"Aires de Sefarad"

 by JORGE LIDERMAN
 
46 Spanish Songs for Violin and Guitar
Recorded: November 2004 Cyprus
Produced: Duo46
Mastering: Justin Kurtz
Photography: Erfan Arefi
Duration: 60 minutes
Guitar: Jeroen Hilhorst 2003, Amsterdam
Violin: Alceste Bulfari 1985, Italy Purchase CD
Premiere: Europe - Nov 2005 / North America - Feb 2006
Reviews: Gramophone / American Record Guide / The Forward
 
Track Listings
  1. Por la tu puerta yo pasi 24. Adios querida  
  2. Alci mis ojos al cielo 25. Esta montaņa d'enfrente  
  3. Cinco aņos ya va a haze r 26. Cascavela del amor  
  4. Morena me llaman 27. La comida de la maņana  
  5. Se paseava Silvana 28. Yendome para Marsilia  
  6. Mi padre era de Francia 29. Mi suegra  
  7. La soledad da la nochada 30. Las estrellas de los cielos  
  8. La mujer, la mi mujer 31. Ya viene el cativo  
  9. Un lunes por la maņana 32. La vida do por el raqui  
  10. Nani, nani 33. Hija mia mi querida  
  11. Mama, yo no tengo visto 34. Una noche al lunar  
  12. Entre las huertas paseando 35. Avrix mi galanica  
  13. Sion, tu mi ojo preto 36. Una tadre fresquita de Mayo  
  14. Alta, alta es la luna 37. Madre, si yo me muero  
  15. El rey que muncho madruga 38. Durme, durme hermozo hijico  
  16. Paxaro d'hermozura 39. Mama mia mi querida  
  17. Avre tu puerta cerrada 40. Eschuchis senor soldado  
  18. Avre este abajour 41. Mama mia mi querida  
  19. Adarleto, mi Andarleto 42. Diziocho aņos tengo  
  20. Una pastora yo ami 43. La caleja de Matalon  
  21. Yo me acodro d'aquella noche 44. Dos amantes tengo mama  
  22. Don Amadi 45. Tus ojicos joya mia  
  23. Durme Durme 46. Oh que hermoza muchacha  
  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.