Franco Battiato - Come Un Cammello In Una Grondaia (1991/2021) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

Come Un Cammello In Una Grondaia is Franco Battiato's sixteenth album, released in 1991.

The album is divided into two parts: the first four songs are works by Battiato while the remaining four are lieder by classical music authors.

It reached tenth place in the charts and sold over 250,000 copies, making it the thirty-fourth best-selling album in Italy during the year.

On the cover there is a detail from a painting by Süphan Barzani, the pseudonym with which Battiato initially signed his paintings.

The title of the album is a quote from Al-Biruni, a Persian scientist who lived in the 11th century, who used to pronounce this phrase to indicate the inadequacy of his language in describing scientific topics.

Schmerzen is one of the five Lieder of the Wesendonck-Lieder cycle (WWV 91), composed by Richard Wagner in 1857 on a poem by Mathilde Wesendonck.

The song Plaisir d'amour (1785) by Johann Paul Aegidius Martin was proposed to Sibilla for the 1984 single Plaisir d'amour/Sex appeal to Europe, the latter composed, like the other songs performed by the singer, by Battiato-Pio . The piece is also cited by Battiato in the song Shakleton (Gommalacca, 1998).

Gestillte Sehnsucht is taken from the Op. 91 Two cantos for contralto, viola and piano (1863-1884) by Johannes Brahms.

Oh Sweet Were the Hours is taken from the Op. 108 Twenty-Five Scottish Songs (1818) by Ludwig Van Beethoven; the English text is attributed to William Smyth (1765-1849). The piece is part of Beethoven's project to re-arrange songs from British folk heritage.

Tracklist:
01 - Povera Patria (Remastered)
02 - Le Sacre Sinfonie Del Tempo (2008 Remaster)
03 - Come Un Cammello In Una Grondaia (2008 Remaster)
04 - L'Ombra Della Luce (Remastered)
05 - Schmerzen (2008 Remaster)
06 - Plaisir D'Amour (2008 Remaster)
07 - Gestillte Sensucht (2008 Remaster)
08 - Oh Sweet Were The Hours (2008 Remaster)


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