Songs Of The Spanish Civil War

From the linernotes:

"This record is an imaginary journey through time, from 1936 to 1939, and space, from Asturia to La Mancha, from the lands of the Basques to Andalusia, from Castille to Estremadura. Throughout it appear and vanish the shadowy figures of the Republican militiamen, the International Brigades, La Pasionaria, Durruti, Frederico Garcia Lorca.
The verses of Louis Aragon could serve as an introduction and a conclusion:

I remember a tune that one could not hear / Without the heart beating and the blood catching fire, / Without the fire rekindling like a heart beneath the ashes / And one knew at last why the sky is blue."

The album was released 1963 on "Le Chant Du Monde" and got a re-release in 1996. The songs were recorded in Barcelona by Cobla de Barcelone, under the direction of Rodolfo Halffter and Gustavo Pittalgua. The songs are not only about the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) but actually popular songs - some that are dated more than a hundred years before (1800's) - which were re-used (some unmodified) during the war against fascism.


Tracklist:

1. Hymn Of Riego (Song Of Freedom) - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Gustavo Pittaluga/Rodolfo Halffter
2. The Four Generals (Song Of The Defence Of Madrid) - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Gustavo Pittaluga
3. We Are The Soldiers Of the Basque Land (Euzko Gudari) - Cobla De Barcelone Chor/Gustavo Pittaluga/Rodolfo Halffter
4. You Know My Address - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Rodolfo Halffter
5. The Sardana Of The Nuns - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Gustavo Pittaluga/Rodolfo Halffter
6. What Will Happen? - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Gustavo Pittaluga
7. La Santa Espina (Sardana of Freedom) - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Gustavo Pittaluga/Rodolfo Halffter
8. The Crossing Of The Ebro - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Rodolfo Halffter
9. The Armoured Train - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Rodolfo Halffter
10. The Fort Of San Cristobal - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Rodolfo Halffter
11. Sailors - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Gustavo Pittaluga
12. Eat It - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Gustavo Pittaluga
13. The Violet Banner - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Gustavo Pittaluga
14. The Mowers - Cobla De Barcelone Chor Et Orch/Gustavo Pittaluga/Rodolfo Halffter

Songs Of The Spanish Civil War
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