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Genre
Rumba flamenca and romantic ballad. The double album gathers the most celebrated songs from Junco's first six studio albums (1986–1997), presenting the personal fusion of flamenco, rumba, bolero, and pop that made him one of the most beloved voices in Spanish popular music. The programme includes several Spanish-language versions of Italian hits - among them "Il Mio Canto Libero," "Ti Amo," "Vado Via," "Gwendolyne," and "Bella senz'anima" - alongside Junco's own most successful original compositions.
Release
Released on February 22, 1998, by Universal Music Spain. this archival compilation draws on recordings from Junco's albums between 1986 and 1997. Presented as a double CD of 21 tracks, its dual Spanish-Italian title - Cuore Zingaro (Corazón Gitano) - reflects the Italian repertoire featured on the album and its appeal to Italian audiences, where Junco enjoyed particular success.
Production
Archival compilation of original recordings; no re-recording was undertaken.
Reception
The album consolidated Junco's catalogue for a broad international audience, particularly in Italy, where the Spanish-language versions of Italian songs he had championed throughout his career had built him a devoted following. The album's success confirmed the enduring appeal of his repertoire across Southern Europe, where the crossover between Spanish rumba flamenca and Italian pop melodia had found a natural audience since the early 1970s.
Junco
Ricardo Gabarre Clavería (born September 12, 1955, Fraga, Huesca, Spain) is a Spanish Romani singer of rumba flamenca and romantic ballad, known professionally as Junco. He acquired the nickname Junco in childhood: "my father would take me to the stables and I always carried a reed in my hand." He began singing at five years old at weddings and communions; at nine he moved to Barcelona, and at sixteen was already fronting the group Los Ángeles Gitanos. His commercial breakthrough came with his 1986 debut album "Hola mi amor". Over the following decade he built a catalogue of six studio albums characterised by his warm baritone, his deep roots in the Romani musical tradition of Barcelona's Cornellà de Llobregat district, and his gift for adapting Italian and Latin songs into his own personal idiom. "Hola mi amor" became one of the most instantly recognised songs in Spanish popular music of the era.
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