Buena Vista Social Club’s Lost and Found is out now on CD and digitally from World Circuit Records, distributed in North America by Nonesuch Records; the vinyl is due April 21. Coming almost two decades after the release of the original Grammy-winning, self-titled LP, the new album is a collection of previously unreleased tracks—some of which were recorded during the original album’s sessions in Havana and others from the years that followed. Lost and Found is available in North America on iTunes, Amazon, and the Nonesuch Store, where you can also pre-order the vinyl album. (For orders outside of North America, visit the World Circuit Store.)

The studio tracks on Lost and Found were recorded at the 1996 Egrem studio sessions in Havana and during a period of rich and prolific creativity stretching into the early 2000s following the recording of the original album. Lost and Found also features live recordings from the world tours of Buena Vista’s legendary veterans.

NPR, which premiered the album as a First Listen last week, says: "[F]ans of the Buena Vista artists' earlier projects will find more than enough gems here ... If it turns out that this is the year we do say a final goodbye to the Buena Vista collective, Lost and Found provides a gorgeous reminder of what made it so famous to begin with—and what we'll all be missing."

"There is pure pleasure in listening to these well-known songs again," says Billboard. "But Lost and Found is not just nostalgia."

The Wall Street Journal, which premiered a previously unreleased video of Ibrahim Ferrer performing the opening track, "Bruca Manigua," from 2000, says it "finds the spry Ferrer, then 72, in fine form, his voice strong and supple as he sings the 1930s Cuban standard accompanied by lush, joyous horn parts and polyrhythmic percussion."

The Guardian, in a four-star album review, calls it "exquisite."

"Over the years we were often asked what unreleased material was left in the vaults," says World Circuit’s Nick Gold. "We knew of some gems, favorites amongst the musicians, but we were always too busy working on the next project to go back and see what else we had. When we eventually found the time, we were astonished at how much wonderful music there was."

The original Buena Vista Social Club album became a surprise international best seller and the most successful album in the history of Cuban music. It was recorded for World Circuit Records by Ry Cooder over seven days in Havana in 1996, bringing together many of the great names of the golden age of Cuban music in the 1950s, several of whom were coaxed out of retirement for the sessions.

In the years that followed the original release, Buena Vista veterans toured the world and were the subject of a celebrated feature film directed by Wim Wenders. Further acclaimed recordings followed including solo releases by the singers Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo, virtuoso pianist Rubén González and bassist Cachaíto López. A celebratory live album recorded at New York’s Carnegie Hall was also released. Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, a core band featuring several of the original musicians, continues to sell out shows worldwide and will embark on a farewell "Adios" tour starting in August.