Anthology of Mexican Sones (3CD set)

This boxed set of 3 CDs, winner of the prestigious Rolex Award for Enterprise for the producer, Eduardo Llerenas, has become a classic in Mexico and, more recently in the United States. Its initial release 20 years ago enabled Mexicans, for the first time, to hear well-recorded traditional music that thrives in the different regions of the country but which, unlike the mariachis and the norteño polkas, has never been commercialised.

Each region is identified by its own version of son, a country music that has grown out of the Spanish-indigenous-African fusion and which offers different blends of fiery violins, guitars, harps and outstanding voices that still dominate local fiestas and provide the roots for the Mexican popular music known all around the world.

The boxed set includes a 36 page bilingual booklet with photos, texts and lyrics. It has recently been re-packaged with a CD-sized box and a new cover design. Also available as 3 separate CDs.

"The Anthology of Mexican Sones is a collection that moves and provokes the listener in fresh and diverse ways. Some of the older styles of sones are vanishing but traditional music is more resilient than many people think." Robert Palmer, New York Times

CO101/3 © (p) Discos Corason, México, 1985. Produced by Eduardo Llerenas