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Cornelis sjunger Victor Jara

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Released
  
1978

Length
  
47:48

Release date
  
1978

Label
  
Warner Music Sweden

Recorded
  
December, 1977

Artist
  
Cornelis Vreeswijk

Producer
  
Anders Burman

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Genres
  
Folk music, Swedish folk music

Similar
  
Cornelis Vreeswijk albums, Folk music albums

Cornelis sjunger Victor Jara: rätten till ett eget liv (English: Cornelis sings Victor Jara: The right to live in peace) was a music album recorded by the Swedish-Dutch folk singer-songwriter Cornelis Vreeswijk in 1978.

Contents

History

Vreeswijk worked and travelled to Latin America in the late 1960s and early 1970s and developed a great appreciation for its rich musical heritage. He translated ten songs of Chilean trubadur Victor Jara and recorded both a Swedish and a Dutch album with translated songs.

Track listing

  1. "Plogen" (El arado) The plough (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) 3:35
  2. "Jag minns dig Amanda" (Te recuerdo Amanda) I remember you Amanda (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 2:25
  3. "A Cuba" To Cuba (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 4:20
  4. "Manifest" (Manifesto) (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 4:00
  5. "Rätten till ett eget liv" (El derecho de vivir en paz) The right to live in peace (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 4:05
  6. "La Diuca" (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 2:58
  7. "Varken det ena eller andra" (Ni chicha, ni limona) Nor fish, nor fowl (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 3:23
  8. "Angelita Hueneman" (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 4:08
  9. "Fimpen" (El cigarrito) The cigarette butt (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 2:16
  10. "Folkets vind" (Vientos del pueblo) Winds of the people (Victor Jara - Miguel Hernandez - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 2:35
  11. "La Partida - Instrumental" The departure (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 3:15

Personnel

  • Cornelis Vreeswijk - vocal
  • Björn J:son Lindh - flute, piano, electric piano, keyboards
  • Janne Schaffer - guitar
  • Other musicians

  • Lasse Englund - guitar
  • Mats Glenngård - violin, viola
  • Sture Nordin - bass
  • Stefan Brolund - bass ("Plogen")
  • Okay Temiz - percussion
  • Hassan Bah - congas ("A Cuba")
  • Songs

    1Plogen3:31
    2Jag minns dig Amanda2:28
    3A Cuba4:25

    References

    Cornelis sjunger Victor Jara Wikipedia