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Jorge Liderman, Duo 46, Matt Gould
Aires de Sefarad: 46 Spanish Songs for Violin and Guitar
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (46) - Disc #1
1. Por la tu puerta yo pasi
2. Alci mis ojos al cielo
3. Cinco años ya va a hazer
4. Morena me llaman
5. Se paseava Silvana
6. Mi padre era de Francia
7. La soledad da la nochada
8. La mujer, la mi mujer
9. Un lunes por la mañana
10. Nani, nani
11. Mama, yo no tengo visto
12. Entre las huertas paseando
13. Sion, tu mi ojo preto
14. Alta, alta es la luna
15. El rey que muncho madruga
16. Paxaro d'hermozura
17. Avre tu puerta cerrada
18. Avre este abajour
19. Adarleto, mi Andarleto
20. Una pastora yo ami
21. Yo me acodro d'aquella noche
22. Don Amadi
23. Durme Durme
24. Adios querida
25. Esta montaña d'enfrente
26. Cascavela del amor
27. La comida de la mañana
28. Yendome para Marsilia
29. Mi suegra
30. Las estrellas de los cielos
31. Ya viene el cativo
32. La vida do por el raqui
33. Hija mia mi querida
34. Una noche al lunar
35. Avrix mi galanica
36. Una tadre fresquita de Mayo
37. Madre, si yo me muero
38. Durme, durme hermozo hijico
39. Mama mia mi querida
40. Eschuchis senor soldado
41. Mama mia mi querida
42. Diziocho años tengo
43. La caleja de Matalon
44. Dos amantes tengo mama
45. Tus ojicos joya mia
46. Oh que hermoza muchacha

CD Details

All Artists: Jorge Liderman, Duo 46, Matt Gould, Beth Ilana Schneider-Gould
Title: Aires de Sefarad: 46 Spanish Songs for Violin and Guitar
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Albany Records
Original Release Date: 2/1/2006
Release Date: 2/1/2006
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 034061082927

Synopsis

Product Description

Born in Buenos Aires, Jorge Liderman is quickly becoming one of the most highly-regarded South American composers of today, with his works being performed worldwide. Though his music is experimental, it is also extremely colorful, with a strong nationalistic undercurrent. Aires de Sefarad (Airs from Spain) is a cycle of 46 songs without words for violin and guitar, and although many of them are love songs, they vary in character and their musical nature. These songs highlight, at the core of their musical structure, unchanged original melodies that were sung in Ladino by the Spanish, or by the Hebrew, Sephardic Jews. After the Spanish Inquisition, a large number of Jews emigrated to Portugal, Tunis, Morocco, Turkey and Israel among other countries. After a 2003 visit to Spain, walking through the Jewish quarter in Cordoba and experiencing the vibrant life of the region, Liderman was inspired to write Aires de Sefarad. As he says, ?This work reflects my impressions of past and present Spain in its vast and varied culture.?

CD Reviews

A Mosaic of Judeo-Andalusia

Dr. Debra Jan Bibel | Oakland, CA USA | 03/29/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Sefarad Spain, particularily the zone of Andalusia, was more of a time than a place, a period when Jewish, Muslims, and Christians shared the same dress, the same instruments, and often the same melodies. These tunes were of the Jewish community from their last period in Sefarad and thereby sung in the language of Ladino. Liderman is a composer whose modern works are interesting but not always accessible. These pieces, however, are very much so, as the melodies are fundamentally the same as catalogued. Liderman's innovation is his arrangements, rhythmic patterns, and the choice of instruments. Violin and guitar are an unusual but a good pairing. The guitar is Spain and keeps us anchored in its spirit. The violin takes the place of the customary soprano. The assortment of tunes are varied and keeps our attention. The recording is nicely engineered, the artists' performance is excellent, and we are left in a good mood and somewhat nostalgic for place many of us have never been and a time no one today knows."