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Garbarek, Jan, 1947- performer.

CD 2010

The third album from Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble focuses on the music of Armenia based on the adaptations of Komitas Vardapet, pieces which draw upon both medieval sacred music and the bardic tradition of the Caucasus.

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Armenian Church Songs and music

Ballads, Armenian

Church music Armenia

Litanies (Music)

Sacred vocal music Armenia

Sacred vocal quartets with saxophone

Sacred vocal quartets, Unaccompanied

Songs, Armenian

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1 audio disc (61 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in
digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording

Notes:

Compact disc
Program notes in English by Thomas Steinfeld and text of Nur ein Weniges noch in Greek with German, Italian, English and French translations (23 p. : ill.) in container
Produced by Manfred Eicher
Jan Garbarek, soprano and tenor saxophones ; The Hilliard Ensemble (David James, countertenor ; Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor ; Steven Harrold, tenor ; Gordon Jones, baritone)
Recorded June 2009, Propstei St. Gerold
Sung in Armenian, Swedish, Church Slavic, English and Latin

Contents:

Ov zarmanali / Komitas
Svjete tihij / Byzantine chant
Allting finns / Jan Garbarek
Litany. Litany [fragment] / Nikolai N. Kedrov ; Otche nash / from the Lipovan Old Believers tradition ; Dostoino est / Anon.
Surb, surb / Komitas
Most holy Mother of God / Arvo Pärt
Tres morillas m'enamoran / Spanish anon.
Sirt im sasani / Komitas
Hays hark nviranats ukhti / Komitas
Alleluia. Nativitas / Pérotin
We are the stars / Jan Garbarek
Nur ein Weniges noch / Giorgos Seferis (read by Bruno Ganz)

Control Number:

780455

UPC:

028947638551

Other Authors:

Ganz, Bruno, narrator
Garbarek, Jan, 1947- Allting finns
Garbarek, Jan, 1947- We are the stars
Hilliard Ensemble, performer
Kedrov, Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich, 1871-1940
Komitas, Vardapet, 1869-1935. Choral music. Selections
Pärt, Arvo. Most holy Mother of God
Pérotin, -1238? Alleluia, nativitas
Seferis, George, 1900-1971. Ligo akoma. German

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