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Portugal: Portuguese Traditional Music

Various Artists
Portugal: Portuguese Traditional Music As the liner notes explain and the recordings attest, Portugal’s location on the westernmost coast of continental Europe influenced its folk music in significant ways. In addition to older chants, prayers, lullabies, vocal and instrumental music, the album contains several examples of the well-known fado style. Emotional and melancholy, fado has origins in the Middle Ages and experienced a renaissance in the 18th century; in 2011 it was inscribed in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Liner notes include translated lyrics for each track.

Track Listing

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101
The Rendez-vous Women's choir with adufe accompaniment 02:11
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102
Lullaby (Cançao de Embalar) Elderly female singer 02:43
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103
Macelada (Picking Camomile) Two elderly women with adufe accompaniment 02:03
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104
Christmas Carol A group of women and children 04:14
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105
Sao Joao (Saint John) Woman accompanied on an adufe 02:53
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106
Desejos (Wishes) Male singer accompanied by guitarra 02:21
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107
For the Souls in Purgatory Male and female singers 02:00
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108
Aurora teve um menino (Aurora Has Given Birth to a Son) Solo male voice with choir 05:52
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109
Os Teus Olhos (Your Eyes) Maria Teresa de Noronha, Raul Nery, Joaquim do Vale, Joel Pina 01:28
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110
A Nossa Rua (Our Street) Maria Teresa de Noronha, Raul Nery, Joaquim do Vale, Joel Pina 03:36
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111
Fado Corrido Manuel Vicente, Guilherme Carvalhais, Avelino do Carmo 03:25
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112
Meia Noite (Midnight) Manuel Vicente, Guilherme Carvalhais, Avelino do Carmo 04:12
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113
Little Fado Manuel Vicente, Guilherme Carvalhais, Avelino do Carmo 03:14
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114
Tirana (The Wild Woman) Female singer accompanied by choir and musicians 03:32
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115
Um Viva para Toda a Gente (A Vivat for Everyone) Male singer accompanied by musicians 02:37
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116
Misericordia, Meu Deus (Have Mercy, O Lord) Female singer accompanied by women's chorus 01:25
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117
Stone-Cutter's Song Solo male voice 02:05