"A Diosa", better known as "No potho reposare" (IPA: [nɔ ˈpɔθɔ rɛpɔˈzaɾɛ, - ˈpɔtɔ -]; transl. "I can't rest"), is a 1920 song composed by Giuseppe Rachel in the tempo of English waltz[1] on Nuorese-language lyrics from a homonymous 1915 poem by Salvatore Sini.[2]
Since 1921, "A Diosa" was part of the repertoire of the Philharmonic Body of Nuoro, directed by Rachel himself. In 1936, the tenor Maurizio Carta recorded three verses of the song in a 78 rpm for Pathé Records. In 1957, on the initiative of the musician and musicologist Gavino Gabriel, a version of the Coro di Nuoro was recorded in Turin. In 1978, Maria Carta recorded the song in a 45 rpm for Polydor Records.
Notable recordings
edit- Maurizio Carta
- Maria Teresa Cau
- Maria Carta
- Animas
- Duo Puggioni
- Andrea Parodi with Tazenda
- Andrea Parodi with Al Di Meola
- Noa
- Gianna Nannini with Gavino Murgia
- Antonella Ruggiero
- Marco Carta
- Bianca Atzei with Tazenda
- Plácido Domingo
Instrumental versions
edit- Paolo Fresu with Jan Lundgren, Lars Danielsson and Clarence Penn
- Al Di Meola
Symphonic variations
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Fadda, Antonio (2013). Identità e culture per un turismo integrato in Sardegna (in Italian). Milan. p. 118.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Mercurio, Paolo (2014). "Tre canti sardi di tradizione colta". Introduzione alla Musica Sarda. Ethnomusica & Istruzione (in Italian). Milan. pp. 191–201. ISBN 978-88-6885-013-5.
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