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Aires de Sefarad: 46 Spanish Songs for Violin and Guitar
Jorge Liderman, Duo 46, Matt Gould
Aires de Sefarad: 46 Spanish Songs for Violin and Guitar
Genre: Classical
 
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Born in Buenos Aires, Jorge Liderman is quickly becoming one of the most highly-regarded South American composers of today, with his works being performed worldwide. Though his music is experimental, it is also extremely c...  more »

     
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All Artists: Jorge Liderman, Duo 46, Matt Gould, Beth Ilana Schneider-Gould
Title: Aires de Sefarad: 46 Spanish Songs for Violin and Guitar
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Albany Records
Original Release Date: 2/1/2006
Release Date: 2/1/2006
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 034061082927

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Born in Buenos Aires, Jorge Liderman is quickly becoming one of the most highly-regarded South American composers of today, with his works being performed worldwide. Though his music is experimental, it is also extremely colorful, with a strong nationalistic undercurrent. Aires de Sefarad (Airs from Spain) is a cycle of 46 songs without words for violin and guitar, and although many of them are love songs, they vary in character and their musical nature. These songs highlight, at the core of their musical structure, unchanged original melodies that were sung in Ladino by the Spanish, or by the Hebrew, Sephardic Jews. After the Spanish Inquisition, a large number of Jews emigrated to Portugal, Tunis, Morocco, Turkey and Israel among other countries. After a 2003 visit to Spain, walking through the Jewish quarter in Cordoba and experiencing the vibrant life of the region, Liderman was inspired to write Aires de Sefarad. As he says, ?This work reflects my impressions of past and present Spain in its vast and varied culture.?
 

CD Reviews

A Mosaic of Judeo-Andalusia
Dr. Debra Jan Bibel | Oakland, CA USA | 03/29/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Sefarad Spain, particularily the zone of Andalusia, was more of a time than a place, a period when Jewish, Muslims, and Christians shared the same dress, the same instruments, and often the same melodies. These tunes were of the Jewish community from their last period in Sefarad and thereby sung in the language of Ladino. Liderman is a composer whose modern works are interesting but not always accessible. These pieces, however, are very much so, as the melodies are fundamentally the same as catalogued. Liderman's innovation is his arrangements, rhythmic patterns, and the choice of instruments. Violin and guitar are an unusual but a good pairing. The guitar is Spain and keeps us anchored in its spirit. The violin takes the place of the customary soprano. The assortment of tunes are varied and keeps our attention. The recording is nicely engineered, the artists' performance is excellent, and we are left in a good mood and somewhat nostalgic for place many of us have never been and a time no one today knows."