Jérusalem

Jérusalem – Jerusalem

La ville des deux Paix: La Paix céleste et la Paix terrestre
City of the two peaces: Heavenly peace and Earthly peace
La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Al-Darwish - Hespèrion XXI - Jordi Savall, dir.
Alia Vox AVSA 9863 [SACD-Hx2]

Contents:

CD 1

1. Fanfare of Jericho, 1200 B.C.

I. Heavenly Peace: The Prophets of the Apocalypse and of the Last Judgment

2. The Sibylline Oracles (3rd c. B.C.) – Greek text, Jewish sources, Aramaic music
3. Introduction (nay & percussion)



4. The Koran, Bismi Al.là ar Rahman (7th Century) – Fatihah Sura I, 2-7. Sufi sources
5. Postludion (qanun)
6. Revelation VI, 12-3 Audi pontus (12th century
   On the Cathar Gospel of Pseudo-John V, 4 (Las Huelgas mss.)
7. Postludion (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
12. Rabbi Akiva goes to Jerusalem – Talmud, Makkot 24b
    Recited text in Hebrew
13. Song of Exile (Psalm 137, 1-6) – The Psalms of King David
    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
16. Fanfare « Pax in Nomine Domini »
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. (13th c.)
21. Planctus « Pax in Nomine Domini » (instr.)
    The Crusaders lose Jerusalem to Saladin, 1187

IVa. Jerusalem, a city of pilgrimage, 383 - 1326

22. The Dome of the Rock – Ibn Battuta (1304 - ca.1377)
23. Zionida; Yele Nof – Beautiful city, delight of the world ‐ Judah Ha-Levy (1075-1141)

CD 2

IVb. Jerusalem, a city of pilgrimage (continued)

24. Cantigas de Santa Maria: O ffondo do mar tan châlo
    Alfonso X the Wise (1121 - 1284) CSM 383

V. Jerusalem, an Arabic city and an Ottoman city, 1244-1917

Arabic city, 1244 - 1516

25. Prelude (Oud)
26. The Koran, Sura XVII, 1- Mohammed ascends to heaven from the Temple Mount
27. Danse of the Soma
28. Sallatu Allah – Arab tradition

Ottoman city, 1517 - 1917

29. Makam Uzäl Sakil "Turna"
    Ottoman Kantemiroglu ms. (17th century
30. Suleyman the Magnificent's dream, 1520 – Ottoman legend (Version M Forcano)
    Recited text in Turkish
31. Warrior's march &ndas; Anon. OttomanMusical version D. Psonis)
    The Ottoman Conquest of Jerusalem, 1517

VI. Jerusalem, a Land of Refuge and Exile, 15th – 20th centuries

32. Palestina hermoza y Santa (Sephardic tradition, Sarajevo)
33. Palestinian Lament (Palestinian tradition)
34. Lament for the City of Ani (Armenian tradition)
35. El male rahamim (Hymn to the victims of Auschwitz), 1941
    Historical recording by Shlomo Katz, 1950
36. Funeral March
    Instrumental

VII. Earthly peace: a duty and a hope

37. Instrumental Dialogue
38. A plea for peace in Arabic
39. A plea for peace in Hebrew: Adonay
40. A plea for peace in Armenian
41. A plea for peace Da Pacem (Gregorian)

Dialogue of songs (Anonymous oral tradition)

42. Apo xeno meros (in Greek)
43. Ghazal (in Arabic)
44. Ghazal (in Hebrew)
45. Ghazal (Palestine)
46. Siente Hermosa (in Ladino)
47. Apo xeno meros (in Greek) Gregorian Chorus
48. Durme, hermoza donzella (in Ladino)
49. Ghazal (in Arabic, Greek & Hebrew)
50. Ghazal (instrumental, Oral tradition from Morocco)
51. Final Ensemble (tutti)
52. Final fanfare "Against the barriers of the Spirit"
    Jordi Savall, 2008

Performers:
L. Elmalich, M. Shanin Khalil, R. Amyan, B. Olavide, Ll. Vilamajà, M. Mauillon Y. Dalal, G. Mouradian, O. Bashir, A. Lawrence-King
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Al-Darwish, Hespèrion XXI
Montserrat Figueras
Jordi Savall, dir.

Playing time: 78' 52" + 75' 40" = 2h 34' 32"

Recording site and date:
Colegiata de Cardona, Catalunya, Spain) – L'église de Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains – L'Arsenal de Metz – L'Abbaye de Fontfroide [11/2007, 03, 04 & 08/2008];
Rel.: 11/2008

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 565-100 (Jan. 2009)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 32/5-307 (May/June 2009)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 86/1043-97 (April 2009)

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