Porgaleuzca (Book-CD)

Galician University Choir from Barcelona:

voices

César del Caño:

choral works of all covered songs, rhapsody soundtrack,  solo voice, musical conducting and general coordination

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Collaborators:

Aula Universitaria Galega de Teatro de Barcelona:

rhapsody

Camilo Valdehorras:

dramaturgy, stage direction, language supervision, and intellectual counseling
 

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PRESS REVIEWS:

"The Porgaleuzca record deserves to be in the best place of any discography of Galician label"

Fernando Franco  (Faro de Vigo)

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"The work of this musician, [...] makes Barcelona one of the epicenters of creativity in Galician music"

Xurxo Souto  ( CE Ferreiro, Fotobiografía sonora

Ed. Ouvirmos)

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"Porgaleuzca is not a nostalgic exercise of a time and of an artistic and communicative action, it is a living sample of that reality today turned into cultural heritage, into lucid memory, into a historical reference that fills us with pride"

Miguel Anxo Fernán-Vello  (O Correo Galego)

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"This cast, still scarce and unjustly half-unknown in Galicia itself, carries out its most important cultural task under the direction of the musician César del Caño. [...] An original, audacious and daring artistic proposal wherever there is one"

Salvador Rodríguez  (Faro de Vigo)

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"We are not in front of any more record work. In this one, the musical research of the director César del Caño brings us part of the musical history of Galicia [...]. A jewel"

Antón F. Escuredo / A. Belén Real  (Web Emigración galega)

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"Another distinctive feature is his musical richness; it is not in vain that the choir director has experienced in the various paths of choral singing. [...] Only with this baggage and training can an album as varied as this be achieved."

Xoan Manuel Estévez  (A Nosa Terra)

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"A masterpiece that brings together the various factors and protagonists that made Voces Ceibes a unique musical historical event."

Nonito Pereira  (El Ideal Gallego)

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CONTENT:

The edition consists of a CD inserted in a complementary book.

 

The CD is structured in three parts:

I - Choral versions on songs by the group of Galician songwriters Voces Ceibes (Vicente Araguas, Miro Casabella, Bibiano, Benedito, Xavier G. del Valle, Xerardo Moscoso and Guillermo Rojo), who developed their activity in the late 60's and early 70's'

II - Tribute to his Basque contemporaries Ez dok amairu (version of a song by Mikel Laboa), the Catalans Els setze jutges (version of a song by Lluís Llach), and the Portuguese represented in the inescapable figure of Jose Afonso (Zeca Afonso).

III - Scenic-choral rhapsody Seoane e as andotiñas (Seoane and the swallows) , on texts by Luis Seoane, with libretto by Camilo Valdehorras and music by César del Caño, in a collaboration of the Coro Universitario Galego de Barcelona (CUGAB) with the Aula Universitaria Galega de Teatro de Barcelona (AUGATEBA).

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Audio tracks:

I - Voces Ceibes (choral works: C. del Caño):

01 - Samba prá mocedade (Bibiano Morón/Celso E. Ferreiro)
02 - Enterro do neno probe (Benedicto G. Villar/L. Pimentel)
03 - ¡Quen tivera vinte anos! (Guillermo Rojo)
04 - María Soliña (Xavier G. del Valle/Celso E. Ferreiro)
05 - O umbral (Xerardo Moscoso/X. Les)
06 - O camaleón (Vicente Araguas)
07 - Ti, Galiza (Miro Casabella/X. Costa Clavell)

II - Tributes (choral works: C. del Caño):

08 - Txoria txori (Mikel Laboa/J. A. Arze-Euskadi)
09 - Vinyes verdes vora el mar (L. Llach/ J. M. Segarra-Catalunya)
10 - Canto moço (Jose Afonso-Portugal)

III - Scenic-choral rhapsody (text: Luis Seoane / Music: C. del Caño)

11 - Seoane e as andoriñas

 

The book (95 p. 210 × 297) contains, in addition to various data concerning the choir and rhapsody, a review of Voces Ceibes and his contemporaries, a record of each author honored here as an inventory of his published works (the first inventory performed on these songs).
It also includes the choral scores of the works performed on the CD.

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