Kantaduri - Rituals Of Medieval Bosnia And Herzegovina - Import CD

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Kantaduri

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Croatian old-time music singer Katarina Livljanic continues to explore the true face of the Balkan Peninsula's historical heritage, learning from local traditional music as well as from her own research on old-time music. She has long been pursuing the traditional songs of the Balkans with her own group, Dialogos, as well as with a male voice ensemble, Cantaduri, as a guest. This time, the focus is on the medieval music of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has been steadily recovering after the Yugoslav civil war. The performance will be centered on a restored version of a chapel song, in which only the verses remain without music, and will be accompanied by a capella and a few medieval instruments, while reciting the inscription using the traditional singing method in which the first singer sings a long phrase as long as he can hold his breath. The restoration of the music references the rhyme scheme of the verses and oral traditions that remain today, and is an ambitious attempt to highlight the soundscape unique to this region, where not only Eastern Orthodox Christianity, but also Islamic and Jewish traditions have colored the history. The sound world is woven together with beautiful male and female a cappella voices and echoes. This is a piece full of unique charm that will make you want to revisit it again and again. (Naxos Japan) Contents 1. si kamin to whom this stone belongs (epitaph / before 1411) 2. glova hr'stova, head of the savior (14th-15th century) 3. iskoni bje slovo In the beginning was the word (1444-1461) Zasto Gospod Bog stavori sai sviet ? Why God created the world (14th century) 5. 5. a se lezi Bratmio Brajkovic Here lies Bratmio Brajkovic (16th century) 6. zaklinam tebe, prinecisti dusce I ask you, unclean spirit (1640) Koli ze kresten ne budet, whoever is not baptized (14th century) 8. 8. oce nas Our Father who art in heaven (1444-1461) 9. kad se dusa s tilom dili, when the soul leaves the flesh (1614) 10. o Gospojo uzvisena, O supreme lady, raised up to heaven (1726) 11. i znamenie velie then the great sign (1444-1461) 12. 12. braco, brata sprovodimo O brothers, bury me (14th century) 13. glas veliki trublje ove the trumpet played a strange sound (16th c.) 14. 14. dan od gnjiva, the day of wrath, the day when the world will be (folk song) 15. pisma od taste slave Sing, my friends, to the mountain range (1726) 16. boze, davno ti sam legao God, I fell here long ago (14th-16th century) 17. stah, boga moleci I pray to God here (14th-16th century) The dates given are those of the establishment of the source material and do not indicate the year of composition. Music restoration and reconstruction: Katarina Livljanic, Yoshiko Tsareta, Yule Milosz Running time: 63 min. Performers Dialogos (Medieval Ensemble) Katarina Livljanic (singer, conductor) Albrecht Maurer (bowing viel (medieval fiddle), rebec) Norbert Rodekirchen (various recorders) Cantaduri (traditional song ensemble) Josiko Tsaleta (singing, conducting) Nikola Damyanovich, Slechko Damyanovich, Tonko Podolg, Milivoj Lilov (singing) Yule Milosz (singing, gzule [bowed string instrument], dvoinice [double flute]) Recorded: January 12-16, 2023 Noirlac Abbey Cultural Center (Cher, central France)