Ivory Consort

1. Cantiga de Santa María 166, Como poden per sas culpas os omes seer contreitos
Composed by Alfonso X (el Sabio)
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

2. Por que llorax (Chanson Sefardite)
Composed by Anonymous
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

3. Nubah Maya
Composed by Arabic Anonymous
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

4. Splendens ceptigera
Composed by Llibre Vermell de Montserrat Anonymous
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

5. Shalom L'ven Dodi
Composed by Hebrew Anonymous
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

6. Cantiga de Santa María 20, Virga de Jesse
Composed by Alfonso X (el Sabio)
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

7. Cantiga de Santa María 1, Des oge mais quer' eu trobar
Composed by Alfonso X (el Sabio)
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

8. Polorum Regina
Composed by Llibre Vermell de Montserrat Anonymous
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

9. Call to Prayer
Composed by Arabic Anonymous
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

10. Ein kelokeinu
Composed by Anonymous
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

11. El Rey por muncho madruga
Composed by Anonymous
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

12. Mwasha / El Adon
Composed by Anonymous
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

13. Los set gotxs
Composed by Llibre Vermell de Montserrat Anonymous
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

14. Ayyu-has-saqi
Composed by Arabic Anonymous
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

15. Cantiga de Santa María 7, Santa María amar
Composed by Alfonso X (el Sabio)
with Jay Elfenbein, The Ivory Consort

Ivory Consort,Alfonso X (el Sabio),Anonymous,Arabic Anonymous,Hebrew Anonymous,Llibre Vermell de Montserrat Anonymous,The Ivory Consort,Sefarad,Int'l & World Music,Medieval Monophonic Song,Miscellaneous,Miscellaneous Music,Miscellaneous Vocal Music,Pop,Vocal,Vocal Music,World Beat

Average customer rating: Medieval Music That Really Rocks

Ivory Consort Manufacturer: Sefarad ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008J2U5 Release Date: 2003-03-11

Tracks:

1. Cantiga #166 - Como Poden
2. Porque Llorax Blanca Nina
3. Nubah Maya
4. Splenden Ceptigeras
5. Shalom L'ven Dodi
6. Cantiga #20
7. Cantiga #1 - Des Oge Mais
8. Polorum Regina
9. Call To Prayer
10. Ein Keloheinu
11. El Rey Por Muncha Madruga
12. Mwasha/El Adon
13. Los Set Goyts
14. Ayyu-Has-Saqi
15. Cantiga #7 - Santa Maria Amar

Customer Reviews:

Medieval Music That Really Rocks.......2004-11-13

This group plays Early Music in a way you don't even hear, with passion, bravado, and incredible improvisation. The group's leader, Jay Elfenbein, is a jazz musician as well as a classical musician (he has even released a jazz gamba record called GambaDream) He and the group approach this 700-year-old music as if it were today's music, even though the instruments are vielle, oud, hand drums, and the like. The results are stirring and haunting. I was especially blown away by the singer Margo Grib's and Gerard Edery's singing of a song of a queen who unwittingly lets her husband know she has been unfaithful (La Reine de Madruga). The musicians all contribute exciting improvisations. The music is from Arab, Christian, and Jewish songs, from a time when the groups lived in relative harmony in Spain. Beautiful.

Average customer rating: A brilliant, brilliant album

Music in the Land of Three Faiths - The Ivory Consort - Elfenbein - Edery Manufacturer: Sefarad Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002W08M6 Release Date: 2004-08-14

Tracks:

1. Cantiga #166 - Como Poden
2. Porque Llorax Blanca Ni
3. Nubah Maya
4. Splenden Ceptigeras
5. Shalom L'ven Dodi
6. Cantiga #20
7. Cantiga #1 - Des Oge Mais
8. Polorum Regina
9. Call to Prayer
10. Ein Keloheinu
11. El Rey por Muncha Medruga
12. Mwasha/El Adon
13. Los Set Goyts
14. Ayyu-has-saqi
15. Cantiga #7 - Santa Maria Amar

Album Description

Music in the Land of Three Faiths

Music of Medieval Spain

Jay Elfenbein - rebab/vihuela de arco/ vielle/ back-up vocals, director
Gerard Edery - baritone/saz/psaltery/percussion
Margo Gezairlian Grib - soprano/vielle
George Mgrdichian - oud
Rex Benincasa - percussion/back-up vocals
Dennis Cinelli - mandora/saz
Guest Artist: Jim Theobold - shofar

THE IVORY CONSORT, founded and directed by Jay Elfenbien, is an ensemble that specializes in medieval music performed in an exciting and historically informed manner. For over ten years, they have brought ancient music to life on stage and over the radio with stunning clarity and brilliant improvisation. The Music in the Land of Three Faiths program presents a fascinating mosaic of song from the Golden Age of Spain, when Jews, Muslims and Christians forged a common musical language. The program features 10th through 13th century songs in Ladino, Hebrew, Arabic, Galician-Portuguese, Catalan and Latin, and Celebrates the intermingling of cultures that took place before the 1492 Expulsion.

Customer Reviews:

A brilliant, brilliant album.......2005-08-09

Jay Elfenbein deserves recognition for his research into an important historical development in religious medieval music in Spain and delivering it in its authenticity.
A brilliant interpretation of Judeo-Arabo-Christian liturgic and paraliturgic chants.
A real must for a music collector. I highly recommend it.

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