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Spanish Spice

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ECLIPSE - Spanish Spice

Layil Barr - recorders & viol
Joy Smith - harps
Andres Ticino - percussion
Eljio Quinteiro - theorbo & baroque guitar
Ester - flamenco dance

Information about Spanish Spice CD

Spanish Spice - 17th century music with a modern twist, demanding invention and virtuosity - allowing space for individual choice, improvisation, rhythmic variety and instrumentation - thus making each performance unique.

The flamenco dancer Ester, creates an exciting link between early music and the folk world of flamenco - a fusion forged by the discovery that 'Baile', 17th century Street dance style, resembled flamenco techniques with its vibrant foot work and lavish arm and hand movements.

Inspired by haunting flamenco legends, the gypsy origin of the Xacaras, and the transformative power of the Tarantela, this recording immortalises the 'Spirit of Eclipse' on one day in a little church in Dorset.

[1] Xacaras por primer tono* 5'22
[2] Gallardas* 3'59
[3] Sonata Seconda for Soprano solo by Dario Castello 5'56
[4] Tarantela* 6'03
[5] Zarambeque* 3'12
[6] Recercada Quinta § 5'01
[7] Recercada Segunda § 2'37
[8] Paradetas* 2'35
[9] Galeria de Amor & Buelta* 3'02
[10] Pabanas* 2'47
[11] Gaitas* 8'20

* From: Luz y Norte Musical - Musical Light and Guiding Star '(Madrid, 1677) by Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
§ Trattado de glossas (Rome, 1553) by Diego Ortiz

Review from the Musician (Journal of the Musician's Union). Click for larger version.

Review from Musician

Forgotten Secrets

Eclipses's CD cover for Forgotten Secrets

ECLIPSE - Forgotten Secrets

Joy Smith - Harps, Hammered dulcimer
Layil Barr - Recorders, Viol & Harp
Andres Ticino - Percussion
Clare Norburn - Soprano
Ulises - Flamenco Voice

Information for Eclipse's CD Forgotten Secrets

Forgotten Secrets - music from medieval Europe and songs from the living tradition of the Sephardic Jews.

'Sephardi' (Hebrew for Spain) refers to the Jews who lived and fl ourished in the Iberian peninsula for many centuries, until they were expelled, along with the Muslims, in 1492. They took their language and musical traditions with them into exile and absorbed other traditions from North Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean and countries in the Middle East where they settled.

Throughout centuries of music making the magic of the Sephardic songs prevailed. Our percussionist, Andres, grew up in Uruguay and heard many of these songs from his grandmother, and they can still be heard today in the streets of Israel and Latin America.

[1] Salterello - 14th century Italian dance 1'05
[2] Paxaro d'hermozura - Bird of Beauty 1'14
[3] Petenera 4'23
[4] Tre Fontane - 14th Century Dance 4'11
[5] Una Tarde de Verano - One Sunday Afternoon 3'41
[6] Esta Montana - This Mountain 5'08
[7] Bre Sarika 3'06
[8] ¿Porque Yora? - Why are you crying? 4'48
[9] La Serena - The Calm 3'37
[10] Lamento di Tristano - Tristan's Lament 4'03
[11] Cantiga de Santa Maria 2'21
[12] Yo mi enamori - I fell in love 3'48
[13] Sa'dawi - instrumental 2'09
[14] Partos Trocados - Babes Exchanged 11'24

 

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