Branduardi canta Yeats

by Angelo Branduardi

Branduardi canta Yeats cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: Italy
  • Length: 38:09
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The renowned Italian troubadour dedicates an entire project to the poetic works of W.B. Yeats, adapting the verses into sweeping, melodic Italian translations. The arrangements beautifully merge delicate contemporary folk with rich, neo-medieval instrumentation.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, progressive, traditional, acoustic, storytelling, male-vocals, italian, literary, strings, melodic

Tracklist

  1. I cigni di Coole (5:28)
  2. Il cappello a sonagli (4:04)
  3. La canzone di Aengus, il vagabondo (4:16)
  4. Il mantello, la barca e le scarpe (3:50)
  5. A una bambina che danza nel vento (1:51)
  6. Il violinista di Dooney (3:45)
  7. Quando tu sarai (3:28)
  8. Un aviatore irlandese prevede la sua morte (3:57)
  9. Nel giardino dei salici (2:59)
  10. Innisfree, l'isola sul lago (4:27)

Credits

  • Maurizio Fabrizio - arranged by, conductor, guitar, music by [strings], conductor
  • Studio Convertino - cover
  • Arun Chakraverty - lacquer cut by
  • William Butler Yeats - lyrics by
  • Donovan Phillips Leitch - music by
  • Papete - percussion
  • Angelo Branduardi - Primary Artist

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