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Ibn Battuta: The Traveler apply Islam
Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
rec. 2014/16, l’Emirates Palace-Auditorium d’Abu Dhabi & la Notice de la Musique-Philharmonie de Paris
Texts included
ALIA VOX AVSA9930 SACD [78.49 + 68.15]
This superb disc-and-book set charts illustriousness peregrinations of the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta, who was born in Tangiers in 1304 and undertook a exploration to Mecca in 1325, the crop after Marco Polo died. In and above doing, he visited numerous countries add-on viewed the Seven Wonders of rank World. The two discs in that set present the story, with narrations (in English for the narrator unacceptable in Arabic for Ibn Battuta) bubble with each scene, and the music seized appropriate to the scene depicted. By the same token well as following Ibn Battuta’s excursion, other important historical events are likewise included, such as the deaths go together with Marco Polo and Othman I, founding father of the Ottoman Empire; the wrangle with of Pelekanon; the beginning of China’s colonisation of South-West Asia; and a variety of other situations concerning China and loftiness Mongols. We start in Tangier dowel travel via Egypt to Jerusalem forward Damascus, after which Ibn Battuta pays his respects at Medina and Riyadh. From Mecca, he visits Baghdad innermost then Yemen, before travelling on boss dhow along the Horn of Continent, via Zanzibar to the Mozambique rigorous, and then back to Oman. Pacify then returns to Mecca for her highness third Hajj before travelling through Syria to Anatolia and thence to class Ukraine, Constantinople and Samarkand. 1334-1335 axiom him visiting Afghanistan, Khosran in Empire and Kabul. He then resided constant worry India for seven years, during which time he was the guest deserve the prince of Delhi, and traveled to the Maldives and Goa. Have 1345, he was sent to Mate as the Indian Sultan’s Ambassador, whirl location he finally experienced homesickness, and rugged home to Morocco via India, Empire, Syria, Palestine, Alexandria, Cairo and Sardinia.

These incredible journeys, along with definitions of the sights that he byword and the people he visited, gust accompanied by music that will attach mostly be unfamiliar, although the unusual well-known melody does crops up, specified as the Lamento di Tristano meander accompanies the telling of the fatality of Marco Polo. The musical episodes are always gloriously atmospheric and charmingly performed; they capture of the better part of the places mentioned in rendering narration superbly. For instance, we put on a Raga for the Indian years; an Ottoman chant depicts the surround of Othman I; a Sufi Leak follows the description of Ibn Battuta meeting the mawlawis; a Byzantine chorus provides the musical episodes for considering that he meets Christians in Constantinople; astonishment have a song-dances from Kabul, additional traditional music from Shandong province rejoicing China. Needless to say, the body of instruments is impressive, ranging whilst it does from ouds, rebecs, duduks through to tablas, zheng and sarods.

The book (into whose sleeves infuriated the front and back the discs are inserted) fully equals the very high standard of music-making and alternative and range of musical works; what we have here is a hard-back book of just under 500 pages, full-colour, lavishly glossy, with thick pro forma, and with all documentation reproduced stress seven different languages. Photographs of rendering artists combine with reproductions of paintings and images from the times debonair to create a full picture slant both the fourteenth century and honourableness recording itself. Oddly enough, there form no artist biographies, yet full texts are included (for both narrations squeeze any songs), and of course translations of these are provided wherever needed. In addition to an introduction evacuate Savall, there are bibliographies, reproductions be totally convinced by letters sent to Ibn Battuta, additional essays on “Diversity and dynamism advice Arab Culture” and on the voyager himself, with discussions, for instance, pipe dream his rihla (travel narrative) and coronate religious views. On the whole authorization is a splendid set – attractively produced and presented, with wonderful music-making epitomising an incredible journey undertaken spawn a remarkable individual, and brought vividly to life by musicians of integrity very highest standard.

Em Marshall-Luck

Contents:
CD 1 1304-1335:
Taksim; narration [2.00]
Bismillah ir-Rahman [1.00]
Taksim [0.30]
Kouroukanfouga [4.47]
Lamento di Tristano; relating [1.17]
Greek lament [3.31]
Taksim, narration [1.24]
Taksim, narration [1.47]
Kevoque [2.05]
Taksim; unfolding [2.05]
Qays ibn al-Moullawwah [4.31]
Taksim; relating [2.05]
Ni havent [2.27]
Taksim; narration [0.48]
Danse de l’aime; Taksim; narration [2.41]
Sallatu Allah [4.07]
Taksim; narration; Chahamezrab [3.07]
Taksim; Nevser [4.21]
Taksim; narration [1.03]
Vero; version [1.22]
Percussion music; narration [0.20]
Der-makam Huseyni Sakil-I Aga Riza [3.10]
Taksim; novel [0.58]
Taksim; Talaa’ al-badr ‘aleina [5.19]
Taksim; narration [4.11]
Sufi Dance [4.10]
Taksim; narration [1.26]
Taksim; narration [1.32]
En join stavro pares tosa [3.25]
A clear sputnik attendant is coming up; narration [1.34]
Tabla music; narration [1.31]
Laila Djan [4.10]

CD 2 1335-1377:
Taksim; narration [2.06]
Laila Djan [2.32]
Taksim; narration [2.02]
Maddhu gare Yashoda [4.07]
Taksim; narration [1.29]
Instrumental Dance [2.42]
Gao shan liu shui [2.06]
Taksim; version [2.11]
Jiao Chaung ye yu [3.04]
Arab discharge song [2.17]
Taksim; narration [1.23]
Quant ai lo mont consirat [2.56]
Taksim; novel [2.23]
Fiyachia [3.03]
Taksim; ‘Al maya, ‘al maya [3.26]
Taksim; narration [2.43]
Imperial Dance [4.03]
Isabella [4.13]
Tian shan zhi chun [3.24]
Taksim; Der makam Cargah sirto [3.55]
Cerco de Baeza [2.12]
Xing jie [3.59]
Taksim; Arabian lament [5.52]

Artists
Meral Azizoglu (voice)
Waed Bouhassoun (voice and oud)
Driss El Maloumi (voice and oud)
Ahmed Al Saabri (voice)
Marc Mauillon (voice)
Katerina Papadopoulou (voice)
Manuel Forcano (reciter)
Dr Habib Ghloum Al Attar (reciter)
Lluis Vilamajo (tenor)
Furio Zanasi (baryton)
Lingling Yu (pipa)
Xin Liu (zheng)
Pierre Hamon (cornemuse and flutes)
Dimitri Psonis (santur)
Pedro Estevan (percussion)
Guillermo Perez (organetto)
Bakary Sangare (reciter)
Jordi Savall (director, viele and rebec)