Edmundo Ros – Bongós Del Sur (1974)

The sunny south conjures up images, especially for northerners, of bright sunshine, an azure sea and brilliant blue skies, of bright colours, festive dances and enchanting stories, of languid warmth during siestas and nightly dinners in illuminated squares. Even in France, ‘Colores del sur’ and dances from southern Spain, for example, were considered exotic. Since the mid-19th century, the music and dances from Spain have captured everyone’s imagination.
In the 19th century, the Spanish bourgeoisie was mainly charmed by the opera-like zarzuelas. They saw the many Spanish dances as uninteresting folk music and turned their noses up at Andalusian flamenco and cante jondo.

A la joven sirena Blodughadda se le confía un tritón rechazado por su familia porque ambos están marcados con una runa símbolo de la magia, señal suficiente para desafiar las leyes que prohíben cualquier contacto entre sirenas y tritones. Al crecer, Gildwin desarrolla su don para la magia y pronto se vuelven inseparables. Esta amistad prohibida debe permanecer oculta a toda costa, pero eso sin contar con los orígenes del tritón que acabarán por alcanzarla..

The sunny south conjures up images, especially for northerners, of bright sunshine, an azure sea and brilliant blue skies, of bright colours, festive dances and enchanting stories, of languid warmth during siestas and nightly dinners in illuminated squares. Even in France, ‘Colores del sur’ and dances from southern Spain, for example, were considered exotic. Since the mid-19th century, the music and dances from Spain have captured everyone’s imagination.
In the 19th century, the Spanish bourgeoisie was mainly charmed by the opera-like zarzuelas. They saw the many Spanish dances as uninteresting folk music and turned their noses up at Andalusian flamenco and cante jondo.