Fez - Festival of world sacred music

Fès: Festival des musiques sacrées du monde - Fez: Festival of world sacred music

Une âme pour la mondialisation - Giving Soul to Globalization
Various performers
Chant du Monde 5741159 / 160 [CDx2]

Contents:

CD-1

Anon., Morocco

1. Daqqa de Taroudant

Trad., India

2. Ghazal, Bhajan and Thumris, music of Rajasthan

Trad., South Africa

3. Sacred Zulu Polyphonies: Our Land
4. Sacred Zulu Polyphonies: Yibo Labafana

Trad., Morocco

5. Mouloudiyats I
6. Mouloudiyats II

Trad., Fez

7. Essawas

Alfonso el Sabio, Cantigas de Santa Maria

8. CSM 77-119: Improvisations

Diego Ortiz

9. Recercada sobre "La Romanesca"
   Passamezzo moderne

Marin Marais, 3^e Livre de Pièces de Viole

10. Muzette I
    Muzette II

CD-2

Trad., Egypt

11. Soufi Chants of High Egypt

Trad., Morocco

12. Hmadcha of Fez

Trad., Sefaradic

13. Mystic songs: Rahamekha

Trad., Pakistan

14. Soufi and Kafi Gazal: Men Konto
    Soufi and Kafi Gazal: Fahaza Ali Mawla

Trad. (m) / Ibn' Arabi (t), Syria

15. Homage to Ibn' Arabi: Mon coeur chez celui que je connais est malade
    Sabri Moudallal, Classical song (mouwashshah)
    Rassure mon coeur et apaise mon esprit

Trad. (m) / Ibn' Arabi (t), Syria

16. Homage to Ibn' Arabi: Les versets explicites de l'Amour
    Trad., Aleppo, Syria
    Great Soufi Voices of Aleppo: Soigne moi, ô Lumière du quartier

Trad., Bolivia

17. Homage to Maria Sabina
18. Phatitan Lullaby

Playing time: 50' 56" + 51' 14" = 1h 42' 10"

Performers:
[1] Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble
Smail Asqarou, dir.
[2] Afroz Bana (voice), Ustad Hidayat Khan (tablas), Farida Hidayat Khan (voice), Ikram Khan (sarangui), Rajeev Tailang (harmonium)
[3]-[4] Voices: Elias Hlongwane, Derick Ndaba, Johannes Madondo, Vincent Stohle, Mtuseni Khoza, Patrick Dlamini, Israël Ntshaba, Thembinkosi Khumaio
Victor Mkisé, dir.
[5] Ahl Fez Ensemble with Thammi Al Harraq
Mohammed Bennis, dir.
[6] Ahl Touat
Mohamed Miqdame, dir.
[7] Aissawas of Fez
Saïd el Guissi dir.
[8] Jordi Savall (dessus de viole, basse de viole), Rolf Lislevand (guiotar, theorbo), Pedro Estevan (percussions)
[9]-[10] Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall, dir.
[11] Sheikh Ahmad Al Tuni
[12] Hmadcha of Fez:
Chlioui Haouari Hamid (tarija, goual, voice), Sefrioui El Hadj (tarija), Sefrioui Rachid (tarija), Filali Mohammed (tarija), El Ghiyat Mhamed (ghaita, guesba), Riffi Lofti Abdel Ouahed (goual, voice), Lamsalia Bouchta (ghaita, guesba), El Amrani Abdelouafi (tarija, goual, chorus), Benslimane Abdesselem (tarija, goual, chorus), Filali Abdelilah (goual, chorus)
Abderrahim Amrani-Marrakchi, dir.
[13] Ensemble Naguila
André Taieb (voice), Kamal Berrada (oud, nay), Mohammed Zeftari (violin), Pierre-Luc Ben Soussan (riqq, derbouka, daf)
[14] Abida Parveen (voice), Nazir Khan (tablas), Karam Hussain (dholak), Manzoor Hussein (harmonium)
[15] Al Kindi Ensemble:
Omar Sarmini (voice), Ziad qadi Amin (nay), Mohammed Qadri Dellal (oud), Mohammed Gomar (joza), Adel Shams El Din (riqq), Hisham Al Khatib (daf), J.J. Weiss (qanun)
J.J. Weiss, art. dir.
[16] Al Kindi Ensemble:
Adib Dayikh (voice), Ziad qadi Amin (nay), Mohammed Qadri Dellal (oud), Mohammed Gomar (joza), Adel Shams El Din (riqq), Hisham Al Khatib (daf), J.J. Weiss (qanun)
J.J. Weiss, art. dir.
[17]-[18] Luzmila Carpio (voice, charango), Heriberto Murillo (charango, flûte de Pan, percussions), Joel Florès (charango, flûte de Pan), Eduarda Sainz (flûte de Pan, percussions)

Recording site and date:
Fez, Morocco [06/2001];
Rel.: 2002

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Diapason (#-p.):
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (y., #-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

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