The concert is recorded at Córdoba's Great Theater with Blas Córdoba,
Tino di Geraldo and Bandolero, among other musicians

Flamenco-world.com, October 2004

Four years after coming out with ‘Ciudad de las ideas’, Vicente Amigo releases the live show on DVD of what was the fourth album of his career, entitled ‘En concierto desde Córdoba’. The audiovisual has all the compositions from the Córdoba-born guitarist's latest album plus ‘Callejón de la luna’, a song from the album ‘De mi corazón al aire’ as a sort of introduction. The band accompanying Vicente Amigo in this performance includes musicians such as percussionists Tino di Geraldo and Bandolero; cantaor Blas Córdoba; and Antonio Ramos on harmonica. ‘La tarde es caramelo’, ‘Tatá’, ‘Ciudad de las ideas’... appear on this DVD - which, for the time being, has been released in the PAL system - larger than life in the live show and, thanks to the careful production, closer than ever before.

As if to shorten the wait for his long-awaited new album, Vicente Amigo releases the first audiovisual with his music live. The DVD ‘In Concert from Córdoba’ complements the album ‘Ciudad de las ideas’ with images and the magic of the live show. Recorded in a performance at Córdoba's Great Theater, the audiovisual contains all the tracks from this latest album by the Córdoba-born guitarist: ‘La tarde es caramelo’, ‘Compare Manuel’, ‘Ciudad de las ideas’, ‘Bolero de Vicente’, ‘Tatá’, ‘Córdoba’, ‘Ojos de la Alhambra’ and ‘Tres notas para decir te quiero’. As a prologue, he recovers ‘Calle de la luna’, a composition included on the album ‘De mi corazón al aire’ with which he wanted to pay tribute to maestro Juan Habichuela.

Vicente Amigo is accompanied by a group of nine musicians in this concert which lasts nearly one hour. The band consists of Tino di Geraldo, on drums; Bandolero, on box drum and voices; Blas Córdoba, on cante; Antonio Ramos ‘Macca’, on bass; Güito and Patxi Cámara, on percussion and voices; José Manuel Hierro, on second guitar and clapping; Rafael González, on keyboards; and Antonio Ramos, on harmonica.

With this new DVD, the videography by flamenco guitarists at the reach of enthusiasts is extended. To date, available on DVD are the concerts by Paco de Lucía ‘Directo Alemania 1996’ and the contents in ‘Francisco Sánchez-Paco de Lucía’; the Serranito concert ‘Víctor Monje Serranito, en concierto 2002’; and that of ‘Óscar Herrero en concierto’; besides all the recordings from the seventies from the Spanish Radio and Television archives included in the collection ‘Rito y geografía del toque’.

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