The Sephardic Experience, Vol. 1

The Sephardic Experience
Volume 1: Thorns of Fire
The Renaissance Players - Winsome Evans
Celestial Harmonies 13166

Contents:

  1. Snave Pluckpayres: Stelbishte oro (shawm, vielle, gittern, 'ud, tapan, darabukka, castanets)
  2. Trad. Andalusia: Por alli paso un cavallero (gemshorn, baglama, pandero)
  3. Trad. Andalusia: Como la rosa (voice, harp, pandero)
  4. Trad. Andalusia: Yo m'enamori d'un aire (voice, harp, baglama)
  5. Trad. Balkans: La rosa enflorece (2 voices, harp, bouzouki)
  6. Trad. Macedonia: Slusaj kaj sumaj sumite bukite (whistles, bouzouki, 'ud, zils, tapan, darabukka)
    Trad. Bulgaria: Tri pati (whistles, bouzouki, 'ud, zils, tapan, darabukka)
  7. Trad. Orient: Noches buenas (voice, bouzouki)
  8. Trad. Balkans: Puncha, puncha la rosa huele (voice, violin, guitar, harp, castanets)
  9. Moses ibn Ezra: Here is a poem (spoken, psaltery, baglama)
    Songs of Songs: Return, O Shulammite (spoken, psaltery, baglama)
  10. Trad. Balkans: Morena me llaman (2 voices, pandereta, shawm, baglama, vielle, saz, zils, darabukka)
  11. Trad. Macedonia: Staro oro (supeljka, gadulka, mandora, zils, tapan, string drum)
  12. Trad. Bulgaria: Ah, Signora novia (voice, 2 panderos)
  13. Trad. Tetuan: La madre de la novia (voice, chorus, shawm vielle, baglama, zils, darabukka)

Performers: Winsome Evans (shawm, gemshorn, supeljka, whistle, psaltery, harp, pandero), Benedict Hames (gadulka, vielle, violin), Llew Kiek (gittern, baglama, mandora, bouzouki, guitar), Mara Kiek (voice, tapan, bowed baglama & saz, string drum), Melissa Irwin (voice, 'ud, pandereta), Mina Kanaridis (voice), Andrew Lambkin (darabukka, pandero), Barbara Stackpool (castanets, zils), Geoff Sirmai (poetry reader)

Playing time: 58'

Production date: 1998

This production includes extensive discussion, and features poetry readings (in English!) to supplement the musical selections.

The next volumes:

The Sephardic Experience
Volume 2: Apples and Honey
The Renaissance Players - Winsome Evans
Celestial Harmonies 13167
The Sephardic Experience
Volume 3: Gazelle and flea
The Renaissance Players - Winsome Evans
Celestial Harmonies 13168
The Sephardic Experience
Volume 4: Eggplants
The Renaissance Players - Winsome Evans
Celestial Harmonies 13169

Or in a boxed set:

The Sephardic Experience
The Renaissance Players - Winsome Evans
Celestial Harmonies 19911 (4 CDs)

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Todd M. McComb