album rating: ★★★★☆
Genre: Spanish pop / copla / canción española / ballad. Sevilla is a studio album by Rocío Jurado (born Rocío Jurado Mohedano, Chipiona, Cádiz, Andalusia, 1944 – 2006), one of the great figures of Spanish popular song and one of the most beloved voices in the history of the copla and canción española. Born in Chipiona on Spain's Atlantic coast, Jurado learnt to sing in church and in local radio contests, earning the nickname 'La Niña de los Premios' ('The Girl of the Awards') after winning every competition she entered. She later studied with Manolo Caracol and worked at Pastora Imperio's flamenco tablao El Duende in her youth. Her career spanned six decades, during which she became not only a musical institution but a celebrated actress and stage performer. The 1991 album Sevilla was released in October of that year — the same month the city of Seville inaugurated the open-air Auditorio Isla de la Cartuja in advance of the 1992 World Exposition, an auditorium that would later be renamed in her honour. The album was produced by David A. Beigbeder, son of the celebrated Spanish symphonist and composer Germán Álvarez Beigbeder, and bears the executive production credit of Juan Pedro Aladro. The principal songwriter is Manuel Alejandro (born Manuel Alejandro Álvarez Beigbeder, Jerez de la Frontera, 1932), Jurado's most enduring compositional collaborator, responsible for many of her most celebrated songs over the decades. Arranger and pianist: José Antonio Quintano. Guitarist: Juan Cerro. Trumpets: Paco Ibáñez and Patxi Urchegui.
Label: Sony Music Entertainment España, S.L., released 21 October 1991.
Producer: David A. Beigbeder. Executive producer: Juan Pedro Aladro. Engineer: Oscar Vinader.
Recording studio: Not individually specified in publicly available sources.
Critical reception: Sevilla was received as a representative work of Jurado's mature romantic period. The album belongs to the phase of her career in which — after decades of success in Spain — she was consolidating her standing across Latin America, particularly through the Mexican and Caribbean audience that had embraced her brand of impassioned romantic balladry. The album represents the combination of Jurado's Andalusian roots with the classically produced Spanish pop ballad style developed with Manuel Alejandro.
Commercial success: Sevilla was a solid commercial record in Spain and across the Spanish-speaking world, released to coincide with the year of Seville's elevation onto the world stage ahead of the 1992 Universal Exposition. During her career, Rocío Jurado received five platinum and thirty gold discs. In 2000, she was awarded the prize 'La Voz del Milenio' ('Voice of the Millennium') in New York City for best female voice of the 20th century.
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