Esther Ofarim Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito

[@GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

I love how this beautiful song (and the complete set by Montsalvatge) capture teh social landscape of the Spanish Caribbean at that time. It's like a rich social and cultural commentary set to music.

[@lyricrogersofficial]

Brilliant and touching performance as always. Brought tears to my eyes. Maybe it's the arrangement - I've never heard an arrangement as beautiful as this! Esther is truly fantastic!

[@VealParmigiana]

Beautiful vocals, as usual from Esther.

[@estherofarim]

Esther did a mistake in the original recording of this beautiful lullaby in her lovely album in 1969. Here she does it right with that half tone in "tan chiquitito". Also, the arrangement fits the lyrics perfectly.

[@piroschka6]

Probably you know better...... i have never heard one fallse tone in any of her performances.... she is always brilliant

[@blackmore4]

I heard something somewhere (?) about this being a slave song where a mother sings a lullabye to her baby with the extremely dark suggestion to 'be nice to the white man and you'll be okay'. Any Spanish speakers who can enlighten? Esther was shockingly brilliant, as always.

[@blackmore4]

Thanks Eyatn - I just saw the lyric.

[@estherofarim]

"A suit with buttons to be just like a groom" to be exact...

[@geissa9]

aaaaahhhh que sueñito tengo jajajajja

[@Loripr]

jaja te entiendo... lo que sucede es que en esta version como que alteraron un poco el arreglo musical inclusive algunos acordes q hacen parecer la pieza un poco misteriosa...pero en realidad es muy bella... escucha otras versiones para que veas de lo que hablo! Un abrazo!

[@efraingonzalez]

y los de por mi casa no duermen porque están robando la del vecino...

[@AntonellaPennimpede]

... y esta quien es? canta bien su musiquita? me despiertan cuando termine. jajajaja

[@Rthied]

She is one of the few getting mature and grow in beauty! She's not really inventive...perhaps her secret?