Songs of Wandering
A musical setting of poems by Sephardic poet Moses Ibn-Ezra
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GEN 25927 EAN: 4260036259278
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The poems of the Sephardic poet Moses Ibn-Ezra, written a thousand years ago, were set to music by the great Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In this recording, Anne Haasch (guitar) and Natalie Pérez (mezzo-soprano) present his remarkable song cycle „The Divan of Moses Ibn-Ezra“, released by GENUIN and paired with outstanding solo guitar works by the composer. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, one of the most influential guitar composers of the 20th century, created a masterpiece in the tradition of the great wanderer cycles of Schubert and Vaughan Williams. Anne Haasch and Natalie Pérez vividly showcase the expressive depth of this evocative yet meticulously crafted music – a poignant memorial against displacement and a heartfelt homage to Jewish identity and the guitar.
Anne Haasch Guitar
Natalie Pérez Vocals
The poems of the Sephardic poet Moses Ibn-Ezra, written a thousand years ago, were set to music by the great Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In this recording, Anne Haasch (guitar) and Natalie Pérez (mezzo-soprano) present his remarkable song cycle „The Divan of Moses Ibn-Ezra“, released by GENUIN and paired with outstanding solo guitar works by the composer. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, one of the most influential guitar composers of the 20th century, created a masterpiece in the tradition of the great wanderer cycles of Schubert and Vaughan Williams. Anne Haasch and Natalie Pérez vividly showcase the expressive depth of this evocative yet meticulously crafted music – a poignant memorial against displacement and a heartfelt homage to Jewish identity and the guitar.
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- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
Variazioni attraverso i secoli (Variations à travers les siècles), Op. 71
Chaconne – Preludio (Dolce e triste) – Walzer I – Walzer II – Tempo del Walzer I – FOX-TROT - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
24 Caprichos de Goya, Op. 195
No 18: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
The Divan of Moses Ibn-Ezra (1055–1135), Op. 207
Pt. 1: I. When the morning of life had passed - Pt. 1: II. The dove that nests in the tree-top
- Pt. 1: III. Wrung with anguish
- Pt. 2: IV. Sorrow shatters my heart
- Pt. 2: V. Fate has blocked the way
- Pt. 2: VI. O brook
- Pt. 3: VII. Drink deep, my friend
- Pt. 3: VIII. Dull and sad is the sky
- Pt. 3: IX. The garden dons a coat of many hues
- Pt. 4: X. Men and children of this world
- Pt. 4: XI. The world is like a woman of folly
- Pt. 4: XII. Only in God I trust
- Pt. 5: XIII. Where are the graves
- Pt. 5: XIV. Let man remember all his days
- Pt. 5: XV. I have seen upon the earth
- Pt. 5: XVI. Come now, to the Court of Death
- Pt. 5: XVII. Peace upon them
- Pt. 5: XVIII. I behold ancient graves
- Epilogue: XIX. Wouldst thou look upon me in my grave?
The poems of the Sephardic poet Moses Ibn-Ezra, written a thousand years ago, were set to music by the great Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In this recording, Anne Haasch (guitar) and Natalie Pérez (mezzo-soprano) present his remarkable song cycle „The Divan of Moses Ibn-Ezra“, released by GENUIN and paired with outstanding solo guitar works by the composer. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, one of the most influential guitar composers of the 20th century, created a masterpiece in the tradition of the great wanderer cycles of Schubert and Vaughan Williams. Anne Haasch and Natalie Pérez vividly showcase the expressive depth of this evocative yet meticulously crafted music – a poignant memorial against displacement and a heartfelt homage to Jewish identity and the guitar.