Siempre en Mi Corazón — Always in My Heart

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Siempre en Mi Corazón — Always in My Heart: The Songs of Ernesto Lecuona
Placido Domingo album cover (Siempre en Mi Corazon -- Always in My Heart).jpg
1983 LP cover
Studio album by Plácido Domingo
Released 1983
Genre Pop music
Length32:14
Language Spanish
Label CBS Records
Producer Milt Okun
Plácido Domingo chronology
Adoro
(1982)
Siempre en Mi Corazón — Always in My Heart: The Songs of Ernesto Lecuona
(1983)
My Life for a Song
(1983)
Alternative cover
Placido Domingo - Always in My Heart CD cover.jpg
1997 CD cover

Siempre en Mi Corazón — Always in My Heart: The Songs of Ernesto Lecuona is a studio album recorded by Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo. It was produced by Milt Okun and released by CBS Records in 1983. The album includes songs written by Cuban musician Ernesto Lecuona and won Domingo a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance in 1985. [1]

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Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Ernesto Lecuona. [1]

No.TitleLength
1."Siboney"3:34
2."Noche Azul"2:49
3."Andalucía"2:48
4."Siempre en Mi Corazón"3:27
5."María la O"3:24
6."Karabalí (Canto carabalí)"3:12
7."Juventud"2:39
8."Malagueña"3:22
9."Damisela Encantadora"3:27
10."La Comparsa"3:32

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References

  1. 1 2 "Siempre en Mi Corazón – Plácido Domingo". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved July 27, 2015.