- Mañanita de San Juan (Dawn, St. John's Day)
- Una madre comió asado (A mother roasted her child)
- Tancas serradas a muru (Walls are encircling the land)
- Luna (Moon)
- Nani
- Wa Habibi (My love)
- Aiini taqtiru (My eyes weep)
- Kun li-guitari wataran ayyuha al-maa' (Be a string, water, to my guitar
- Suéltate las cintas (Untie your ribbons)
- Yah, annah emtza'cha (O God, where shall I find you?)
- Ariadna en su laberinto (Ariadne in her labyrinth)
- Black is the color (USA)
- I wonder as I wander (USA)
- Loosin yelav (Armenia)
- Rossignolet du bois (France)
- A la femminisca (Sicily)
- La donna ideale (Italy)
- Ballo (Italy)
- Motettu de tristura (Sardinia)
- Malurous qu'o uno fenno (Auvergne, France)
- Lo fiolaire (Auvergne, France)
- Azerbaijan love song (Azerbaijan)
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Overview
You might say that composer Osvaldo Golijov was extraordinarily lucky to attract the attention of performers like the Kronos Quartet and soprano Dawn Upshaw, to name just two of his champions. But the attention only arrived because of Golijov's own vibrant musical voice, eclectic in its range but always deeply personal. Written for Upshaw, his song cycle Ayre (2004) is certainly among his most effective, moving, and memorable works to date; it may be too soon to start talking about 21st-century classics, but here's an early contender. The 11 songs share a background in the historical intermingling of Christian, Arab, and Sephardic Jewish cultures in Spain, with texts drawn from all these traditions and music that blurs the sacred and the profane, alluding to klezmer and flamenco and mixing electronic sounds with traditional instruments. Upshaw has always been a versatile singer, but she achieves an expressive range here that goes far beyond anything she's done -- at times, in a keening lament or an ecstatic cry, it's hard to recognize her voice at all. A singular triumph for Upshaw and Golijov alike, Ayre also showcases a superb chamber ensemble (whimsically dubbed the Andalucian Dogs, though without any overt apology to Luis Buñuel) and marks the beginning of a well-deserved partnership between the composer and the venerable Deutsche Grammophon label. Ayre's disc-mate is an equally wonderful (and even more multilingual) work, Luciano Berio's Folksongs (1964), written for the infinitely resourceful vocalist Cathy Berberian (who also happened to be the composer's wife). This cycle inspires another great performance from Upshaw, perhaps the most compelling on record since Berberian's own, and Ayre and Folksongs together make for a combination too richly satisfying to be missed.
Product Details
| Release Date: | 09/27/2005 |
|---|---|
| Label: | Deutsche Grammophon |
| UPC: | 0028947754145 |
| catalogNumber: | 000478202 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Dawn Upshaw Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal)Mark Dresser Double Bass
Erik Friedlander Cello
Gordon Gottlieb Percussion
Jamey Haddad Percussion
David Krakauer Clarinet
Gustavo Santaolalla Guitar,Ronroco
Bridget Kibbey Harp
Eric Poland Percussion
Michael Ward Bergeman Accordion
Ljova Viola
James Sommerville French Horn
Todd Palmer Clarinet
Andalucian Dogs Ensemble,Chamber Ensemble
Tara Helen O'Connor Flute
Technical Credits
Richard King EngineerGustavo Santaolalla Composer,Producer,Text
Chika Azuma Art Direction
Stewart Spencer Text Translation
Mahmoud Darwish Text
Melchiorre Murenu Composer,Text
Osvaldo Golijov Text Translation
Sid McLauchlan Executive Producer
Hamete Benengeli Text Translation
Clarissa Burt Text Translation
Colin Hawkins Cover Photo
Yehuda ha-Levi Text
Francesco Ignazio Mannu Composer,Text
Remo Bodei Text Translation
Ara Guzelimian Liner Notes
Jeremy Flower Sound Effects