''Cogli la prima mela'' is an album of the Italian singer-songwriter

Angelo Branduardi Angelo Branduardi (born 12 February 1950) is an Italian folk/folk rock singer-songwriter and composer who scored relative success in Italy and European countries such as France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Greece. Biography Branduardi wa ...

. It was released in 1979 by

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. The title track is a re-imagining of a medieval Hungarian melody, entitled "U naseho Barty". Also the music of "Donna ti voglio cantare" is based on a medieval melody by

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, entitled "Tourdion", which Branduardi himself recorded for his later album '' Futuro antico II''. The lyrics to "La raccolta" ("The harvesting") are taken from a poem by

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, while the music is from the Romanian folk ballad "M-am suit in dealul clujului". Finally, the song "Ninna nanna" is the Italian version of "Mary Hamilton", an English traditional song also recorded by

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Track listing

#"Cogli la prima mela" (3:25) #"Se tu sei cielo" (3:10) #"La strega" (4:18) #"Donna ti voglio cantare" (3:25) #"La raccolta" (4:51) #"Colori" (3:30) #"Il signore di Baux" (4:29) #"Il gufo e il pavone" (3:10) #"Ninna nanna" (7:23)

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1979 albums Angelo Branduardi albums Polydor Records albums {{1970s-folk-album-stub