ODYSSEIA - Ensemble Terra Mater

ODYSSEIA (CVLD329)

Available in: HD File, CD

I. Proem
1 - Quantas Sabedes Amar Amigo 
Martin Codax Ð Portugal 13th century - 3:24

II. The Lotus-Eaters
2 - Havdan
Traditional Turkish dance - 3:12
3 - Konialì
Traditional Cypriot song - 3:51

III. The Cyclops
4 - Chetvorno horo
Traditional Bulgarian dance - 3:12
5 - Lazarsko Horo
Traditional Bulgarian dance - 5:17
6 - Pastorale
From a Theme by A. Schnittke - 2:56

IV. Circe
7 - Zarani Al Mahboub
Traditional Arabic song - 5:49
8 - Lamma Bada Yathathanna
Traditional Arabic song - 4:52

V. The Underworld
9 - Are Mou Rindineddha 
Traditional Griko song to lyrics by G. Aprile - 7:28

VI. The Sirens 
10 - Yo m’enamori d’un aire
Traditional Sephardic song - 5:54
11 - El Café de Chinitas
Theme by F. G. Lorca - 4:51

VII. Calypso
12 - Da A Me Riva
F. de André, M. Pagani – 4:34
13 - Ondas Do Mar
M. Codax, Portugal 13th century - 3:05

Total Time: 58'25"

Ensemble Terra Mater
Angela Centanin voice
Irene Benciolini violin, viola, santur, voice
Ruben Medici bouzouki, oud, viola, voice
Nicola Benetti accordion, classical guitar, kantele, darbuka, duff, riq, voice
Francesco Trespidi darbuka, duff, musette, alto recorder, low whistle, bansuri

24 bit /88.2kHz original recording made at AreaMagister Studios, Preganziol (Italy) on September 2-4, 2020

Production: Velut Luna
Executive Producer: Marco Lincetto
Musical Producer: Tommaso Benciolini
Recording, Mix & Mastering: Marco Lincetto
Paintings and Graphics: Irene Benciolini, Angela Centanin
Photo: Barbara Rigon
Design&Layout: L’Image

This album collects the music from Odýsseia, an original performance of music, texts and images, which we presented on the stage of the Teatro Ristori in Verona in December 2019. This complex and multifaceted project involved us in the careful attention to every detail, from the music to the lyrics, from the set design to the acting. The aim of the show was to accompany the spectator along the journey of Ulysses, a mythical figure who deeply reflects the soul of contemporary man. A journey to discover distant and diverse cultures, but under the sign of hospitality and listening to the other. A journey home, along which Ulysses finds himself having to question his own identity, driven by the curiosity to deeply know himself and those he meets, almost forgetting where and what home truly is. Our Ensemble, since its inception, has been dedicated to studying, arranging and performing traditional music from the Mediterranean area. Odýsseia was born from the intertwining of this repertoire with the mythical tale of the Odyssey. This encounter between traditional music and Homeric epic allowed us to grasp, in backlight, the essential similarity that brings popular music closer to the ancient Greek poem: works that were both born from the vitality of extemporaneous composition, from improvisation, and then handed down through oral tradition, avoiding for a long time the rigidity of written form. Furthermore, both popular music and the ancient Homeric poem radically refuse to be attributed to a single artistic genius of romantic stamp, and make us rediscover the strength of collective creation, the potential of a common, not singular, song: a voice of the multitude. The album maintains the order of the songs and the scene breakdown of the show: Proem, The Lotus-Eaters, The Cyclops, Circe, The Underworld, The Sirens, Calypso. We also decided to include in this booklet some images and text fragments, allowing the listener to approach the show with imagination, just as it was originally conceived.