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“Harpa Sertaneja” is a special selection of classics of country music, in the masterful interpretation of the great musician and composer Luís Bordon and his unsurpassed Paraguayan harp of the songs: 1 – Chalana (Mário Zan and Arlindo Porto) 2 - Rio Paraná 3 - Saudades de Minha Terra (Goiá and Belmonte) 4 – Mercedita (Ramón Sixto Rios) 5 - Asa Branca (Humberto Teixeira and Luiz Gonzaga) Luis Bordon (Guarambaré, August 19, 1926 - Paraguay, 2006) was a Paraguayan musician, interpreter of the Paraguayan harp. In Brazil, he is best known for the LP/CD A Harpa e a Cristandade. Since childhood, he received encouragement from his parents to dedicate himself to music. He began studying the Paraguayan harp and soon became an expert on this instrument. In 1950, he joined Julián Rejala's orchestra, which performed several times in Paraguay and Brazil. In 1959, he recorded his first LP, Harpa Paraguaya en Hi-Fi. He moved to Brazil, where he stayed for several years, and in 1960, he recorded the album that would make him famous in that country, A Harpa e a Cristandade, with Christmas songs such as Jingle Bells and Noite Feliz, which was a big sales success at Christmas and New Year's Eve for several years. In 1970, A Harpa e a Cristandade was released in stereo with new sound effects. This was the version that became nationally known, being released on CD and still heard every Christmas. In 1972, A Harpa e a Cristandade volume 2 was released, with a modern style for the time, reminiscent of progressive rock. This volume 2 was also a success. He moved to the United States, where he lived for three years before returning to Paraguay, where he died in 2006 at the age of 80. He recorded a total of 34 albums. In the 2000s, Warner released the two volumes of The Harp and Christianity on a single CD in the Dose Dupla series. The songs from volume 2 that had already been recorded on volume 2 were removed, as was Silver Bells (it was alleged that there were noises in the original recording). In truth, this Dose Dupla CD does not do justice to the importance of the two works. The original track lists could be kept. And Silver Bells could be recovered from an LP.