Portugal: Portuguese Traditional Music

Various Artists

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.

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This album is part of the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music. More than 125 albums are being released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to make the series publicly available, including a dozen never-released albums of musical traditions from around the globe.

Track Listing

101	The Rendez-vous	n/a	2:11
102	Lullaby: Cançao de Embalar	n/a	2:43
103	Macelada (Picking Camomile)	n/a	2:03
104	Christmas Carol	n/a	4:14
105	Sao Joao (Saint John)	n/a	2:53
106	Desejos (Wishes)	n/a	2:21
107	For The Souls In Purgatory	n/a	2:00
108	Aurora teve um menino (Aurora has given birth to a son)	n/a	5:52
109	Os Teus Olhos (Your Eyes)	Maria Teresa de Noronha, Raul Nery, Joaquim do Vale, Joel Pina	1:28
110	A Nossa Rua (Our Street)	Maria Teresa de Noronha, Raul Nery, Joaquim do Vale, Joel Pina	3:36
111	Fado Corrido	Manuel Vicente, Guilherme Carvalhais, Avelino do Carmo	3:25
112	Meia Noite (Midnight)	Manuel Vicente, Guilherme Carvalhais, Avelino do Carmo	4:12
113	Little Fado	Manuel Vicente, Guilherme Carvalhais, Avelino do Carmo	3:14
114	Tirana (The Wild Woman)	n/a	3:32
115	Um Viva para Toda a Gente (A Vivat for Everyone)	n/a	2:37
116	Misericordia, Meu Deus (Have mercy, O Lord)	n/a	1:25
117	Stone-cutter's Song	n/a	2:05