Bal Kan - Honey and Blood

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The name of the Balkans has an unusually graphic etymology. Having discovered the beauty of this pivotal part of Europe and experienced the ruggedness of its people (who put up fierce resistance to invasion), the Turks chose to describe the region with the words Bal (Honey) and Kan (Blood). Never was there so apt a metaphor. On this new set from Alia Vox, Jordi Savall presents an ambitious program that explores the length and breadth of a region that has always had more than its share of human and historical drama. Joined by guest musicians from the Balkan region, Savall traces the cycles of life, structured around the four seasons of the year and the corresponding seasons of human life.

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contents:

Disc: 1

1. Tzigan nota (improvisation)

2. Alef, Mem, shin

3. Marche Ottomane (Camtemir 209)

4. Emina

5. Doina Olteniasca - Hora Láutareascá (Rumania)

6. Kadona sedi v bachona I

7. Kadona sedi v bachona II

8. Egy veleg Chanson et danse (in the style of Tsiganes of Budapest)

9. Berceuses : Hajda lilibe (Romania, Moldva) Sleep, sleep, my darling (Yidish)

10. Intro. & Gulubovska Ruchenica (Dansa de Trachea)

11. Milo mou kai mandarini - Konial

12. Küçüksu'da Gördüm seni

13. Moma e moma rodila

14. Vrcavo Kolo (Serbie)

15. Dui dui, demonori

Disc: 2

1. Doãna Olteniasca (Rumania) Música Tsigane (instr.)

2. Zapjevata sojka ptika - Ramizem Bosnie & Turquie

3. Chanson de Mariage

4. Selfo (Albanie & Grèce)

5. Godini ludi mladi Macédoine

6. Gidem dedim aman

7. Hermoza muchachica (séfarade)

8. Koniali

9. Elment a két lány

10. Dök Zülfünü meyoana gel T.Mustafa Cavus

11. Intro & Slivensko Paidushko Horo (center Trachea)

12. Yasemi mou. Chanson de Chypre

13. Remembering Dijon (Bora)

14. De man daei moi te peau (Tcha)

15. A csitari hegyek alatt (instr.) Tsigane

16. Ah! sto çemo

Disc: 3

1. Et Sharey Ratzon

2. Serbian Pot - pourri : Stani, Stani Ibar Vodo

3. Taksim & Gazel poème de Fuzuli (impro.)

4. Zaplakala e vdovitsa (Bulgarie)

5. Hung - Rom Tzig

6. Sarhos - Ime Tze

7. Pastirska Elegija (traditionnel serbe)

8. Danse Urbaine (traditionnel serbe)

9. Kradem ti se u veceri

10. Serbian Accordeon

11. Ben bir goámen

12. Midnight Elegy (Serbie)

13. Funeral song

14. Shuvi nav shi

15. Plainte de l'Exil (traditionnel arménien)

16. Torah (juif )

17. Apo xeno meros (traditionnel grec)

18. Üsküdar (traditionnel turc)

19. Oj Javore Javore (Serbie centrale)

20. Durme hermosa donzella - romance séfarade

21. Instrumental tzigane (lent - rapide)

22. Tutti (lent - rapide)

Jordi Savall

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