album rating: ★★★★☆
Genre: Nova Cançó / Catalan folk song / Mediterranean folk. A deeply rooted album of Catalan-language songs, many based on poems by Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel, Joan Alcover, and Joan Vergés, performed with an intimate, folk-inflected sensibility.
Label: Ariola Eurodisc S.A. (co-produced with the Mallorcan art gallery Sala Pelaires).
Producer: The album credits state 'Disc produït per Sala Pelaires' (produced by Sala Pelaires). Joan Molas is credited as producer on associated single releases from this period.
Recording studio: Fremontel Studios, Normandy, France. Arrangements by Jacques Denjean.
Critical reception: The album was praised for its artistic maturity and its cultural significance as a work of Catalan identity under Francoism. The presentation text by poet Salvador Espriu spoke of 'a definitive maturity' in Bonet's artistry. It is considered one of her most important early works, both for its musical quality and its role in asserting Catalan cultural identity during a period of political repression. The cover artwork by Joan Miró lent it additional cultural prestige.
Commercial success: Bonet presented the album at the Auditorium in Palma de Mallorca in April 1974 and went on to perform in Barcelona, Valencia, and Madrid, as well as in Paris and Portugal. The album was well received in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, reinforcing her position as a leading voice of the Nova Cançó movement. Detailed sales figures are not publicly available.
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