Coimbra Folk Group: Traditional Songs From Portugal

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Label
ARC Music
Release Date
June 22, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TRADITIONAL
    • PERFORMER
      Grupo Folclorico De Coimbra
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 22, 2018
    • UPC
      5019396279926
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      EUCD2799
    • LABEL
      ARC Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      World & International
    Works ⌄

    1. Pavao (The Peacock)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    2. Camelias

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    3. Marujinho (Little Sailor)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    4. Estalado (Finger Clicking)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    5. Folgadinho

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    6. Vira de Coimbra (Vira of Coimbra)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    7. Com a pena (With a Feather)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    8. Manuel tao lindas mocas! (Manuel, Such Beautiful Girls!)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    9. O meninas brinquem, brinquem! (Play, Girls, Play!)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    10. Bailarico (The Little Ball)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    11. Vira batido (Stomped Vira)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    12. Sou pequena, mas ando descalca (I am Small, but I Walk Barefoot)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    13. O Elvas, O Elvas

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    14. Ciranda

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    15. Verde gaio (Green Bird)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    16. Cana verde (Green Cane)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    17. Vira espanhol (Spanish Vira)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    18. Vira de Eiras (Vira from Eiras)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    19. Farrapeira (The Ragwoman)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group

    20. Va larouja ao ar! (Throw the Orange in the Air!)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Coimbra Folk Group


This release is a captivating album by a popular folk group from Coimbra, Portugal's cultural capital. Portugal is a popular year-round locale, not only as a vacation destination in the Summer, but also for it's timeless folk and fado music. The present album is the perfect gift for Portuguese fans. Grupo Folclorico de Coimbra, a non-profit cultural association, was founded in 1986. It's main aim is to collect, study, recreate and revive the popular traditions of Coimbra, in the areas of singing, dance, costumes, poetry and life of Coimbra in the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. Today the group, of whom all members are past or present students and also employees of the University of Coimbra, has a repertoire of over 90 songs in two main areas: songs of very diverse types, from satire, work songs, religious songs to serenades, and dance, which include urban dances and those of the surrounding rural areas. They perform regularly in Portugal as well as abroad. They have presented their traditions in Hungary, France, Spain, Lithuania, the Canary Islands, Egypt, Brazil, and Canada. "This is a rarity... For fans of Portuguese music with a curious ear." (Allmusic USA)