Joel Cohen & The Boston Camerata - A Mediterranean Christmas
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Artist: Joel Cohen & The Boston CamerataComposer: Turkish Traditional
Composer: Alfonso X (el Sabio)
Composer: Anonymous
Composer: Cortona Codex Anonymous
Composer: Aquitanian Repertory Anonymous
Composer: Llibre Vermell de Montserrat Anonymous
Composer: French Traditional
Composer: Arabic Traditional
Composer: Christmas Traditional
Composer: Sephardic Traditional
Composer: Egerton Manuscript 2615 Anonymous
Performer: Boston Camerata
Performer: Sharq Ensemble
Performer: Equidad Bares
Performer: Kareem Roustom
Performer: Hayet Ayad
Performer: Anne Azema
Performer: Anne Harley
Performer: Boujemaa Razgui
Performer: Joel Cohen
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-11-08
Music Label: Warner Classics
Soundtracks:
- Sephardic (Balkans) -- Taksim Farahfaza
- Alfonso el Sabio, King of Castille (1221-1284) -- Madre De Deus
- Southern France, 12th c -- Gregis Pastor
- Tuscany, 13th c -- Gloria 'n Cielo
- Folquet de Marseille (1150-1231) Limoges, 12th -- Senher Dieus (Text)
- Alfonso el Sabio -- Santa Maria Strella Do Dia
- Montserrat, 14th c. -- Polorum Regina
- Gregorian Occitan, 12th c. -- Como Somos Per Conssello
- Occitan, 12th c -- Ave Maris Stella
- Alfonso el Sabio -- Mei Amic E Me Fiel
- Istria, 19th c. -- Todo Logar Mui Ben
- Sephardic (Balkans) -- Taouchia
- France, 13th c. -- Noi Siamo I Magi
- Provence (Avignon), 17th c. -- Quando El Rey Nimrod
- Spain (Andalusia) -- En Belen Tocan A Fuego
- Spain (Andalusia) -- Duermete, Nino, Duerme
- Egypt -- Nani Ya Srira
- Arabo-Andalusian (Morocco) -- Borea (Prelude)
Free Music Notes for A Mediterranean Christmas
Free Music Review: Transforming!
Hit: 5 Stars
As fans of the Boston Camerata for decades, we giddily add a CD every couple of years to our collection. And while everything from the BC masterfully declares the glories of Western religious, literary, music, and linguistic heritage, this CD has the power to stop you in your tracks. This is not ambiance, sitting by the fire with a cup of cocoa, Christmas music. This is proclamatory music.
One of the most remarkable features of this CD is the use of the shofar on the first track. The shofar, which is a ram's horn, was an ancient instrument used by the Israelites most often to call the people to worship. But it was also the instrument used to call God's people to battle, and to declare the proclamations of the Lord. It is one of the most haunting, pleasantly disturbing sounds we have ever heard. It even made our 2-year old stop her play and say in awed tones, "wow... horn!"
Too many people have been turned off to history because it was taught to them in a ridiculous name-date-place rationalistic fashion, instead of as history was meant to be told -- in stories. This CD is a musical story. It's not just a story about the music of the time, but it's the story of the people told in their very own music.
It's easy to forget that this is our heritage too, even though it resembles next to nothing in our current culture. The Boston Camerata has taken on a momentous task in reminding us who we are through songs that still resonate in our souls centuries later.
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