This is the 1st in the "Romances" series and is a fabulous, lush CD that shouldn't be missed. The arrangements by Bebu Silvetti are incredible...the crisp rhythm sections of "Inolvidable" and "Mucho Corazon", the smoothness of "La Barca" and "Contigo en la Distancia"...and Luis Miguel sings every song magnificently.

Armando Manzanero's "Te Extraño" is sublime. It will make you weep for a lost love or one that has yet to arrive...It's truly one of the most moving, beautiful songs I've ever heard. It reaches that rare level called perfection. "Te extraño/ cuando camino, cuando lloro, cuando rio/ cuando el sol brilla, cuando hace mucho frío/ porque te siento como algo muy mío".

The booklet is minimal. It does contain lyrics (though not order of play) and the total running time is 44:12. This also comes as part of a 3 disc set, "Todos los Romances". Though maybe not as extraordinary as the 3rd in the series, "Romances", which I would place top 10 in any CD collection, it comes pretty close, and if only for "Te Extraño", this one is a must to buy.

"Romance," by Luis Miguel, is a triumph of Latin music. These are romantic songs, accompanied by lush instrumentals, and performed with passion and tenderness by one of Latin music's great contemporary voices.

The CD gets off to a strong and sweet start with "No Me Platiques Mas." Another favorite of mine off this disc is the playful "Mucho Corazon." Luis gives a particularly tender performance on "No se Tu." An essential disc for Luis Miguel fans and for Latin music fans in general, and a nice way to introduce newcomers to Latin music.

I discovered Luis Miguel's "Romance" from my girlfriend. I speak very little Spanish, but I must tell you that I love every minute of it! This along with "Segundo Romance" is on high rotation - it will be so for a long time to come.

The CD is full of romantic, passionate "boleros". The production and the musicians are the top of the line. The orchestration is fabulously arranged by Bebu Silvetti. There isn't a weak cut on the whole CD. I'm glad that there's great music coming out of Latin America other than Brazil. Viva Luis!

The poor review of the DVD version was obviously because he expected a DVD Video disk when this is a DVD Audio disk. When you are listening to music on DVD Audio it must be good as you can hear every last detail. An average album in CD can sound fine but all the faults show up in DVD-A. I've heard Romances in DVD-A over and over and it sounds better every time because it is faultless. As his first self produced album Luis wanted it to be true to himself, not false but true and therefore very listenable. And those strings .... lush and gorgeous.

I have listened to this cd while eating ,reading, cleaning, studying, driving on road trips, camping and certainly while making the nasty!!!!!An album that lives forever.Too bad that I only have 2 ears!!!!