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Background: Jordi Savall and Montserrat Figueras, in the company of Jewish, Christian and Muslim musicians from Israel, Palestine, Greece, Syria, Armenia, Turkey, England, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, as well as their own ensembles Hesperion XXI and Capella Reial de Catalunya, portray the chequered fortunes of Jerusalem - a holy city or a city bedevilled - in a frieze of texts and music evoking her protagonists. Jewish, Arab and Christian music from ancient times to the present day highlights Jerusalem as a city that looks forward to the possibility of achieving the two peaces proclaimed in its name.

A hommage to Jerusalem and an invocation to peace - 'This project was conceived as a hommage to Jerusalem, the city endlessly built and destroyed by man in his quest for the sacred and for spiritual power. Through the power of music and words, this fruit of the passionate and committed collaboration of musicians, poets, researchers, writers and historians from 14 nations, as well as Alia Vox and the CIMA Foundation teams, has become a fervent invocation to Peace. A Peace born out of a dialogue based on empathy and mutual respect is, despite the enormous difficulties involved, a necessary and desirable path forward for all concerned. It is a goal that is both urgent and imperative, one which can help humaity to overcome its ancestral fears and follies, thus preventing countless innocent victimes and untold futile siffering. Jerusalem is more than a holy city: it is a symbol for mankind, continuing to remind us all in this 21st century of the great difficulty in living together. Without peace, no human life is possible.' - Montserrat Figueras and Jordi Savall Unesco Artists for Peace Bellaterra Autumn 2008.

CATALOGUE NR: AVSA9863AB
RECORD LABEL: Alia Vox
FORMAT: Hybrid 2 SACD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 32.63
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jan-2009

TITLE: Jerusalem
TRACKS: Fanfare of Jericho 1200 av BC. I Heavenly Peace - The Prophets of the Apocalypse and of the Last Judgment : The Sibylline Oracles (3rd century BC) Jewish sources Aramaic music / Introduction (Ney & percussion) / The Koran: Bismi Al la ar Rahman (7th Century) Fatihah Sura I 2-7 Sufi sources / Postludium (qanun) / Revelation VI 12-3 Audi pontus (12th century) corresponding to the Cathar Gospel of Pseudo-John V / Postludium (medieval harp). II Jerusalem Jewish city 1000 BC-AD 70 King David makes Jerusalem the capital of the unified kingdom of Judah and Israel : Shofars call / Prayer for Jerusalem / Instrumental dance. Liberation of the city by Maccabeans 164 BC : The Peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122) The Psalms of King David (10th Century BC) / Rabbi Akiva goes to Jerusalem Talmud Makkot 24b / Song of Exile (Psalm 137 1-6). Destruction of the Temple and Diaspora AD 70 : Instrumental lament (shofars). III Jerusalem a Christian city 326-1244 : Stavrotheotokia (Hymn to the Virgin at the foot of the Cross) Attributed to Emperor Leo VI 886-912. Queen Helena mother of Emperor Constantine is in Jerusalem AD 326 : Fanfare 'Pax in nomine Domine' / Pope Urban II First call to the Crusade 1095 Recited text in French / Crusaders' song: Pax in nomine Domini Marcabru (1100-1150) - 1st Crusade / Crusaders' song: Chevalier mult estes guaritz 1146 Anonymous 12th Century - 2nd Crusade / Conductus : O totius Asie - Anonymous (s. XIII) / Planctus 'Pax in Nomine Domini'. The Crusaders lose Jerusalem to Saladin Instrumental IVa Jerusalem a city of pilgrimage 383-1326 : The Dome of the Rock - Ibn Battuta (1304-ca1377) / Zionida: Beautiful city delight of the world Judah Ha-Levy (1075-1141). IVb Jerusalem city of pilgrimage 383-1326 : Cantiga de Santa Maria: Offondo do mar tan chao CSM383 (Alfonso X the Wise 1121-1284). V Jerusalem Arabic & Ottoman city 1244-1917 Arabic city 1244-1516 : Prelude (Oud) / The Koran Sura XVII 1- Mohammed ascends to heaven from the Temple Mount / Danse of the Soma / Sallatu Allah - Arabic tradition Ottoman city 1517-1917 / Makam Uzal Sakil 'Turna' Ottoman mss of Kantemiroglu (17th century) / Suleyman the Magnificent's dream 1520 legend Recited text in Turkish / Warrior's march (Anonymous Ottoman) / The Ottoman Conquest of Jerusalem 1517. VI Jerusalem Land of Refuge & Exile 15-20thC : Palestina hermoza y Santa - Anonymous Sephardic / Palestinian Lament - Anonymous / Andouni Armenian Lament 1915 - Anonymous / El male rahamim (Hymn to the victims of Auschwitz) 1941 Historical recording by Shlomo Katz 1950 / Funeral March Instrumental. VII Earthly peace: a duty and a utopia A plea for peace : Instrumental Dialogue / A plea for peace in Arabic / Adonay Prayer for peace in Hebrew / A plea for peace in Armenian / Da Pacem (Gregorian). Dialogue of songs : Apo xeno meros (in Greek) - Anonym (Oral Tradition) / Ghazal (in Arabic) / Ghazal (in Hebrew) / Ghazal (Palestine) / Siente Hermosa (ladino) / Apo xeno meros (in Greek) Gregorian Chorus / Durme hermoza donzella (ladino) / Ghazal (in Arabic Greek & Hebrew) / Ghazal (instrumental Morocco) / Final Ensemble (tutti) / Final fanfare 'Against the barriers of the Spirit'.
CONDUCTOR: Jordi Savall
ARTISTS: Montserrat Figueras   Hesperion XXI   La Capella Reial de Catalunya  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: City of the two peaces: Heavenly peace and Earthly peace - 435pp digibook in English Spanish French German Italian Catalan Hebrew Arab - Mar-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice '...the playing here is wonderful, and the presentation is of showpiece quality: the discs fit inside what amounts to a handsomely illustrated book on the subject.'

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