Arab-Andalucian music
- Música Andalusí
- Núba Al-Istihlál
Ibn Báya Ensemble - Omar Metioui & Eduardo Paniagua
Sony "Hispánica" 62262
Pneuma CDPN-250
Contents:
- Bugya
Twisya Nos. 1 and 2 of the Núba
Mízán Bsít: San'a, Qála Lí
- Mízán Qá'im wa-nisf
Twisya
San'a, Yá Wáhida L-'asri
Laysa L'asá (instrumental)
- Twisya No. 3 of the Núba
Insád de Tab' Al-Instihlál
Mízán Bráyhí: San'a, Gaybatuk
- Mízán D-dary
Twisya
Brwála, Akáml l-bhá
- Mawwál Al-Istihlál
Mízán Quddám: twisya
San'a, 'Indamá Sadá
Min Suhayba Barat
Gasálun Samá
- Mawwál sobre Tab', Al-Hiyáz Al-Kabír
- Mawwál sobre Tab', Raml Al-Máya
Performers: Eduardo Paniagua (flutes), Luis Delgado (andalusí
lute), Gloria Lergo (voice), Mohamed El Arabi Serghini (voice,
viola, darbouka), Omar Metioui (oud, andalusí lute, viola,
tar, voice)
Playing time: 57'
Production date: 1995
Excerpts:
[3.1] Pneuma PN-800 [CD] Puentes sobre el
Mediterráneo: Dialogo musical de las culturas medievales
del Mediterráneo
[5.3]-[5.5] Pneuma PN-370 La llamada de
Al-Andalus - The Call of Al-Andalus: Obras maestras de la
colección Al-Andalus de Pneuma
This is a prominent and engaging attempt to reconstruct the
Andalusí-Magrebi music of the Arabic era in Spain. Of
course, beyond its intrinsic musical merits, this is an illustrative
repertory with interesting implications for the later
Spanish & Provençal repertory.
Although any statements with respect to the "authenticity"
of this program may be somewhat dubious, there is actually a huge
volume of medieval literature on the subject, led by none other
than Abú Bakr Ibn Yahya al-Sâyigh (Zaragoza 1070 -
Fez 1138) or "Ibn Báya" of the present ensemble.
Fortunately for any project of this sort, medieval Spain was one
of the most literary socities around. Beyond the extensive theory,
the andalusí lute of the period has been reconstructed from
preserved carvings.
Naturally, the most similar music is the contemporary Núba
(or "modal suite") music of Morocco. However, the present
reconstruction offers some styles and techniques which seem more
evocative of other musical approaches of the Islamic world, including
that of contemporary Iran (considered by many to be the "least
changed" over the years). What is most striking here is that
there is no derivative character. The music proceeds in a unified
way, with no creeping doubts. It is very confidently laid out,
and although not as florid as most contemporary repertories, solidly
expressive. In that sense, while any remarks on "authenticity"
would be dubious, this reconstruction is believable as a real
musical system.
Some other programs devoted to this music, or including substantial
contributions from it:
- Andalusische Musik aus Marokko
- Moroccan Ensemble Fez - Hagg Abdelkarim Rais
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi "Editio
Classica" 77241
- Ondas do mar
- El Canto de Amor en el Mediterraneo del siglo XIII
Ensemble Cantilena Antiqua - Stefano Albarello
Symphonia 98157
- Iberian Garden, Vol. 1
- Jewish, Christian and Muslim Music in Medieval Spain
Altramar
Dorian Discovery 80151
- Magnificentia Iberica
- Music of Medieval Spain
Florata - Tim Rayborn
AS&V Gaudeamus 144
- La Música de Al-Andalus
- La muwassaha
Al Turath Ensemble - Muhammad Hamadiyih
Almaviva 0123
- Músicas de la España Mudéjar
- Artes instrumentales en la Baja Edad Media
Grupo Cingo Siglos
Fonoruz 357
- El espíritu de al-Ándalus
- Rosa Zaragoza
Saga 10.924
- Música Andalusí
- Grupo Qurtuba & María Valverde
Saga 10.973
- El sueño de Al-Zaqqâq
- Luis Delgado et al.
Nube Negra NN 1.026
- Convivencia
- Medieval Music from Andalusia
Catherine Bott / David Miller / Abdul Salam Kheir / Stephen
Henderson
Fred Music 1
- Instruments du Maroc et d'al-Andalus
- Catherine Homo-Lechner & Christian Rault
Centre Européen de Recherches pour l'interprétation
des Musiques Médiévales (CERIMM)
ISBN: 2-905271-65-5 (Book &
CD)
Related programs, either in the present series or by similar
ensembles:
- Musique Arabo-Andalouse
- Atrium Musicae de Madrid - Gregorio Paniagua
Harmonia Mundi 90389
- The Splendour of Al-Andalous
- Arab-Andalusian music of the 12th to 15th centuries
Cálamus - Eduardo Paniagua
MA Records 026
- Medieval Women's Songs
- Música Arábigo-andaluza S. XIII-XIV / Cantigas de
Martin Codax
Cálamus - Eduardo Paniagua
Pneuma 050
- Luz de la Mediterrania
- Ensemble Eduardo Paniagua / Ensemble Tre Fontane / El Arabi S.
Mohammed
Alba Musica 0198
- Obras Maestras del Canto Andalusí
- Ibn Sabl de Sevilla 1212-1251
Omar Metioui
Sony "Hispánica"
60076
- Laúd Andalusí
- Omar Metioui
Sony "Hispánica"
60077
- Tres Culturas
- Eduardo Paniagua
Pneuma 100
- Jardin de Al-Andalus
- Eduardo Paniagua
Pneuma 120
- Dhikr y Sama
- Música Sufi Andalusí
Omar Metioui
Pneuma 130
- Al Ala Al-Andalusiyya
- Música Andalusí
Omar Metioui
Pneuma 150
- Músíca Andalusí - Escuela de Rabat
- Grabación Histórica
Orquesta de la Radio-Televisión de Marruecos - Maestro
Muláy Ahmed Lúkílí
Pneuma 160
- Alarifes Mudéjares
- Música para la iglesia mudejar de San Martin de Cuellar
Eduardo Paniagua et al.
Pneuma 170
- Músíca Andalusí - Escuela de
Tetúan-Tánger
- Grabación Histórica
Orquesta del Conservatorio de Tetuán - Maestro Mohammed ben
Arbi Temsamani
Pneuma 180
- Poemas de la Alhambra
- Ibn Zamrak: 1333-1393
Eduardo Paniagua, El Arabí Serghini
Pneuma 230
- La Bellezza Contemplada
- Musica Andalusí de Laúd
Larbí Akrim / El Arabí Serghini
Pneuma 260
- La Felicidad cumplida
- Inscripciones árabes del Alcázar de Sevilla,
siglos XI-XIV
El Arabí Serghini, Larbi Akrim, Jamal Eddine, Eduardo
Panaguia
Pneuma 290
- Jardines de Jazmín
- Moaxaja Andalusí de Alepo - Wasla Sikah "Hozzam"
Al Turath Ensemble - Mohammed Hamadye
Pneuma 310
- El Agua de la Alhambra
- Música Andalusí: Ibn al-Jatib 1313-1375
Eduardo Paniagua, El Arabí Trio
Pneuma 320
- Hermana de la Luna
- Moaxaja Andalusí de Alepo - Wasla Rast
Al Turath Ensemble - Mohammed Hamadye
Pneuma 330
- Ibn 'Arabi: El intérprete de los deseos
- Ensemble Ibn Bàya / Cofradia Shushtari - Omar Metioui
& Eduardo Panigua
Pneuma 360
- La Fuente del Amor Secreto
- El Laúd en la Música Andalusí-Magrebí
Omar Metioui et al.
Pneuma 430
- Dos corazones
- Núba Rasd Dhil
Salim Fergani et al.
Pneuma 440
- Prado de Gacelas - Meadow of Gazelles - Prairie des Gazelles:
Núba Sika
- Maluf de Constantina - Música Andalusí de
Argelia
Salim Fergani
Pneuma 460
- Maqamat Zíryáb
- Desde el Eúfrates al Guadalquivir - From Euphrates to
the Guadalquivir
Naseer Shamma
Pneuma 480
- Wallada (Córdoba 994-1077) & Ibn Zaydún
(Córdoba 1003-1071)
- Una historia de amor y poesia - A story of love and poetry
Eduardo Paniagua / El Arabi Sergheni Ensemble
Pneuma 500
- Ritual Sufí-Andalusí
- Al-Shushtarí (1212-1269)
Mohammed Mehdi Temsani - Omar Metioui
Pneuma 530
- Aire de Al-Andalus
- Eduardo Paniagua et al.
Pneuma 550
- Cantoras de Tetuán
- Cantos tradicionales de mujeres del Norte de Marruecos
Various performers
Pneuma 560
- Maimónides
- Edad de oro de Sefarad en Al-Andalus
Música Antigua, Sefarad - Eduardo Paniagua
Pneuma 580
- Cantos Sufies de Al-Andalus
- Ibn Báya Ensemble - Omar Metioui & Eduardo Paniagua
Sony "Música Andalusí"
89510
- Núba Rasd d-Dayl
- Ibn Báya Ensemble - Omar Metioui & Eduardo Paniagua
Sony "Música Andalusí"
89513
- Abdelsadaq Cheqara: Melodias de una Vida
- Música Marroqui Andalusí
Pneuma 620
- Núba al-Máya
- Ensemble Ibn Báya
Pneuma "Música Andalusí"
630
- Muezzin
- Various
Pneuma 750
- Hilal - Arab Chamber Music
- Modern Renaissance of Cultured Arab Music
Shamma Naseer
Pneuma 760
- Rumi & Ibn Arabí
- Oriente a Occidente Siglo XIII – Recitado, canto y
múca sufí
Grian, Eduardo Paniagua
Pneuma 770
- Between Heaven & Earth
- Baylar
Pneuma 830
- El Manantial de tus ojos
- Musica Andalusi
Silsila H`Sine, Salim Fergani
Pneuma 850
- Elegy On The Death of Salah Bey
- Salim Fergani
Pneuma 870
- La Noria de Los Modos
- Musica Andalusi, Maluf de Constantina, Angelia
Salim Fergani
Pneuma 890
- El Amante Abandonado
- Salim Fergani
Pneuma 920
- Mio Cid
- Música Mediaval para Teatro sobre Mio Cid
Eduardo Paniagua
Pneuma 930
- Basharf Kabir
- Andalusi Music
Salim Fergani
Pneuma 940
- Cantos Misticos Devocionales de Al-Andalus
- Various performers
Pneuma 970
- Alxivil Aljamía
- Perfume mudéjar
Cori el cantaor Pedro Sanz - Sánchez Mascuñano
Pneuma 1020
- Ibn Gabirol: Caballero de la palabra
- Eduardo Paniagua
Pneuma 1030
- Cautivo de amor
- Muwashshah de El-Andalus en Egipto
Música Antigua - Eduardo Paniagua
Pneuma 1040
- Tesoros de Al-Andalus
- Música clasica de los Reinos de Taifas siglos XI-XII
Música Antigua - Eduardo Paniagua
Pneuma 1110
- Pasión Sufí
- Eduardo Paniagua / Said Belcadi Ensemble
Pneuma 1120
- Zambra de Moriscos
- Música Antigua - Eduardo Paniagua
Pneuma 1140
- La Rosa de la Alhambra
- Cuentos de Washington Irving
Música de los Siglos XIV al XIX
Música Antigua - Eduardo Paniagua
Pneuma 1160
- Los Hijos de Zyriab
- 10 Festival Internacíonal de Laúd de Tetuán
Various performers
Pneuma 1210
- Canto Visigótico-mozárabe
- Santiago y la Antigua Liturgica Hispania
Música Antigua - Eduardo Paniagua
Pneuma 1270
- Maluf
- El poder oculto de la Música Andalusí de
Túnez
Eduardo Paniagua et al.
Pneuma 1290
- Viaje Interior
- Eduardo Paniagua / Said Belcadi
Pneuma 1390
A collection featuring many recordings involving Eduardo Paniagua
or the Pneuma label:
- La llamada de Al-Andalus
- Obras maestras de la colección Al-Andalus de Pneuma
Eduardo Paniagua et al.
Pneuma 370
Moving farther afield, some other associated programs....
- Les croisades sous le regard de l'Orient - The Crusades seen
through the eyes of the Orient
- Arab music and poetry from the time of the Crusades
Ensemble Al-Kindî - Julian Jalâl Eddine Weiss
Le Chant du Monde 5741118.19
[CDx2]
- Metamorphosis
- Music of the Ottoman Empire
Hristos Tsiamulis / Dimitris Psonis / Pedro Estevan
Glossa "Nouvelle Vision"
921001
In this case, there are a wide variety of other recordings
available, some of impeccable historical lineage. However, they
begin to stray rather far from the focus of this site and will not
generally be discussed. The Moroccan music in particular, as
brought from Spain after the Islamic explusion, is very well-served
on disc. There are also numerous examples of other Ottoman or
Syraic musics, and all of these tie in at one point with the early
history of Western music.
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Todd M. McComb