"A Santu Paulu" (Muttu Dedicato A S. Paolo Di Monti) / "Pregadorìa Pro Santu Isidoro" (Canto "Disisperada" Dedicata Al Patrono Degli Agricoltori)

Released under the Nuraghe label in the mid-twentieth century, this record captures the deeply rooted tradition of Sardinian folk music. It serves as a medium for 'cantadores,' the traditional singers whose performances are central to island festivities, particularly the religious festivals honoring saints like Paul and Isidore. The record emerged during a period when ethnographic interest in regional Italian music was beginning to flourish, documenting the specific vocal techniques and liturgical fervor characteristic of the Gallura region.

The disc features the collaborative efforts of Giovanni Sotgiu and Giovanni Scanu, who were practitioners of the 'canto a chitarra' style. Their performances were designed to preserve the oral history of Sardinian religious devotion, utilizing a blend of improvised poetry and musical structure. These recordings were received by local communities as authentic vessels for cultural identity, providing a permanent record of communal rituals that had previously existed only in the ephemeral space of live performance.