Jordi Savall & Montserrat Figueras - Pro Pacem: Textes, Art & Musiques pour la Paix (2012) {Alia Vox}
Savall & Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Pro Pacem (Alia Vox, SACD-ISO)
. Date et lieu d'enregistrement : Enregistrements réalisés à la Collégiale de Cardona (Catalogne) et à l’Arsenal , Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains, Metz, le 17 juin 2012 par Manuel Mohino.
. Formats disponibles : SACD hybrid multichannel stereo
. Langues du livret : Français, English, Castellano, Deutsch, Català, Italiano, Hebrew, Arab.
. Date de parution : 05/12/2012
Artists: M. Figueras, L. Elmaleh, M.S. Khalil, M. Mauillon, F. Savall
Orchestra: LA CAPELLA REIAL DE CATALUNYA, HESPÈRION XXI
Conductor: Jordi Savall
Genre: Classical / Vocal Music / Chamber Music / Instrumental Music / World Music
Label: Alia Vox
No.: AVSA9894 (http://www.alia-vox.com/cataleg.php?id=106)
PRO PACEM is a new CD-Book project that makes a plea for a world without war or terrorism and for total nuclear disarmament. It presents a sound mosaic that takes the form of a living dialogue of spiritually expressive vocal and instrumental music from a variety of repertoires from East (Armenia, Turkey, Sepharad, India, Israel and China) and West (Greece, Spain, England, Portugal, Italy, Estonia and Belgium).
These different musical expressions were inspired by the ancient Sibylline Oracles (Montserrat Figueras), the prayers of the Koran and the Hebrew liturgy, vocal pieces based on one of the earliest Christian chants invoking peace: Da Pacem Domine (Grant me Peace, o Lord), first in the Gregorian version, which is followed by Gilles Binchois’ 3-part version (14th century) and finally the new version by Arvo Pärt, which was specially composed for our concert for Peace performed during the Barcelona Forum of Cultures in 2004, and including pieces by Josquin, Parabosco, Orlando di Lasso and the Sephardic lament El Pan de la Aflicción. All these works are performed by the soloists of La Capella Reial de Catalunya. This PRO PACEM programme features other vocal music sung by Montserrat Figueras, such as the Motet Flavit auster from the Monastery of Las Huelgas, the Portuguese villancico from Goa entitled Senhora del mundo and the Motet by Francisco Guerrero, as well as improvisations by Ferran Savall in Deploratio IV.
Finally, it includes instrumental pieces by Christopher Tye, Henry Purcell and one of my own compositions (Planctus Caravaggio), all profoundly spiritual in character. The performers featured in the recording are Montserrat Figueras, Lior Elmaleh, Marc Mauillon, Muwafak Shahin Khalil, Ferran Savall, the soloists of La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, Le Concert des Nations and guest musicians from Armenia, USA, Israel, Palestine, Turkey, India, Japan and Greece.
Tracklist:
I
1 Gilles Binchois. Da pacem (La Capella Reial de Catalunya)
2 Oracles Sibyllins (M. Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya)
3 Taksim (impro.) (Lire turque)
4 Le Coran : Bismi Alah ar Rahman (M.S. Khalil)
5 En to stavro pares tosa (Planctus de la Vierge) (M. Mauillon/ La Capella Reial de Catalunya)
6 Invocation Hébraïque (L. Elmaleh)
7 Prosa : Flavit auster. Codex Las Huelgas. (M. Figueras)
8 Marcabru. Planctus : Pax ! In nomini Domini ! (instr.)
II
9 Josquin des Près : Da pacem à 4 & à 6 (La Capella Reial de Catalunya)
10 O Mater Mundy (instr.)
11 Anonyme. Senhora del mundo (M. Figueras)
12 Hieronimus Parabosco. Da Pacem (Ricercare XIV) La Capella Reial de Catalunya
13 Christopher Tye. Lawdes Deo à 5 (instr.)
14 Anon. Sépharade. El pan de l’aflición (LCR)
15 Francisco Guerrero. O Domine Jesu Christe (M. Figueras & Hespèrion XX)
III
16 Orlando di Lassus. Da pacem à 5 (La Capella Reial de Catalunya)
17 Lachrime Caravaggio. Deploratio IV (F. Savall)
18 Lachrime Caravaggio. Planctus Caravaggio II
19 Ave Maria. Anonyme Chine (La Capella Reial de Catalunya)
20 Henry Purcell. In Nomine in 7 parts
21 Da Pacem (Chant grégorien)
22 Arvo Part. Da Pacem Domine (La Capella Reial de Catalunya)
23 Plainte En Sarer (traditionnel d’Arménie)