TERRA MATER - Ensemble Terra Mater

TERRA MATER (CVLD299)

Author: Various Artists
Performer: Ensemble Terra Mater

Available in: FILE HD, CD

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: Velut Luna

Executive Producer: Marco Lincetto

Musical Producer: Tommaso Benciolini

Recording, Mix & Mastering: Marco Lincetto

Paintings: Irene Benciolini

Photo: Marco Lincetto

Design & Layout: L'Image

Ensemble Terra Mater

Irene Benciolini   violin, viola

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

Nicola Benetti   accordion, classic guitar, duff, darbouka

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

Angela Centanin   voice

NOTES

This album collects our music and the time we’ve spent together over the last two years, but it also welcomes the echoes of a greater reality.

We met almost by chance, five young people with a thousand different passions but a common feeling: this is how we found a path to travel together. We began by searching for the origin of music in the verses of Lucretius, and there we discovered the beginning of our own music. Since then, our research has turned to the sound heritage of Mediterranean peoples, trying to transport ourselves and our listeners to distant lands. Along the way, we discovered the unifying power of music, which allows us to bring together diverse peoples, not always at peace, and to make the songs of distant cultures resonate on the same strings. This album is a stage in this long journey.

This record holds our sounds, the beautiful time we passed 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 Lucrezio 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 motive that pushes us to search for new cultures and new musical traditions.

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