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Label:

Alia Vox - http://www.alia-vox.com/

Serial:

AVSA9863 (2 discs)

Title:

Jerusalem - Savall

Description:

Jerusalem, La Ville des deux Paix : La Paix celeste et la Paix terrestre

Montserrat Figueras
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Al-Darwisii
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall

Track listing:

CD 1

1 Fanfare of Jericho, 1200 av. B.C.
I 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) (Las Huelgas mss.)
Corresponding to the Cathar Gospel of Pseudo-John V, 4
7 Postludium (medieval harp)

II Jerusalem, a Jewish city, 1000 B.C. - A.D. 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, the 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
Anon. 12th Century – 2nd Crusade
20 Conductus : O totius Asie – Anon. (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, a city of pilgrimage, 383 - 1326 (continued)
1 Cantiga de Santa Maria : O ffondo do mar tan châo
Alfonso X the Wise (1121-1284) CSM383

V Jerusalem, an Arabic city and an 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 - Ottoman legend
Recited text in Turkish
8 Warrior’s march (Anon. Ottoman)
The Ottoman Conquest of Jerusalem, 1517

VI Jerusalem, a Land of Refuge and Exile, 15th - 20th centuries
9 Palestina hermoza y Santa - Anon. Sephardic (oral tradition, Sarajevo)
10 Palestinian Lament - Anon. (oral tradition)
11 Lament for the City of Ani - Anon. (oral tradition)
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) - Anon. (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”
Jordi Savall, 2008

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Classical

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Stereo/Multichannel

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Hybrid

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Reviews: 3

Review by JJ February 14, 2009 (5 of 6 found this review helpful)	Performance: Sonics:
After remarkable releases in disc-brochure of, most notably, Don Quichotte, Christophe Colomb, or La Route de l'Orient, Jordi Savall now offers us more than a recording: here is the real culmination. Each of his last few recordings lead to this one. The signs were more and more persistant, and this time the feeling of supreme accomplishment as part of a musical project goes beyond the limits of the notes and melodies. Jordi Savall is a humanist musician. With Jerusalem, The City of Two Peaces, he proves it unerringly by taking the listener once again on travels of a spiritual nature. "This subject," he states, "allowed us to demonstrate high and loud the greatness and madness of the history of a city, with all the problems of a place that still today shows us the limits and weaknesses of our civilization, especially in view of the pursuit of a peace that is just and viable for all, and the difficulty for East and West to agree on the very foundation of the spritual dimension of man." The recording is made up of seven parts, a highly symbolic figure: I. Heavenly Peace: The Prophecies of the Apocalypse and of the Last Judgment. II. Jerusalem, Jewish city, 1000 B.C. - 70 A.C.. III. Jerusalem, Christian city, 326 - 1244. IV. Jerusalem, City of pilgrimages, 383 - 1326. V. Jerusalem, Arab and Ottoman city, 1244 - 1917. VI. Jerusalem, land of refuge and exile, XV century - XX century. VII. Terrestral peace: a hope and a duty. Surrounded by singer soloists, narraters, the Capella Reial de Catalunya, the Hesperion XXI, the Trumpets of Jericho, but also invited musicians from Israel, Palestine, Armenia, Greece, Irak, Syria, Turkey, Marocco and Afghanistan, Jordi Savall offers us the most beautiful message of peace of all, one that makes the poet say, " Music that leads to peace engenders a communion between the heart and the spirit. This communion is an act of love peopled with contradictions wherein all desires mix to give life to humanity. This song is one of loneliness. This music is one of love. All this is a universe of eternity... ." Jean-Jacques Millo Translation Lawrence Schulman
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Review by Araner July 24, 2009 (4 of 6 found this review helpful)	Performance: Sonics:
For projects Savall´s appreciate the complexity, among other things, Jerusalem is a model example. Music as a cultural expression, as holder of thoughts and ideas, such as linking. Evil complex compositions and Eeastern - Western canon, particularly impressive. The recording is done in all diligence, and contains the finest musical details. For me personally, one of the musical experience of this year.
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Review by cuchi-cuchi January 28, 2009 (0 of 7 found this review helpful)	Performance: Sonics:
"JERUSALEM " IS THE LAST WORK OF JORDI SAVALL. IT IS INCREIBLE !. IT IS A TRAVEL IN TIME. THE SOUND IN "DSD " IS GOOD.
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