Eros and Thanatos: Renaissance Love Songs by Juan del Enzina & Plainchant for the Dead

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Release Date: 5th May 2015
Catalogue No: CHR77397
Label: Christophorus
Length: 68 minutes

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anon.: Dirige Domine

Work length2:46

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Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Encina: Convertere Domine - Pues Que Jamás Olvidaros

Work length4:52

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Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

anon.: Nequando rapiat ut leo

Work length2:27

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Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Ken Zuckerman: Dansa desiderans

Work length4:05

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Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Encina: Mi libertad en sosiego

Work length2:09

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Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

anon.: Credo quod redemptor meus vivit

Work length4:00

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Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Ken Zuckerman: Qui Lazarum resuscitasti

Work length0:51

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Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Prelude

Track length0:51

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anon.: Qui Lazarum resuscitasti

Work length2:48

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Daniel Manhart (tenor)
Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Encina: Los sospiros no sosiegan

Work length3:28

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Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

anon.: Domine quando veneris

Work length6:51

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Daniel Manhart (tenor)
Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Encina: In loco pascuae - Non quiero que me consienta

Work length4:30

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Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

anon.: Delicta iuventutis

Work length2:12

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Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Encina: Credo videre - Mortal tristura me dieron

Work length4:52

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Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Ken Zuckerman: Esperanza

Work length3:29

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Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Encina: Quédate, Carillo, Adiós

Work length2:54

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Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

anon.: Memento mei Deus

Work length2:16

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Daniel Manhart (tenor)
Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Ken Zuckerman: Hei mihi

Work length0:50

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Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Prelude

Track length0:50

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anon.: Hei mihi

Work length3:38

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Daniel Manhart (tenor), Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Encina: Razón Que Fuerça No Quiere

Work length3:38

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Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

anon.: Ne recorderis

Work length5:36

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Daniel Manhart (tenor), Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
Chant 1450
Recorded: 29.04.– 04.05 2013, 07.09.2013
Recording Venue: Kleincomburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

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Eros and Thanatos, the Greek gods of covetous love and gentle death, are symbols of this programme from chant 1450. The ensemble sings the chants of the nocturnal matins from the Gregorian Liturgy of the Hours, reading from a 16th-century manuscript in the Cathedral of Toledo. Unexpected components are integrated into the rigid structure of the liturgy: in place of the long Psalms and readings sung on a single recitation tone, we hear four-part love songs by the Spanish poet and composer Juan del Enzina (1468-1529). Both in their content and polyphonic texture, they provide a counterpoint to the monodic funeral liturgy. In between these songs and sometimes simultaneously with them, Ken Zuckerman improvises on the sarod, a traditional Indian instrument. With its bright sound and the entire weight of the North Indian musical language behind it, the sarod lends the programme a surprising colour. It reveals a close proximity to Gregorian chant with its fundamental structure based on fixed scales, however, harmoniously joining in with the songs, filling gaps and creating smooth transitions. In this way, the love songs and Indian instrumental music respond to the austere Thanatos Gregorian chants with the power of life, allowing Eros to shine.

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