Galicia No Tempo

Milladoiro | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 5, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Green Linnet
• ASIN: B000005CT8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #343,094 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A modern look at Galicia's ancient Celtic traditions., July 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Galicia No Tempo (Audio CD)

The music of Galicia has a great deal in common with those of its cousins in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Man. There have been periods of immigration and emigration to and from these Celtic homelands for over 2,500 years, and this disc perfectly shows the musical links developed over two milleniums.

An excellent example to show the rest of the world that Spanish music is not just Flamenco and castanets, but bagpipes and harps as well!

This release covers music for an exhibition in Galicia.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BREATHTAKING, WITHOUT CONCESSION TO COMMERCIAL PRESSURE, March 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Galicia No Tempo (Audio CD)

THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST KIND OF CELTIC MUSIC I HAVE HEARD IN A LONG TIME. WARM, BREATHTAKING, IT CATCHES THAT KIND OF PAST THAT IS UNKNOWN TO MOST OF US YET COVETED BY US ALL.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Musical Trip Through The Ancient Kingdom, February 19, 2005

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Rambling Rose (Galiza, Spanish Colony since 1482) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Galicia No Tempo (Audio CD)

This was the musical score to a exposition that took place 1990/91, a historical journey into Galician History from the Celts to the late Suabian invaders of the sixth century. Milladoiro were the first experts in Galician traditional music that made a big deal for the folk music heritage of the Galician country after centuries of Spanish-Castilian political domain during which the cultural roots of Galicia were strongly oppressed or even denied by the establishment. Going from traditional songs through self-composed melodies, Milladoiro prove that they are masters that do know their craft well and never failed tempted by commercial trends, hence their music remains as truly and essencial traditional until today. The trucks setted in this cd are Celtic music at its best with Gregorian influences from the Middle Age. The Way of St. James brought musical influences from abroad through the Atlantic litoral path, mainly from France and the lyrical tradition of Provence that were added to the native traditional instruments such as the bagpipe and other percusion and string ones which were passed on over generations. For the ones that hadn't the chance to view the exposition then remains the awesome soundtrack to over two thousand years of musical heritage maybe also linking to the rediscovery of an unjustly unknown trait that's fighting against oblivion.