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Harem: Les Fetes du SeraïllesWerner Ehrhardt Conductor
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Harem: Les fetes du seraïlles, a collaboration between the German ensemble L'Arte del Mondo and the Istanbul-based Pera-Ensemble, sets before itself the daunting task of examining the interaction between Austro-German and Turkish music, particularly during the Classical period (although some of the Turkish music was written much earlier). The album takes its title from a ballet by Mannheim composer Christian Cannabich and includes six excerpts from it. It also includes four vocal selections from Mozart's unfinished opera set in a harem, Zaïde. The remainder of the album is made up of music by Turkish composers from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries, as well as pieces from folk traditions and solo improvisations. It's easier for a Westerner to detect the Eastern influences on Cannabich and Mozart than vice versa. The Cannabich, in particular, uses Eastern modal harmonies, and his exploitation of the possibilities of winds and a variety of "exotic" percussion instruments is evidence of the influence of the Turkish culture. The juxtaposition of contrasting pieces is musically interesting, but doesn't offer much in the way of clarifying the relationship between the cultures, and it's unclear how the subject of the harem relates to the Turkish music. Taken purely as a musical experience, though, the album is pleasing, and the performances by the two ensembles are effective and fully competent, if seldom blood-stirring. Since the Mozart and Cannabich are easily available on other CDs, the most interesting performances are those of Turkish music. The ensembles perform together on several tracks, a movement from the Cannabich, in which Pera-Ensemble has a brief interpolation in the middle, and a piece by the eighteenth century Tanburi Mustafa Cavus that actually integrates Western and Turkish instruments and is one of the most engaging works on the album. There is also something of a synthesis in two pieces by Polish composer Wojciech Bobowski, who emigrated to Istanbul and became a court musician, where he was known as Ali Ufki Bey, and transcribed Turkish folk music for Western instruments. The absence of more collaborations between the ensembles, though, seems like a missed opportunity. © Stephen Eddins, All Music Guide
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Christian Cannabich ComposerLes Fêtes du Seraïlles, ballet Work |
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| 1 | No.22. Contredance. Allegro | 3:49 |
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| 2 | Improvisation on "Ruhe sanft" from Mozart's Zaïde, for solo qanún | 1:52 |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ComposerZaide (Das Serail), K.344 (Singspiel) Work |
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| 3 | No.3. Aria. Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben | 6:13 |
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| 4 | Improvisation on Serif Çelebi's "Rast Pesrev", for solo oud | 1:44 |
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Serif Çelebi ComposerRast Pesrev, for traditional ensemble Work |
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| 5 | Rast Pesrev, for traditional ensemble | 3:34 |
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Christian Cannabich ComposerLes Fêtes du Seraïlles, ballet Work
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| 6 | No.1. Ouvertura. Allegro spiritoso | 1:31 |
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| 7 | No.2. Andantino | 0:49 |
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| 8 | No.3. Marcia, ma galante | 1:49 |
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| 9 | Nisabur Pesrev, for traditional ensemble | 4:02 |
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Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay Ensemble Director,
Werner Ehrhardt Conductor,
Pera-Ensemble Ensemble,
Bekir Ünlüataer Vocals
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| 10 | Ferahnâk Yürük Semâi, for voice & traditional ensemble | 4:22 |
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Christian Cannabich ComposerLes Fêtes du Seraïlles, ballet Work |
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| 11 | No.5. Gustoso | 1:03 |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ComposerZaide (Das Serail), K.344 (Singspiel) Work
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Werner Ehrhardt Conductor,
L'Arte del Mondo Orchestra,
Georg Poplutz Tenor,
Stephanie Elliott Soprano
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| 12 | No.4. Aria. Rase, Schicksal, wüte immer | 3:45 |
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| 13 | No.5. Duetto. Meine Seele hüpft vor Freuden | 2:09 |
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Christian Cannabich ComposerLes Fêtes du Seraïlles, ballet Work |
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| 14 | No.16. Giocoso. Allegro | 2:02 |
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| 15 | Improvisation on "Sûz-i Dilârâ Beste" by Sultan Bayazit Hann II, for ney, qanún & oud | 2:02 |
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Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay Ensemble Director,
Werner Ehrhardt Conductor,
Pera-Ensemble Ensemble,
Bekir Ünlüataer Vocals
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| 16 | Sûz-i Dilârâ Beste, for traditional ensemble | 4:57 |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ComposerZaide (Das Serail), K.344 (Singspiel) Work |
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| 17 | No.13. Aria. Tiger, wetze nur die Klauen | 4:32 |
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Wojciech Bobowski ComposerNevâ Ceng-i Harbi, for traditional ensemble Work
Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay Ensemble Director,
Werner Ehrhardt Conductor,
Pera-Ensemble Ensemble,
L'Arte del Mondo Orchestra
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| 18 | Nevâ Ceng-i Harbi, for traditional ensemble | 1:16 |
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Ussak Gazel ComposerImprovisation for voice & traditional ensemble Work
Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay Ensemble Director,
Werner Ehrhardt Conductor,
Pera-Ensemble Ensemble,
Bekir Ünlüataer Vocals
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| 19 | Improvisation for voice & traditional ensemble | 5:46 |
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Wojciech Bobowski ComposerBenefsezar Pesrev, for traditional ensemble Work
Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay Ensemble Director,
Werner Ehrhardt Conductor,
Pera-Ensemble Ensemble,
Bekir Ünlüataer Vocals
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| 20 | Benefsezar Pesrev, for traditional ensemble | 3:23 |
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Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay Ensemble Director,
Werner Ehrhardt Conductor,
Pera-Ensemble Ensemble,
Bekir Ünlüataer Vocals
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| 21 | Hisarbûselik Sarki, for voice & traditional ensemble | 3:02 |
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Werner Ehrhardt Conductor
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| 22 | Werner Ehrhardt and Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay in interview | 10:32 |
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