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UNFORGETTABLE - KUH LEDESMA

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In 1985, Kuh Ledesma released Unforgettable, an album containing time-honored popular songs by such esteemed American songwriters as George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, and Hoagy Carmichael. Throughout the album, Kuh Ledesma imbues a delicate strength, delving into the lyrics and giving the songs a sensuous glow. Kuh Ledesma has much talent, and is easily one of the Philippines' best singers. One song performed here is the oft-recorded "My Funny Valentine," composed by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart. Kuh Ledesma applies an introspective, delicate touch to this beautiful ballad, and the piano adds a warm incandescence. Also performed is the lovely "Embraceable You," composed by George Gershwin, arguably America's greatest composer and his brother, the lyricist Ira Gershwin. Once again, Kuh Ledesma injects a quiet elegance, reminiscent of Ella Fitzgerald's performance of "Embraceable You" on the seminal 1959 recording Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook. Another famous song here is the silky "Unforgettable," a big hit for Nat "King" Cole in the early '50s. Kuh Ledesma is self-assured here, confidently navigating the song's tender nuances. All songs on Unforgettable emote a quiet elegance. The music on Unforgettable is beautiful, and there is a wonderful, graceful ambience throughout the album. Unforgettable achieves international standards, although this style of song does not attract a mass audience. Still, more people should listen to albums such as Kuh Ledesma's Unforgettable. — David Gonzales

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Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: preciouskuh

Length: 03:55
Rating: 4.94
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preciouskuh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
you must. Universal Records released a special collectors edition of UNFORGETTABLE / TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS with selections from both album. the album is entitled simply UNFORGETTABLE.
Filifixe (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I got hold of a copy of this album when it was first released in 1984 (on cassette tape). Now that i´ve heard this song again, i just remember that I gotta get hold of the CD the next time I get back in the Phils... it is simply a "must have" in my collection of standards...
tenniseeum (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That's extreme. I mean, it strains to be ordinary, and can't help but be extraordinary. The tension is a tease. The music far more pedantic than the amazing voice that holds it together and stretches the whole to something more than the musicians are capable of imagining. Modern rhythm, classic.
swtsuccess (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
WEll the bottom line she can sing and why fuss one another..shes better than me when it comes to voices...lol We should be proud ha...
CordovoxMan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thanks for your reply in such a nice way. I'll remain a member of your group because of your courtesy. You're OK!
preciouskuh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
its okey... to each his/own appreciation. but thanks for viewing
CordovoxMan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It's nice, but I can't deal with the vibrato.
alexmz123 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Ooops.. I mean the only Filipino singer... the others I heard like Martin Nievera are just so-so...
alexmz123 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I beg to disagree. I think Kuh Ledesma is the only singer who has been able to deliver an exceptional album of standards and classics. Effervescent, classy, exceptional artistry... this album ranks as the most artistic of them all...
AshtonPelham (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
still topselling? that's impressive. as you know, i don't care for Kuh's rendition of this song but what i find quite telling is that she decided to do an album of old classics when she did. streisand released her broadway classics album which probably inspired kuh to follow suit with a collection of old standards. her inclusion of "unforgettable" is remarkable and quite prophetic as she superceded natalie cole who released the song in 1991 which then became her most successful recording.

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