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Atma "Classique" ACD 2 2388
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1. CANCIONERO MUSICAL DE PALACIO
Ya soi desposado, Oy comamos y bebamos [6:20]
(ACD2 2274)
2. GILLEBERT DE BERNEVILLE
De moi dolereus vos chant (rotrouenge) [5:00]
3. ANONYME
La Septime Estampie [5:03]
(ACD2 2290)
4. CHASTELAIN DE COUCI (v.1165-1203)
Li nouviauz tanz et mais et violete [6:50]
(ACD2 2290)
5. GUY ROSS
Hermins [5:21]
(ACD2 2290)
6. ROMANCE SÉFARADE - SALONIQUE
Hero y Leandro [2:47]
(ACD2 2314)
ROMANCE SÉFARADE - ISTANBUL
Ven querida [2:27]
(ACD2 2314)
8. ROMANCE SÉFARADE - ISTANBUL
Caballero [3:35]
(ACD2 2314)
9. ROMANCE SEFARADE - RHODES
Hija mia mi querida [3:45]
(ACD2 2274)
10. ROMANCE SÉFARADE - RHODES
El regateo de las consuegras [4:00]
(ACD2 2274)
11. CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARIA
Pero que seja a gente, Virgen Madre [7:06]
(ACD2 2316)
12. DIMITRIUS CANTEMIR (1673-1723)
Bouselik Pishref [5:05]
(ACD2 2316)
CONSTANTINOPLE
Kiya Tabassian
KIYA TABASSIAN — setar
GUY ROSS — 'ud, lute
ISABELLE MARCHAND
VIOLE DE GAMBE — viola de gamba, fiddle
MATTHEW JENNEJOHN — mute cornett, cornetto, recorders
ZIYA TABASSIAN — percussion
with the voices of
DANIEL TAYLOR [2]
ANNE AZÉMA [4]
FRANÇOISE ATLAN [7]
GHADA SHBEIR [11]
L'ENSEMBLE EN CHORDAIS et IMANE HOMSY, qanun [11-12]
KIYA TABASSIAN — artistic direction
Since
its inception in 1998, Constantinople has endeavoured to find a unique
mode of expression and a new, creative approach to interpreting the
music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. To do so, the group
juxtaposes a careful study of historical manuscripts with a pursuit of
the living oral tradition of the Near and Middle East—more specifically,
the classical Persian tradition.
The ensemble uses early
European instruments such as the lute, vihuela, medieval harp, viola da
gamba, fiddle, recorder, cornetto, and shawm, alongside instruments from
the Middle East such as the setar (a plucked stringed instrument from
Persia), the tombak, daf, and dayereh (Persian percussion instruments),
and the 'ud (one of the most ancient instruments of the Middle East and
the Mediterranean, and the ancestor of the European lute).
The
ensemble won the "Discovery of the Year" prize granted by the Conseil
québécois de la musique at the 2003 Prix Opus ceremony and is Ensemble
in Residence for the Radio-Canada radio service for the 2004-2005
season.
DANIEL TAYLOR
Daniel
Taylor is now one of today's most sought-after countertenors. His
Glyndebourne operatic debut in Peter Sellars' production of Handel's
Theodora was greeted with unanimous critical praise. He receives
invitations from an ever-widening circle of the world's leading early
and contemporary music ensembles, appearing in opera, oratorio, and in
concert. Daniel Taylor has recorded more than 15 CDs for the ATMA label,
many of which have won awards such as Prix Opus, Félix, Choc du Monde
de la Musique, and Goldberg.
ANNE AZÉMA
French soprano Anne
Azéma is one of the world's leading interpreters of early vocal music.
She has been acclaimed by critics for her original, passionate, and
vivid approach to songs and texts of the Middle Ages. She has also been
widely praised in many other repertoires, from Renaissance lute songs to
Baroque to 20th-century music theatre.
A featured soloist with the
Boston Camerata and Camerata Mediterranea, she has taken prominent roles
in many of these ensembles' tours and recordings.
FRANÇOISE ATLAN
Born
in 1964 and graced with a naturally beautiful voice developed through
her childhood, Françoise Atlan began to learn the piano with her mother
at age six. After her musical studies at the Aix-en-Provence
Conservatory, she perfected her vocal technique with Andréa Guiot at the
Paris Opéra. Her Judeo-Berber roots brought her to develop a keen
interest in traditional music, particularly of the Mediterranean region.
GHADA SHBEIR
Born
in1969 in Lebanon, Ghada Shbeir is a Master in Musicology and took a
degree in Arab Music of the Eastern Mediterranean. She has specialized
in Byzantine ecclesiastical music of the Eastern Mediterranean, and also
in Arab-Andalusian music and the Syriac musical tradition, in the
Aramaic dialect. She teaches at the Conservatory of Beirut and at the
USEK University of Lebanon. She won the award of the Third World-wide
Festival of Arab Music in Cairo in 1997.