Tracklist
Versions
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chanson De Roland (CD, Album) | F Communications, Play It Again Sam [PIAS] | F 103 CD, 137.0103.20 | France | 1999 | |
| La Chanson De Roland (CD, Album, Promo) | F Communications | F 103 PROMOCD | France | 1999 |
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referencing La Chanson De Roland, CD, Album, F 103 CD, 137.0103.20
referencing La Chanson De Roland, CD, Album, F 103 CD, 137.0103.20
These guys must be quite cultured, since "La Chanson de Roland" is the most popular play from the middle age. It's interesting how they use the title of that famous play in the modern age, since "chanson" is "song" in french. So when you translate it, it's "Roland's Song". Did they meant Roland as in the company? Who know? :)
The title of the CD is inspired from the oldest major work known in the French literature.
The text originates from a poem from a Norman poet. The "Chanson de Roland" deals with the historical Battle of Roncesvalles (Roncevaux) in 778. Though the encounter was actually an insignificant skirmish against the Basques, the poem transforms Roncesvalles into a battle against Saracens and magnifies it to the heroic stature of Thermopylae.
Check Wikipedia for more details.