Dimitrie Cantemir, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall – Istanbul: The Book of Science of Music (2009) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Dimitrie Cantemir, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall – Istanbul: The Book of Science of Music (2009)
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,29 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,13 GB | Full Artwork: 786 MB
Label/Cat#: Alia Vox # AVSA9870 | Country/Year: Spain 2009 | 5% Recovery Info
Genre: Classical | Style: Baroque, World Classical

Jordi Savall’s continued interest in Mediterranean traditions brings him to Sephardic and Armenian music centered in Istanbul and an author who wrote The Book of the Science of Music, a volume that he discovered as he was preparing his earlier program Orient–Occident. Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723) had two brief spells as Prince of Moldavia but is better known as a leading intellectual of Eastern Europe and the only one with a reputation known in the West. His interesting background and career, told in the notes, need not be summarized here, but he grew up at the Sultan’s court while his father and brother were successive princes of Moldavia under the Sultan’s protection. Succeeding as prince, he transferred his allegiance to the tsar with disastrous results and spent his last 12 years in exile in Russia. His book contains 355 works, including nine of his own compositions, all notated in a system of his own devising. Seven works on this disc are makam taken from this source, another seven tracks are improvised preludes to each of them, and the remaining seven tracks are devoted to Sephardic and Armenian selections, the former drawn from Isaac Levy’s modern editions. Four other makam from the same book were heard in Orient–Occident.

While such an extended concert of unfamiliar and exotic instrumental music can be off-putting, repeated hearings become mesmerizing. The booklet identifies three separate groups of players for Turkish, Armenian, and Sephardic repertoire, but members of Hespèrion XXI are included in all three groups. The notes are printed in the label’s usual half-dozen languages as well as Turkish and Armenian (the last in its unique non-Roman alphabet). The 196-page booklet is lavish in its display of art and manuscripts of the period, photos of the performers, and the covers of the ensemble’s previous productions. The surround sound adds to the appeal of the production. Few labels are turning out such lavish albums as consistently and regularly as Savall’s own. – J.F. Weber, Fanfare

“This is a typical Alia Vox Hesperion release: sumptuously packaged, richly illustrated, and supported by edifying scholarly notes about the music and its historical context. It’s recorded in clear yet atmospheric sound…In addition to the late Montserrat Figueras, there is wonderful singing by the Israeli Lior Elmaleh ad the Turk Gursoy Dincer.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2012 *****

Tracklist:

1 Taksim (Kanun, Viele, Oud, Kemence et Tanbur) 2:48
2 Der makam-i Uzzal usules Devr-i kebir (Mss. Dimitri Cantemir 118) 3:03
3 Los Paxaricos (Isaac Levy I.59) – Macico de Rosas (I.Levy III.41) 5:06
4 Taksim (Kanun) 1:36
5 Der makam-i Muhayyer usules Muhammes (Mss. D.Cantemir 285) 5:05
6 Chant et Danse (2 Duduk et percussion) 4:01
7 Taksim (Oud) 1:18
8 Der makam-i Huseyni Sema i (Mss. D.Cantemir 268) 7:49
9 El amor yo no savia (I.Levy II.80) 4:09
10 Taksim (Lira) 1:32
11 Der makam-i Suri Semma’i (Mss. D.Cantemir 256) 3:33
12 Lamento: Ene Sarere (2 Duduk) 2:35
13 Madre de la gracia (I. Levy III.29) 3:06
14 Taksim (Kanun, Tanbur, Oud) 1:23
15 Der makam-i Saba Huseyni usules Cenber (Mss. D.Cantemir 96) 2:47
16 Taksim & Makam Esmkhetiet-Yis kou ghimeten-Tchim guichi 7:18
17 Taksim (Kanun, Tanbur, Oud) 1:31
18 Der makam-i Uzzal usules Berevsan (Mss. D.Cantemir 148) 3:20
19 Venturoso Mancevo (I. Levy II.58) 4:39
20 Taksim (Kemence, Kanun, Oud et Tanbur) 2:50
21 Der makam-i Huseyni Sakil-i Aga Riza (Mss. D.Cantemir 89) 3:31

Personnel:
HESPÈRION XXI
Yair Dalal oud
Driss El Maloumi oud
Pierre Hamon ney & flûte
Dimitri Psonis santur
Pedro Estevan percussion
Jordi Savall rebab, vielle et lire d’archet

MUSICIENS INVITÉES
Kudsi Erguner ney
Derya Türkan Istanbul kemençe
Yurdal Tokcan oud
Fahrettin Yark?n percussion
Murat Salim Tokaç tanbur
Hakan Güngör kanun
Gaguik Mouradian kemancha
Georgi Minassyan duduk
Haïg Sarikouyomdjian duduk et ney « Beloul »
Haroun Taboul tanbur à archet

Direction: JORDI SAVALL

SACD ISO

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