For more than 30 years, Grupo Sal has been an important "voice of Latin America". The group is mainly active in Central Europe but especially in German-speaking regions. It connects multifaceted musical landscapes of Latin America with developmental and ecological issues. Grupo Sal's take is unique thanks to its traditional, contemporary, and classical music –performed with passionate virtuosity.
Throughout the years, Grupo Sal has published a lot of high quality CDs and a number of concert readings with some exceptional prominent authors.
Grupo Sal
The search for an identity lead to the creation of this album. Once again, it improved the rich musical spectrum of Grupo Sal. Original compositions and exceptional, unknown pieces – interpretated freely: original pieces like CARANDIRÙ – an instrumental with urban character, LISBOA- a Bossa with intimate, quiet sounds or EL PILON – a cheeky Salsa.
Exceptional, unknown songs like TONADA DE LUNA LLENA – a milking song from Venezuela, EL ALACRÁN (the scorpion) – a fascinating drum piece from Kuba/Peru or GRACIAS A LA MADERA – a love song dedicated to wood, sung passionately with three voices.
Play time about 49min / 2011
Ernesto Cardenal, Dietmar Schönherr, Grupo Sal
This CD reflects the lifetime poetic creation of Ernesto Cardenal. A selection of well-known and less known poems expresses the core message of his life work.
Dietmar Schönherr recites his friend´s poems with great insight. Grupo Sal contributes with songs and sounds composed especially for this CD and thus establishes a unique feeling.
The CD „Canto a la Vida“ contains mostly live recordings as well as unpublished recordings that were made under diverse conditions and a broad range of places.
We are very happy to have a common historic document together with Ernesto Cardenal and Dietmar Schönherr.
Play time about 65 min /2008
Gioconda Belli, Suzanne von Borsody, Grupo Sal
And God made me a woman…
Gioconda Belli embodies self-confident femininity in her writing. Her poems which are equally passionate and sensual, are full of faint irony longing for intimacy , but also a want for freedom. Suzanne von Borsody interprets these texts in a powerful and sentimental way. Grupo Sal accompanies this recital with Latin American music.
Play time about 61 min /2007
Grupo Sal
„Sin Fronteras – boundless“ is a journey through the musical landscapes of Latin America. Here, Grupo Sal traces the African, Indian and European roots of the music and presents it with contemporary stylistic elements. Grupo Sal’s catchy sound crosses borders from the Caribbean to Argentina – and everything in between. The musicians explore the wide horizon of Latin America in a sensitive and experimental way – Merengue or Samba, Candombe or Milonga, Huayno or Tango – and pass on their rich experiences to the audience with passionate playing. In addition, Grupo Sal also picks up more recent influences rooted in modern, multicultural cities such as „Flamenco-Rock“ or „Mestizo“.
Play time about 60:30 min /2006
Dorothee Sölle, Grupo Sal
This is the last project Dorothee Sölle and Grupo Sal shared. It came to an unfortunate early halt due to her sudden death in March 2003. Created three months before her death, this CD with recordings of our last appearance together, simulatenously reflects the fragility and power of that great woman.
Play time about 64:48 min | 2003
Grupo Sal
This CD is the musical embodiment of the programme „ Water is Life“. The songs are concerned with this diverse element: bubbling, foaming, powerful, flowing. A huge variety of styles and atmospheres from Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese music.
Play time about 44.23 | 1999
Dorothee Sölle, Grupo Sal
The theologian Dorothee Sölle presents her texts about topics like the madness of globalisation and resistance, ecology and feminism, mysticism and individuality. Some of her texts display her admiration for the Latin American theology of liberation. Grupo Sal adopts the atmosphere of the texts and puts them into a musical composition.
Play time about 62:39 min /1999
Grupo Sal
The liveliness of Central American and South American music. Traditional, but nevertheless interpreted in a modern way.
Music between lyrical intensity and vitality – arranged in the distinct style of Grupo Sal.
Play time about 62:03 min | 1996
Grupo Sal
Original compositions and modern Latin American music. Here influences from different cultures come together seamlessly as they do in Latin America.
Play time about 44:52 min | 1993
500 years of loneliness ( out of stock)
Dietmar Schönherr, Viola Gabor, Grupo Sal
The first CD-production of the group , a critical-poetic collage on the subject „500 years conquest of Latin America“. The texts among others by E. Galeano, L. Rugama and Native American sages presented by Dietmar Schönherr and Viola Gabor, are interwoven with the music in a sensitive manner.
Throughout the CD, there is a synergy of recital and music. Compared to the other Grupo Sal CDs, it presents the largest musical spectrum ranging from indigenous soungs, melodies and instruments up to the composition of contemporary song writers.
Play time about 74:30 min / 1992
The new album “Porta La Plata” by Fernando Dias Costa and Anibal Civilotti contains 12 songs which take the listener on a musical journey through Latin America. The duo gives the audience a feeling of a summer holiday even though the songs are concerned with a variety of different topics. Friends and fans of the duo can look forward to this journey.
