La porta d'oriente / Beasley, Tabassian, Constantinople

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Label
Glossa
Release Date
June 26, 2020
Format
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A 17th-century manuscript that was compiled by Albert Bobowski, a Polish musician and orientalist, contains songs of the Italian Renaissance and the Ottoman court. Bobowski, alias Ali Ufki, was born around 1610 in Poland and worked in Constantinople at the Ottoman court, where he related to many European diplomats, clerics and travelers as translator, language teacher, mediator and advisor. Thanks to his diverse skills and profound knowledge of the Islamic-Ottoman and Christian-European cultures, he became a valued mediator between the two worlds during his lifetime. In this collection of European and Ottoman vocal and instrumental, sacred and secular, court and popular music, Ali Ufki switches between languages and music genres with a fantastic ease and naturalness. Together with the Italian tenor Marco Beasley,



Product Description:


  • Release Date: June 26, 2020


  • UPC: 8424562245013


  • Catalog Number: GCD924501


  • Label: Glossa


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: Various


  • Performer: Beasley, Constantinople, Tabassian