Cornelis sjunger Victor Jara


Cornelis sjunger Victor Jara: rätten till ett eget liv was a music album recorded by the Swedish-Dutch folk singer-songwriter Cornelis Vreeswijk in 1978.

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" The plough 3:35
  2. "Jag minns dig Amanda" I remember you Amanda - 2:25
  3. "A Cuba" To Cuba - 4:20
  4. "Manifest" - 4:00
  5. "Rätten till ett eget liv" The right to live in peace - 4:05
  6. "La Diuca" - 2:58
  7. "Varken det ena eller andra" Nor fish, nor fowl - 3:23
  8. "Angelita Hueneman" - 4:08
  9. "Fimpen" The cigarette butt - 2:16
  10. "Folkets vind" Winds of the people - 2:35
  11. "La Partida - Instrumental" The departure - 3:15

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