Joan Manuel Serrat & Miguel He

Artist: Joan Manuel Serrat
Label: RCA Intl
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette

UPC: 743212024241
EAN: 0743212024241
ASIN: B000005LRN

Release Date: 1994-04-26

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Tracks:

Menos Tu Vientre
Elegia
Para la Libertad
Boca
Umbrio Por la Pena
Nanas de la Cebolla
Romancillo de Mayo
Nino Yuntero
Cancion Ultima
Llego con Tres Heridas - Miguel Hernandez, , Joan Manuel Serrat

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The Troubadour Sings Hernandez's Poetry........2006-12-06

Joan Manuel Serrat (1943) is one of the greatest Spanish folk singer. He is much more than that! He is a Poet, Musician & Troubadour, permanently touring around Spain & Latin America.
Serrat's first compositions were done & sang in Catalan as he was engaged in artistic-resistant movement opposing Franco's regimen & politics that include forbidding regional languages.
His first success sang in Spanish was the single "Poema de Amor" (1968) closely followed by "Tu Nombre me Sabe a Hierba" (1969). After those two hits Spanish speaking musical market was in turmoil demanding more from Joan Manuel.
"Mediterraneo" (1971) and "Miguel Hernandez" (1972) were two remarkable LPs springing from his heart and his political affiliation.

Miguel Hernandez (1910-1942) was a goat herder since boyhood till he was fifteen years old. He was an autodidact and fall in love with poetry. His first compositions were simple and pastoral. From there on he evolved to be a cultured "neogongorist" mastering language and metrics.
At Madrid he entered in touch with poets like Neruda, Alberti and Cernuda evolving his political stands and poetic style.
As Civil War erupted in Spain he fervently defended the Republic stressing himself in different posts and fronts.
When republicans were defeated by Franco's troops he was imprisoned and died in 1942 from tuberculosis without regaining freedom.

The compositions contained in this CD are Serrat's musicalization for Hernandez poetry. A rich mixture of musical sounds and significant texts flows from this excellent CD.
"Para la Libertad" is a dramatic composition written when Miguel was hospitalized during the war. It reflects the feeling of a freedom-fighter giving his own body bit by bit for his cause and knowing that those lost parts will fructify.
"Elegia" is composition mourning for the sudden death of his beloved friend Ramon Sije; Serrat's music and voice dress up the verses with deep melancholic tones.
"Umbrio por la Pena" transmits the deep pain of the poet in his last days before passing away.
"Nanas de la Cebolla" dedicated to his only child growing up with famine and deprived of his presence. Even if you do not understand the words, Serrat's artistry will convey the profound emotion contained in this heartbreaking poem.
The rest of the tracks in this CD are outstanding! Do not miss this gem!
Reviewed by Max Yofre.

COMO EL BUEN VINO.......2002-04-20

Creo que la única forma de intentar explicar este disco (si es que los discos pueden explicarse) es con el lenguaje del corazón. Y aún así puede que el intento sea infructuoso. Porque de la ternura infinita de "Menos tu vientre" a la desgarradora "Elegía", de la fiesta del "Romancillo de Mayo" a la indignación del "Niño Yuntero", es posible que pensemos que las palabras están de más. Miguel Hernández, pastor y poeta, hizo de la transparencia y la sencillez poesía honda, profunda, que la voz de Serrat nos transmite como solo él puede hacerlo. Me pregunto si es posible no emocionarse al escuchar las "Nanas de la cebolla", me pregunto si no nos contagian de valentía los versos de "Para la libertad". La voz de Joan Manuel en su apogeo, en su más absoluta madurez interpretativa, sumado a una orquestación casi única dentro de su discografía. En fin, este disco, como el buen vino, con el correr de los años se vuelve más exquisito al paladar, más sabroso y nos sigue deparando, a treinta años de su aparición, el asombro.

No better music could've been added to these great poems!.......2000-04-04

Simply put: a stroke of genius!.Miguel Hernandez has been considered perhaps the most naturally gifted poet of all times. Once being Neruda an ambassador in Spain and already famous in the political, cultural and social circles, friends of Miguel approached Neruda trying to find him a job, Neruda agreed and sent for Miguel for an interview to take place at Madrid (Hernandez was from Orihuela, Andalucia), at the meeting Neruda asked him what would he want his job to be like and Hernandez hesitated and after a very deep thinking reply: "You don't happen to have a herd of lambs here?". Well, two geniuses together: what else can you expect? It's gonna get deep, deep inside of you. Test me. I feel both sad and sweet everytime I listen to it..Just like Lorca, Hernandez was murdered by the fascists at the age of about 40.

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