Mare Nostrum

Mare Nostrum – Orient - Occident: Dialogues
Dialogue des musiques chrétienne, musulmanes et juives autour de la Méditerranée
Hespèrion XXI – Jordi Savall, dir.
Alia Vox AVSA 9888 A+B [SACD-Hx2]

Contents:

    CD 1

    Sephardic romance (Spain, 15th c. / Rhodes)
  1. La Guirnalda de rosas: Una matica de ruda

    2. Alfonso X El Sabio: Cantigas de Santa Maria (Spain)
  2. CSM 77-119: Saltarello

    3. Anon., Hebrew song (Israel)
  3. Improvisation on The Song of Songs: Kamti Beivshan Layla

    4. Turkish dance (Balkans)
  4. Gagauski

    5. Trad., Berber (Agadir, Morocco)
  5. Amazig lullaby

    6. Trad., Sephardic (Sarajevo)
  6. A la una yo nací (instr.)

    7. Trad. song (Turkey), lyrics by Fuzuli
  7. Üsküdar

    8. Trad., Sephardic (Alexandria)
  8. Las Estrellas de los cielos (instr. improv.)

    9. Asher Mizrahi (Jerusalem)
  9. La Moledet shuvi roni

    10. Angeli (Greece ca. 1680)
  10. Taksim & Makam Kurdi Pesrev (instr.)

    11. Trad., Sephardic (Turkey)
  11. Alef, mem shin

    12. Selim III, Istambul (1800)
  12. Taksim - Pesendîde « Saz Semârsi » (instr.)

    13. Anon., Hebrew lullaby (Israel)
  13. Noumi noumi yaldati

    14. Trad. sephardic melody (Istanbul)
  14. La Armada Turca (instr.)

    15. CD 2

    Trad., Sephardic (Sophie)
  15. En la Santa Helena (instr.)

    16. Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Hebrew song (Israel), 11th c.
  16. Shaar petach Dodi

    17. Hakan Gügör (Istanbul)
  17. Taksim Kanun (improvisation)

    18. Anon., Andalusian, Spain
  18. Nana andaluza: Duerme mi niña

    19. Anon., Sephardic (Morocco)
  19. El Rey que tanto madruga (instr.)

    20. Rabbi David Buzgalo, Hebrew song (Morocco)
  20. Ana Av Rajman

    21. Anon., Mss Trecento (Italia, ca. 1300)
  21. Chominciamento di gioia (Istanpitta)

    22. Trad. song (Greece)
  22. Lullaby: Κοιμησου Χαιδεμενο Μου (Sleep, my baby)

    23. Trad. song, (Catalunya)
  23. El cant dels Aucells (instr.)

    24. Anon., Hebrew song (Israel)
  24. Hon Tahon

    25. Mss. D. Cantemir no 214 (Istanbul, 1690)
  25. Taksim & Makam « Rast Murass'a »

    26. Anon., sephardic (Tunisia)
  26. Adonenu Elohenu

    27. Trad. (Bulgaria)
  27. Taksim & bulgarian dance

    28. Ferran Savall (musical improvisation), M. Forcano (text)
  28. Mireu el nostre mar

Performers:
Guest Performers:
Montserrat Figueras (voice1, 5, 11, 13, 18, 22, 26, cithare), Lior Elmaleh (voice1, 3, 9, 13, 16, 20, 24)
Hespèrion XXI:
Pierre Hamon (flutes), Pedro Memelsdorff, (flute), Xavier Diaz-Latorre (guitar), Michaël Grébil (medieval lute), Jordi Savall (lira, vielle, rebab, bass viola), Andrew Lawrence-King (arpa doppia), Sergi Casademunt (viola da gamba), Eunice Brendão (viola da gamba), Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Lorenz Duftschmid (viole da gamba), Pedro Estevan (percussion)
Performers (by countries):
Haïg Sarikouyoumdjian (Armenia – nay «Beloul», duduk), Gaguik Mouradian (Armenia – kemençe); Gürsoy Dinçer (Turkey – voice), Derya Türkan (Turkey – kemençe), Yurdal Tokcan (Turkey – 'ud), Murat Salim Tokaç (Turkey – tanbur), Hakan Güngör, (Turkey – kanun), Fahrettia Yarkin (Turkey – percussion); Nedyalko Nedyalkov (Bulgaria – kaval); Yair Dalal (Israel – oud), Shmuel Mounk (Israel – percussion); Dimitri Psonis (Greece – santur, morisca); Driss el Maloumi (Morocco – voice, 'ud); Wabab Badarne (Palestine – qanun), Usama Abu Ali (Palestine – flutes, nay)
Other performers:
Ferran Savall (voice, guitar), Jordi Gaspar (double-bass)
Jordi Savall, dir.

Playing time: 78' 15" + 79' 48" = 2h 38' 03"

Recording site and date:
Chapelle de la Miséricorde, Bordeaux, France [12/2009];
Église de Franc-Waret, Belgium [08/2010]
Monestir de Sant Pere de Rodes [09/2010]
Colegiata del Castillo de Cardona, Catalunya [11/2010, 01/2011, 05/2011];
Abbaye de Fontfroide, France [07/2011];
Rel.: 12/2011

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 599-110 (February 2012)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 35/5-464 (May/June 2012)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 1082/89-75 (Apil 2012)

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