Cuncordu de Orosei - Miserere (1998)

Here's a very special album my lovely sister uploaded for me a few days ago, and wow! it's sending shivers down my spine and inducing a strangely emotional effect on me. This is very affective material containing Sardinian vocal harmonies (from the island of Sardegna, Italy). I've copied the information below from a very informative website:

By their intensity, there is no doubt that Sardinian songs are one of the most popular expressions of vocal harmonies in the Mediterranean. They are heard everywhere, as much in religious liturgy as in peasant festivals, occupying as they do the frontier between the secular and sacred music. The group Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei is famous as one of the most representative of this vocal Sardinian art because they excel at both sacred and secular "A Tenore".

The raspy voices of these five men seem to rise from the very center of the earth… from the land of Sardinia, whose oral heritage is of priceless universal value. As they take their music through other lands, they are careful to protect and restore this musical wealth. The thrill of listening to these vocal harmonies is simple and direct like these men, who know how to share them and touch their audiences in the depths of their souls.

Artists

• Patrizio Mura Voche del tenore e del cuncordu (the voice on tenore and sacred)
• Piero Pala Mesuvoche del tenore e del cuncordu (baryton)
• Massimo Roych Voche del Cuncordu (the voice on sacred)
• Mario Siotto Bassu del tenore e del cuncordu (rythmical basis)
• Gianluca Frau Contra del tenore e del cuncordu (rythmical basis)

Tracks
1. Sendhe Mortu Chin Rigore (5:14)
2. Tzeleste Tesoro (4:48)
3. Miserere (4:52)
4. Gotzos De Sant'Antoni 'E S'ocu (2:50)
5. Stabat Mater (5:32)
6. O Vizu Meu Istimadu (6:14)
7. Libera Me, Domine (3:54)
8. Sendhe In Sa Rughe Incravadu (5:20)
9. Ave Maria (6:33)
10. Magnificat De S'Incontru (7:08)
11. Gotzos De Sun Nefressariu (4:12)
12. Sa Seportura Santa (5:13)
13. O Viv'arbore Fiorida (4:55)

Total time: 1:06:45

Cuncordu_de_Orosei_Miserere.rar (192 kbps)

posted by Paxjorge @ Tuesday, May 16, 2006