Branle de Champaigne: La Sublime Porte: Voix d’Istanbul

16 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps

01 – Taksim & Makam «Uzzäl usules Darb-i feth»

02 – Kar-i Ses-avaz

03 – Chanson et Danse «Siretsi yares taran-Noubar noubar»

04 – Por alli pasó un cavallero (M. Figueras, L. Elmaleh)

05 – Taksim & Makam «Bûselik usules» (Mss. Dimitrie Cantemir 335)

06 – Hisar Agir Semai (Gürsoy Dinçer)

07 – Taksim & Danse (kemençe & percussion)

08 – Prière (Lior Elmaleh, kemençe & oud)

09 – Taksim & Makam Rehavi Çember

10 – Gazel (Gürsoy Dinçer)

11 – Taksim & Makam «Hicâz usules Devr-i Kebir»

12 – Punxa, punxa (Montserrat Figueras)

13 – El Rey que tanto madruga (instrumental)

14 – Hisar Buselik Sarki (Gürsoy Dinçer)

15 – Plainte « En Sarer II » (duo Duduk – flûtes arméniennes)

16 – Rast nakis beste « Amed nesim-i » (Gürsoy Dinçer)

Jordi Savall is a fearless performer who is fascinated with facilitating musical dialogues between Eastern and Western traditions. –Npr

The Sublime Porte (Sublime Gate) was the name of the open court of the sultan, led by the Grand Vizier. It got its name from the gate to the headquarters of the Grand Vizier in Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, where the sultan held the greeting ceremony for foreign ambassadors. It was an ancient Ottoman practice to make the gates of cities and kings palaces places of assembly. Later the name came to refer to the Empire s position as gateway between Europe and Asia. Following the success of the album Istanbul, Jordi Savall crosses new boundaries between Orient and Occident. This time, the vocal traditions of the Ottoman Empire, Armenia and the Jewish Diaspora are brilliantly resuscitated. Instrumental interludes enable us to enjoy this journey through time and space. In addition to Hespèrion XXI, this album features the elite of Turkish traditional musicians under the inspired direction of Maestro Savall.

Gürsoy Dinçer: chant

Montserrat Figueras: chant

Lior Elmaleh: chant

HESPÈRION XXI

Pierre Hamon: ney

Pedro Estevan: percussion

Jordi Savall: lira, vielle, rebab & direction

Et musiciens de

ARMÉNIE

Georgi Minassyan: duduk

Haïg Sarikouyoumdjian: duduk

Gaguik Mouradian: kemençe

TURQUIE

Derya Türkan: kemençe

Yurdal Tokcan: oud

Murat Salim Tokaç: tanbur

Hakan Güngör: kanun

Fahrettin Yarkın: percussion

BULGARIE

Nedyalko Nedyalkov: kaval

ISRAËL

Yair Dalal: oud

GRÈCE

Dimitri Psonis: santur et morisca

MAROC

Driss El Maloumi: oud

via Branle de Champaigne: La Sublime Porte: Voix d’Istanbul.