Traditional Songs & Dances of Sardinia

Sardinia has a rich variety of traditional music and this album includes some of the marvellous natural harmony singing by children, plus folk songs and country dances, as well as a rare chance to hear the launedda — a double pipe instrument unique to Sardinia. It was beautifully recorded by Fr Damian Webb in 1962 when the villages he visited had very little contact with the wider world. Tracks include pastoral sounds, male quartet, children of Nuoro and Lotzorai, Nuoro folk dance group with accordion, Dorgali folk song group, Folk dance music on launedda and jew's harp.

1 Pastoral Sounds/Nonmi Giamedas Maria
2 La Povera Cecchina (The Poor Little Blind Girl) /I Colori Dell'
3 Ballo Tondo
4 Vanto Alla Fidanzata
5 Ave Maria
6 Folk Dance Music/Ballo (Tres Passos)
7 Su Sa Corte de Su Re (Near the King's Courtyard/Sas Cozzulas de Jubana)
8 Folk Dance Music
9 Three Sardinian Love Songs
10 Un Vaso Di Porcellana (A Porcelain Vessel) /I Tre Tamburi (The Three...)
11 Passu Tozzau/Dyllu
12 Sas Rundine E S'oddeau (The Swallow and God) /Quell' Uccelletto
13 Folk Dance Music
14 La Solitudine (Solitude0/Gioco Topolino (The Little Mouse Game)...)