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Songs of Love & Exile: A Sephardic Journey / Malkin, Elias
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Songs of Love & Exile: A Sephardic Journey / Malkin, Elias

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Composer
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO UNKNOWN
Artist
Malkin, Elias
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 04, 2019
Catalog #
BRI95652
UPC
5028421956527

About

Having made her operatic debut at the age of 16, singing Barbarina with the Dutch National Opera, Channa Malkin has since made solo appearances with Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as well as early-music luminaries such as Andrew Parrott and Joshua Rifkin. For her first recording, she has chosen to explore her Jewish heritage with songs from her childhood: ‘Underneath the seemingly simple melodies telling life’s usual stories,’ she writes in the album’s introductory notes, ‘I felt the longing of generation upon generation for a homeland left long ago but never forgotten.’ Channa Malkin is joined here by her regular duet partner, the guitarist Izhar Elias, who is well known to collectors of Brilliant Classics recordings for his imaginative choice of repertoire and vivid performances. Gramophone lavished praise on his ‘sympathetic accompaniment’ to Erik Bosgraaf in their recording of the lute book by Jakob van Eyck (BC93391): ‘As a reference work this set should be considered indispensable; as one to be dipped in for pleasure, highly desirable.’ The selection of Sephardic songs they have made ranges between subjects of love, war, birth and death: epic tales sung by medieval Spanish bards, Jewish liturgical melodies and texts, and Arabic styles of melodic ornamentation. Malkin and Elias have made their own arrangements, letting the music guide them intuitively and drawing inspiration from their backgrounds in early music, Jewish cantorial singing and Spanish folk song interpretation, as well as their personal family histories. Their selection also includes several Sephardic songs arranged by contemporary composers, in order to explore the ways in which this music can be performed as classical art song. Israeli composer, guitarist and Sephardic song expert Daniel Akiva, Spanish composer and conductor Lorenzo Palomo and Joaquín Rodrigo each offer a unique take on the Sephardic song idiom. So does the Italian-American composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: his collection of The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra sets the poetry of an 11th-century rabbi from Grenada.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Lavava y Suspirava 05:12
    Track
    1
    Title
    Lavava y Suspirava
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  2. 2 La serena 02:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    La serena
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  3. 3 Durme, hermozo hijico 03:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    Durme, hermozo hijico
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Traditional, Daniel Akiva
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  4. 4 La rose enflorece 03:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    La rose enflorece
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  5. 5 Hija mia 02:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    Hija mia
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  6. 6 Como la rosa 04:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    Como la rosa
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  7. 7 Morenica 04:12
    Track
    7
    Title
    Morenica
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  8. 8 Nana Sefardí 03:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    Nana Sefardí
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Traditional, Lorenzo Palomo
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  9. 9 Linda demi corazón 01:34
    Track
    9
    Title
    Linda demi corazón
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Lorenzo Palomo, Traditional
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  10. 10 Caminí por altas torres 04:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    Caminí por altas torres
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  11. 11 Nani nani 03:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    Nani nani
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Traditional, Joaquín Rodrigo
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  12. 12 A la una yo nací 02:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    A la una yo nací
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  13. 13 Durme durme 03:11
    Track
    13
    Title
    Durme durme
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  14. 14 No. 7. Drink Deep, My Friend 00:48
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 7. Drink Deep, My Friend
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  15. 15 No. 8. Dull and Sad Is the Sky 01:29
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 8. Dull and Sad Is the Sky
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  16. 16 No. 9. The Garden Dons a Coat of Many Hues 01:41
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 9. The Garden Dons a Coat of Many Hues
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  17. 17 No. 2. The dove that nests in the tree-top 02:35
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 2. The dove that nests in the tree-top
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  18. 18 No. 6. O brook 01:41
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 6. O brook
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias
  19. 19 No. 5. Fate has blocked the way 04:24
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 5. Fate has blocked the way
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Channa Malkin, Izhar Elias