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The Route of the Orient: Francis Xavier Expedition in Music

Label: Alia Vox

Cat No: AVSA9856

Barcode: 7619986398563

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 7th January 2008

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Works

Escobar
Villancico: Virgen Bendita

Ponce
Villancico: Francia, cuenta tu ganancia

Lloyd
Puzzle-canon I

Lloyd
Puzzle-canon II

Isaac
O Welt, Ich muss dich lassen

Isaac
Benedictus (a 3)

Sermisy
Benedic Anima mea

Morales
Sanctus

Morales
Oficium Defunctorum: Regem cui

Morales
Officium Defunctorum: Nocturno "Ne Recorderis"

Narvaez
O Gloriosa Domina

Henestrosa
O Gloriosa Domina

Encina
Villancico: Pues que tu, Reyna del Cielo

Gregorian Chant
O Gloriosa Domina

Anonymous
Toccata & Rotundellus

Anonymous
Paduana del Rey (mss. Venezia)

Anonymous
Villancico: Dios te salve, Cruz preciosa

Anonymous
Pavana ’La Bataglia’

Anonymous
Villancico: Adoramus te Senor

Anonymous
Saltarello (mss. Venezia)

Anonymous
Raga sobre O Gloriosa Domina (tablas & sarod)

Anonymous
Shino no netori, Shinobue

Anonymous
Oratio Christianorum Ocultorum

Anonymous
O Gloriosa Domina Diferencia I (vihuela)

Anonymous
Reibo (shakuhashi)

Anonymous
Ave Maria (campana, biwa & shakuhashi)

Anonymous
Dios te salve, Cruz (instr)

Anonymous
Rangyoku, Nokan

Anonymous
Ave Maria pentatonica (China)

Artists

Driss El Maloumi (oud, percussion)
Lahoucine Baquir (oud, percussion)
Senhora Del Mundo (voz, psalteri, sarod, tablas)
Hesperion XXI
La Capella Reial de Catalunya

Conductor

Jordi Savall

Works

Artists

Driss El Maloumi (oud, percussion)
Lahoucine Baquir (oud, percussion)
Senhora Del Mundo (voz, psalteri, sarod, tablas)
Hesperion XXI
La Capella Reial de Catalunya

Conductor

Jordi Savall

About

Following the success of Christopher Columbus, this beautiful CD-book, in the same format as Don Quijote, with more than 300-pages including translations in Japanese and Chinese, enables us to discover hidden treasures from Asia through the life of Francis Xavier, a Spanish pioneering Roman Catholic Christian missionary who co-founded the 'Society of Jesus', the Jesuit Order.

Between 1541 and 1552, Francis Xavier conducted far-reaching expeditions to the East: Mozambique, India, Malacca, Moluccan Islands, China, Japan. He belongs to the first European people who discovered the Japanese civilisation and the Roman Catholic Church considers him to have converted more people to Christianity than anyone since St. Paul. Music played a significant role in the evangelisation of the countries visited by Francis Xavier and the Jesuits usually adapted Christian texts on local melodies to maximise impact.

Jordi Savall plays alongside musicians from very different cultures: Western musical heritage meets African percussions and Japanese traditional instruments.