La Leyenda de La Mancha (The Legend of
La Mancha) is an album by the Spanish
folk metal band
Mägo de Oz released in 1998. It is a
concept album, specifically a modern-day retelling of the Spanish classic Don Quixote. The song "
Molinos de Viento" is one of Mägo de Oz's biggest hits and is often the concluding song in concerts.
Track listing
En un Lugar... (In a Certain Village...[1]) – 1:44
El Santo Grial (The Holy Grail) – 5:10
La Leyenda de la Mancha (The Legend of La Mancha) – 4:19
^The words En un lugar begin Chapter 1 of Don Quixote in the original Spanish. The English equivalent is "In a certain village" (J.M. Cohen, trans., Penguin Books, 1950, 1988). "In a certain village in
La Mancha, which I do not wish to name, there lived not long ago a gentleman ..." (p. 31).