MARIA ZEMANTAUSKI: Mrs. Laughinghouse

Maria Zemantauski

Mrs. Laughinghouse

© 1997 Futon Dog Productions (683227226127)

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Flamenco-style classical guitar music.

tracks

1 Punta y Tacon
2 Rioja Negra
3 Malaguena
4 Vals Solitaire
5 Chanteuse
6 Mango Rouge
7 Chatingo
8 Asturias: Leyenda
9 Mrs. Laughinghouse
10 Capricho Arabe
11 Danza de la Luna

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Voted the Best Solo Guitarist in New York's Capital Region. Maria Zemantauski has been described as "World class, a real player...a musician with astounding, breathtaking technique...and not at the expense of soul." (Metroland)

Her debut cd, Mrs. Laughinghouse has won her national acclaim as one of the few touring female flamenco-style guitarists in the world.

As one reviewer wrote, "Too often flamenco-style guitarists get caught in the speed-equals-passion trap, but not Maria Zemantauski. She shows an admirable restraint in her performance style, allowing the melody and emotion to be in the forefront without burying everything in a flurry of notes." (Dirty Linen)

Zemantauski composed eight of the eleven tracks on Mrs. Laughinghouse. Her writing is inspired primarily by the passionate and percussive sounds of flamenco, but the fine nuances of her classical guitar roots are not far from the surface.

The rich, meaty sound of Mrs. Laughinghouse is a joy to listen to just a wooden guitar, six strings and an incredible guitarist!

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  • Maria is FAB!
    author: mariesa-lize etienne

    This is fabulous. Need I say more? No.

  • wonderful guitarist
    author: d.witty

    This is what I wanted,PASSIONATE classical and flamenco guitar!This is the real deal,undiluted by vocal choruses or pop influences.I'm buying the rest of her catalog(after payday)!

  • Great CD. Seeing RED is better, but a great CD.
    author: John Wise

    Mrs. Laughinghouse is a great CD. We met Maria in Albany,NY summer of 2002. At JUSTIN'S a bar/jazz/restaurant in the historic district of Albany. Her music is transcendental. She is WONDERFUL at Flamenco Guitar. Can't wait for the next CD to come out! DON'T MISS "SEEING RED".....her 2nd CD....Maria is at Justin's each SUNDAY for Brunch....Enjoy...John Wise and Richard Orrison, Washington, DC

  • I love this disc!
    author: Patrick Krug

    I listen to this disc over and over, and have turned many friends on to it and to her first CD, Mrs. Laughinghouse also. Maria is in a league of her own and gives an incredible performance, too...run, don't walk to see her if you get the chance.

  • Wonderful Skill and Full of Emotion
    author: John Ritz

    I heard your music at a wedding rehersal dinner in May of 2000. I have changed many batteries and many players listening to this album since I bought it! If you are ever in Portland I know our Unitarian Universalist church here would love to hear you play! I am buying your 2nd albumn right now!

  • Ole! Maria, you're a breath of fresh air to an old school.
    author: Autumn K. Dial

    This is music for a crying jag. Passionate, emotive, spirited and technically precise guitar work. El duende, the deep soul of flamenco, animates this album. Heart-centered, fiery original compositions-- highly recommended!

  • Mrs. Laughinghouse:
    author: Tim

    Mrs. Laughinhhouse is a great mix of classical and flamenco guitar music. To really appreciate the finer aspects of guitar solo performances, Mrs. Laughinghouse is the ticket. Maria adds her own pieces along with great works from Albeniz and others to bring an album together that will be around for quite awhile. Listen and enjoy!

  • author: -Scott-

    Have you listened to Maria Zemantauski's CD, "Mrs. Laughinghouse? She plays so well, so marvelously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a guitarist. I felt that I was simply a carpenter with notes, picking up whatever was furnished on the job and some times making an okay dog house. But this woman can play rings around most of us who consider ourselves guitarists. I wish you would get it and listen because it is really a wonderful album.

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