Jordi Savall & Hesperion XXI - Orient-Occident 1200-1700 (2006) [EAC-FLAC]

Jordi Savall & Hesperion XXI - Orient-Occident 1200-1700 (2006)
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This remarkable recording, which juxtaposes 13th- and 14th-century Spanish and Italian monodic instrumental pieces with similar ones from various living Eastern traditions, reveals the extraordinary extent to which they share a common musical language. Indeed, as a Persian or Moroccan dance is followed by an Italian istampitta or Spanish saltarello, an innocent ear would often struggle to decide which piece originated where - proof that to travel in space is to travel in time.

The Turkish pieces do have a distinctively exotic flavour, and there is no mistaking the haunting sadness of the Sephardi Jewish ones. Otherwise, the similarities between these intricately ornamented melodic lines, and the equally intricate and endlessly inventive percussion patterns accompanying them (sometimes working up to a pitch of wild excitement), are far greater than the differences between the European items and those hailing from anywhere from Algeria to Afghanistan. An eclectic assemblage of mainly ethnic instruments, including an Afghan flute, a Persian psaltery and an intriguing array of percussion, produces a succession of deliciously piquant sonorities.

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01. Makam Rast "Murass'a" usul Düyek, traditional melody (Ms. de Kantemiroglu) (4:40)
Composer: Anonymous, Turkish
Performers: Dimitris Psonis (Santur), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Yair Dalal (Oud), Pedro Estevan (Bendir), Jordi Savall

02. Ductia (Cantigas 248-353) (3:43)
Composer: Alfonso X (el Sabio) (1221 - 1284)
Performers: Dimitris Psonis (Santur), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Jordi Savall (Rebab)

03. A la una yo nací (Sarajevo) (3:56)
Composer: Sephardic Traditional
Performers: Dimitris Psonis (Saz), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Yair Dalal (Oud), Jordi Savall (Vielle)

04. Alba (Castelló de la Plana) (2:39)
Composer: Spanish Traditional
Performer: Jordi Savall (Rebab)

05. Danse de l'âme, for oud & bendir (4:33)
Composer: Driss El Maloumi
Performers: Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Pedro Estevan (Bendir)

06. La Manfredina (2:34)
Composer: Anonymous, Italian
Performers: Pedro Estevan (Bendir), Jordi Savall (Vielle)

07. Laïli Djân (Afghanistan Perse), for traditional ensemble (4:07)
Composer: Khaled Arman
Performers: Dimitris Psonis (Santur), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Khaled Arman (Rebab)

08. Istampita In Pro (8:21)
Composer: Anonymous
Performer: Jordi Savall

09. Danza del viento (3:04)
Composer: Anonymous
Performers: Dimitris Psonis (Saz), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Pedro Estevan, Jordi Savall (Vielle)

10. Saltarello No. 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987) (2:29)
Composer: Anonymous, Italian
Performer: Jordi Savall (Vielle)

11. Chahamezrab (Perse), for santur & tamburello (3:36)
Composer: Dimitris Psonis
Performer: Dimitris Psonis (Santur)

12. Danza de las espadas (1:51)
Composer: Spanish Traditional
Performer: Dimitris Psonis (Santur), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Jordi Savall (Vielle)

13. Makam Nikriz üsul Berevsân, traditional melody (Ms. de Kantemiroglu) (3:34)
Composer: Anonymous, Turkish
Performer: Jordi Savall (Percussion)

14. Saltarello No. 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987) (2:29)
Composer: Anonymous, Italian
Performers: Dimitris Psonis (Santur), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Jordi Savall (Rebab)

15. Ya Nabat Elrichan - Magam Lami, for oud (3:37)
Composer: Yair Dalal
Performer: Yair Dalal (Oud)

16. Cantiga de Santa María 105, Gran piadad' e mercee e nobreza: Rotundellus (2:45)
Composer: Alfonso X (el Sabio) (1221 - 1284)
Performers: Dimitris Psonis (Saz), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Jordi Savall (Rebab)

17. Makam Rast Semâ'i, traditional melody (Ms. de Kantemiroglu) (2:14)
Composer: Anonymous, Turkish
Performers: Dimitris Psonis (Santur), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Yair Dalal (Oud), Pedro Estevan (Bendir), Jordi Savall

18. Lamento di Tristano, estampie (4:57)
Composer: Anonymous, Italian
Performer: Jordi Savall (Vielle)

19. Molâ Mâmad Djân (Afganistan Perse), for traditional ensemble (5:07)
Composer: Khaled Arman
Performer: Dimitris Psonis (Santur), Siar Hashimi (Tabla), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Khaled Arman (Rebab)

20. Saltarello (Cantigas 77-119) (2:28)
Composer: Alfonso X (el Sabio) (1221 - 1284)
Performers: Dimitris Psonis (Saz), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Jordi Savall (Vielle)

21. Makam 'Uzäl Sakil "Turna", traditional melody (Ms. de Kantemiroglu) (3:44)
Composer: Anonymous, Turkish
Performers: Dimitris Psonis (Santur), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Pedro Estevan, Jordi Savall (Vielle), Khaled Arman (Rebab)

*2006 Alia Vox | AVSA 9848



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