figure within the world of contemporary flamenco. After his orthodox beginnings, he plunged into experimentalism, writing new melodies for cante and jamming with musicians of all styles, without renouncing his roots in traditional flamenco singing, which he kept on cultivating despite criticism.”It hasn’t been easy. First came the accusations of corruption of the music, of treachery in his struggle to disfigure what was already perfectly coded. When some albums and some categorical evidence of his knowledge of the classical approach laid these malicious comments bare, then came the most twisted condemnations. That the pace of the compás waned, that he didn’t really make you feel and that kind of thing.”

Albums/Songs:

• Se hace camino al andar
• Esencias flamencas
• Omega
• La estrella
• Cante flamenco
• Quejío, selección
• Cruz y luna
• En la casa museo de Federico García Lorca de Fuentevaqueros
• Alegro soleá y fantasía de cante jondo
• Lorca
• Negra, si tú supieras
• Homenaje flamenco a Miguel Hernández
• Homenaje a D. Antonio Chacón
• Morente (Banda Sonora Original)
• El pequeño reloj
• Despegando
• Nueva York – Granada
• Misa flamenca
• Sueña la Alhambra
• Pablo de Málaga
• Sacromonte
• Omega
• Cantes antiguos del flamenco
• flamenco
• El Flamenco Es… Enrique Morente (Vive El Arte Y El Sentimiento)

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