Musiques des Montagnes

Musiques des Montagnes
(Music from Mountains)
La Nef
ATMA ACD2 2390 [CD]

Contents:

    Trad., Asia Minor
  1. Oso varoun

    2. Trad., / Pece Atanasovski, Macedonia
  2. Yanino oro

    3. Trad., Epirus
  3. Xenitemeno

    4. Trad., Macedonia
  4. Lupchevo oro

    5. Trad., Thrace
  5. Danse rapide

    6. Trad., Epirus
  6. Danse de Zalongou - Une beauté sombre

    7. Mesomedes, Crete
  7. Invocation

    8. Trad., Dodecanese
  8. Thalassaki

    9. Mesut Cemil Bey, Thrace
  9. Nekriz sirto

    10. Trad., Macedonia
  10. Paidushko

    11. Trad., Thrace
  11. Den tin pernis

    12. Trad., Thrace
  12. Danse lente

    13. Trad., Thrace
  13. Mavro Khelidhoni

    14. Trad., demotic greek
  14. S'afto t'aloni

Playing time: 59' 33"

Performers:
La Nef
Claire Gignac (contralto, recorders, bamboo flute, bowed psaltery), Hassan el Hadi (oud, hajouj, percussion), Patrick Graham (bendir, riqq, bodhran, derbouka), Ben Grossman (hurdy-gurdy, lyre, saz, percussion), Élise Guay (shawm, bagpipe, rauschpfeife, recorders)
Claire Gignac, dir., Ben Grossman, co-dir.

Recording site and date:
Studio Mixart, Montreal, Quebec, Canada [02/2005];
Rel.: 2006

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (y., #-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

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Pierre-F. Roberge