Jerusalem - Jordi Savall

JÉRUSALEM La Ville des deux Paix: La Paix céleste et la Paix terrestre L. Elmalich, M. Shanin Khalil, R. Amyan, B. Olavide, Ll. Vilamajó, M. Mauillon Y. Dalal, G. Mouradian, O. Bashir, A. Lawrence-King LA CAPELLA REIAL DE CATALUNYA. AL-DARWISH HESPÈRION XXI Montserrat Figueras Direction : Jordi Savall

CD 1: Fanfare of Jericho, 1200 av. B.C.
1 Heavenly Peace:The Prophets of the Apocalypse and of the Last Judgment 2 The Sibylline Oracles (3rd century B.C.) Jewish sources, Aramaic music 3 Introduction (Ney & percussion) 4 The Koran: Bismi Al.là ar Rahman (7th Century) Fatihah Sura I, 2-7. Sufi sources 5 Postludium (qanun) 6 Revelation VI, 12-3 Audi pontus (12th century) corresponding to the Cathar Gospel of Pseudo-John V 7 Postludium (medieval harp) II Jerusalem, Jewish city, 1000 BC-AD 70 King David makes Jerusalem the capital of the unified kingdom of Judah and Israel 8 Shofars call 9 Prayer for Jerusalem 10 Instrumental dance Liberation of the city by Maccabeans, 164 B.C. 11 The Peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122) - The Psalms of King David (10th Century B.C.) 12 Rabbi Akiva goes to Jerusalem Talmud, Makkot 24b 13 Song of Exile (Psalm 137, 1-6) Destruction of the Temple and Diaspora,A.D. 70 14 Instrumental lament (shofars) III Jerusalem, a Christian city, 326 - 1244 15 Stavrotheotokia (Hymn to the Virgin at the foot of the Cross) Attributed to Emperor Leo VI, 886-912 Queen Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine is in Jerusalem,A.D. 326 16 Fanfare "Pax in nomine Domine" 17 Pope Urban II, First call to the Crusade, 1095 Recited text in French 18 Crusaders' song: Pax in nomine Domini Marcabru (1100-1150) - 1st Crusade 19 Crusaders' song: Chevalier, mult estes guaritz, 1146 Anonymous 12th Century - 2nd Crusade 20 Conductus : O totius Asie - Anonymous (s. XIII) 21 Planctus " Pax in Nomine Domini " The Crusaders lose Jerusalem to Saladin Instrumental Iva Jerusalem, a city of pilgrimage, 383 - 1326 22 The Dome of the Rock - Ibn Battuta (1304-ca.1377) 23 Zionida: Beautiful city, delight of the world Judah Ha-Levy (1075-1141)
CD 2: IVb Jerusalem, city of pilgrimage, 383 - 1326 Cantiga de Santa Maria: Offondo do mar tan châo Alfonso X the Wise (1121-1284) CSM383 V Jerusalem,Arabic & Ottoman city, 1244-1917 Arabic city, 1244 - 1516 2 Prelude (Oud) 3 The Koran, Sura XVII, 1-Mohammed ascends to heaven from the Temple Mount 4 Danse of the Soma 5 Sallatu Allah - Arabic tradition Ottoman city, 1517 - 1917 6 Makam Uzäl Sakil "Turna" Ottoman mss. of Kantemiroglu (17th century) 7 Suleyman the Magnificent's dream, 1520 legend Recited text in Turkish 8 Warrior's march (Anonymous Ottoman) The Ottoman Conquest of Jerusalem, 1517 VI Jerusalem, Land of Refuge & Exile, 15-20thC 9 Palestina hermoza y Santa - Anonymous Sephardic 10 Palestinian Lament - Anonymous 11 Andouni Armenian Lament, 1915 - Anonymous 12 El male rahamim (Hymn to the victims of Auschwitz), 1941 Historical recording by Shlomo Katz, 1950 13 Funeral March Instrumental VII Earthly peace: a duty and a utopia.A plea for peace 14 Instrumental Dialogue 15 A plea for peace in Arabic 16 Adonay Prayer for peace in Hebrew 17 A plea for peace in Armenian 18 Da Pacem (Gregorian) Dialogue of songs 19 Apo xeno meros (in Greek) - Anonym (Oral Tradition) 20 Ghazal (in Arabic) 21 Ghazal (in Hebrew) 22 Ghazal (Palestine) 23 Siente Hermosa (ladino) 24 Apo xeno meros (in Greek) Gregorian Chorus 25 Durme, hermoza donzella (ladino) 26 Ghazal (in Arabic, Greek & Hebrew) 27 Ghazal (instrumental, Morocco) 28 Final Ensemble (tutti) 29 Final fanfare "Against the barriers of the Spirit"

"The ancient Jewish temple music recreated with frequent use of the Abrahamic shofar (ram's horn) is haunting and beautiful, partly thanks to the ethereal voice of Savall's wife, the wonderful Montserrat Figueras". William Dalrymple

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