TERRA MATER - Ensemble Terra Mater

TERRA MATER ( CVLD299 )

Author : AAVV
Performer : Terra Mater Ensemble

TRACKS

#1- Bint El Shalabya - Lebanese traditional - 4:39

        Angela: voice - Ruben: oud - Nicola: accordion

        Irene: violin - Francesco: duff

 #2- Lunga Nahawand - Turkish traditional - 5:19

       Ruben: banjo mandolino / acoustic guitar - Nicola: darbouka

       Irene: violin - Francesco: riq

#3- Apo xeno topo (AπÏŒ ξένο τÏŒπο) - Greek traditional - 5:59

        Angela: voice - Ruben: oud - Nicola: classic guitar

        Irene: violino - Francesco: duff / darbouka

#4- Antice - Macedonian traditional - 3:28

        Ruben: oud - Nicola: duff/darbouka

        Irene: violino - Francesco: musette

#5- En quantas guisas - fron Cantigas de Santa Maria, Portugal - 3:46

        Angela: voice - Ruben: acoustic guitar - Nicola: classic guitar

        Irene: violin - Francesco: alto recorder / duff

#6- Yedidi Hashakhakhta - Jewish traditional - 6:56

         Ruben: viola - Nicola: classic guitar

         Irene: violin - Francesco: duff

#7- Epitaffio di Sicilo - musical fragment fron Ancient Greek - 9:06

        Ruben: oud - Nicola: kantele / accordion

        Irene: violin - Francesco: Irish recorder / duff

#8- Ayrilik - Azerbaijani traditional - 7:03

       Angela: voice - Ruben: oud - Nicola: classic guitar

       Irene: viola - Francesco: duff

#9- Guitarra - Pedro Ayres Magalhães & Rodrigo Leão - 6:45

        Angela: voice - Ruben: acoustic guitar - Nicola: accordion

        Irene: violin - Francesco: bansuri (Indian flute)

10- Danza di un’Europa Minore - I.Benciolini, R.Medici, N.Benetti, F.Trespidi - 4:37

        Ruben: oud / acoustic guitar - Nicola: duff / accordion

        Irene: violin - Francesco: darbouka

11- Ninna-nanna berbera - Berber traditional - 6:26

       Angela: voice - Ruben: lute - Nicola: duff

       Irene: violin - Francesco: kaval (recorder)

12- Mome stoje/La platja - Ricard Ros - 8:25

       Ruben: violin / acoustic guitar - Nicola: accordion

       Irene: viola / violin - Francesco: Irish recorder

total time: 73:34

24bit / 88.2kHz original recording made at AreaMagister Studios, Preganziol (Italy)

on April, 9 - 10, 2018

Production: Velvet Moon

Executive Producer: Marco Lincetto

Music Producer: Thomas Benciolini

Recording, Mixing & Mastering: Marco Lincetto

Paintings: Irene Benciolini

Photo: Marco Lincetto

Design & Layout: The Image

Terra Mater Ensemble

Irene Benciolini violin, viola

Ruben Medici oud, guitars, banjo, mandolin, viola, violin

Nicola Benetti accordion, classical guitar, duff, darbouka

Francesco Trespidi duff, darbouka, riq, bansouri, kaval, low whistle, alto recorder, musette

Angela Centanin voice

NOTE

The album collects our music and the time lived in these last two years, but it also welcomes the echoes of a larger reality.

We met almost by chance, five young people, a thousand different passions but a common feeling: that's how we found a path to travel together. We started by searching among the verses of Lucretius for the origin of music, we discovered the beginning of our music. Since then, the research has turned to the sound heritage of the Mediterranean peoples, trying to make ourselves and those who listen to us travel to distant lands. Along the way we discovered the unifying power of music, which allows us to make different and not always peaceful peoples join hands, to make songs of distant cultures resonate on the same strings. This album is a stage of this long journey.

This record holds our sounds, the beautiful time we spent together, and echoes from an even bigger reality. We met by chance as five young completely different people but were united right from the start by a common musical idea. We began our artistic research through the melodies of Latin poet Lucretius and little did we know that through him we would soon find our musical inspiration. This first discovery helped us focus our music on the Mediterranean culture making our first desire that of ideologically conveying our listeners to those lands.

Music in our opinion has an incredibly unifying power amongst cultures both in conflict and in peace. This is the reason that pushes us to search for new cultures and new musical traditions.

Terra Mater Ensemble, Irene, Ruben, Nicola, Francesco & Angela