One God: Psalms and Hymns from Orient & Occident

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Album Summary

Performers

• Robert Crowe (Countertenor)
• Stephan Rath (Lute)
• Volkan Yilmaz (Ney)
• Andreas Nachtsheim (Lute)
• Arno De La Rosee (Countertenor)
• Arno De La Rosee (Lute)
• Ihsan Özer (Kanun)
• Ahmet Özhan (Voice)
• Mehmet Yesilçay (Oud)

Conductor

• Yesilcay, Mehmet Cemal

Ensemble

• Pera Ensemble

Composers

• Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672)
• Louis Bourgeois (circa 1510 - 1561)
• Sufi Traditional
• Kantemiroglu (1673 - 1723)
• Alessandro Grandi (circa 1575-1580 - 1630)
• Nayi Ali Dede
• Rabbi Mushe Fao (died 1776)
• Salomone Rossi (1570 - circa 1630)
• Nicolas Vallet (1583 - after 1642)
• Isaac Fresco Romano (1745 - 1814)
• Eustache du Caurroy (1549 - 1609)
• Ihsan Özer
• Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay

Notes & Reviews:

Named after an area of Istanbul in which people of different origins, races, religions and cultures have rubbed shoulders since time immemorial, the Pera Ensemble was founded in 2005 by two Istanbul musicians, Mehmet Cemal Yesilcay and Ihsan Özer. The ensemble's concerts combine the tradition of Ottoman music (with its vocal and instrumental virtuosity) with historical and contemporary European music: their performances are informed by musicological and historical research.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Berlin, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Munich, Germany (2008).

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Works Details

Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay : Psalm 2, psalm setting for voice & ensemble (after Claude Goudimel and Ali Ufkî)

• Performers: Robert Crowe (Countertenor); Robert Crowe (Countertenor); Ahmet Özhan (Voice); Ahmet Özhan (Voice)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 7 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay : Psalm 5, psalm setting for voice & ensemble (after Claude Goudimel and Ali Ufkî)

• Performers: Robert Crowe (Countertenor); Robert Crowe (Countertenor); Ahmet Özhan (Voice); Ahmet Özhan (Voice)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Vallet, Nicolas : Psalm 8, psalm setting for voice & lute (Pieté royale)

• Performers: Stephan Rath (Lute); Stephan Rath (Lute); Robert Crowe (Countertenor); Robert Crowe (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay : Psalm 1, psalm setting for voice & ensemble (after Claude Goudimel and Ali Ufkî)

• Performers: Ahmet Özhan (Voice); Ahmet Özhan (Voice)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) : Bringt her dem Herren, for mezzo-soprano & continuo, SWV 283 (Op. 8/2)

• Performers: Robert Crowe (Countertenor); Robert Crowe (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay : Psalm 10, psalm setting for voice & ensemble (after Claude Goudimel and Ali Ufkî)

• Performers: Ahmet Özhan (Voice); Ahmet Özhan (Voice); Volkan Yilmaz (Ney); Volkan Yilmaz (Ney); Robert Crowe (Countertenor); Robert Crowe (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Grandi, Alessandro : Egredimini filiae Sion, for voice & lute

• Performers: Andreas Nachtsheim (Lute); Andreas Nachtsheim (Lute); Robert Crowe (Countertenor); Robert Crowe (Countertenor); Arno De La Rosee (Countertenor); Arno De La Rosee (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay : Psalm 8, psalm setting for voice & ensemble (after Claude Goudimel and Ali Ufkî)

• Performers: Ihsan Özer (Kanun); Ihsan Özer (Kanun); Ahmet Özhan (Voice); Ahmet Özhan (Voice)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay : Uyan ey gözlerim / Ud Taksim / Irak Ilahi, medley for voice & oud

• Performers: Ahmet Özhan (Voice); Ahmet Özhan (Voice); Mehmet Yesilçay (Oud); Mehmet Yesilçay (Oud)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Grandi, Alessandro : Il secondo libro de motetti

• Performers: Stephan Rath (Lute); Stephan Rath (Lute); Robert Crowe (Countertenor); Robert Crowe (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Ihsan Özer : Neva taksim in makam Neva, for kanun & kemence

• Performers: Ihsan Özer (Kanun); Ihsan Özer (Kanun)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1948

Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay : Neva Ilahiler, medley of spiritual Sufi songs

• Performers: Ahmet Özhan (Voice); Ahmet Özhan (Voice)
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 8 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Bourgeois, Louis : Psalm 42 ("Ainsi qu'on oit le cerf bruire"), psalm setting for voice & continuo

• Performers: Robert Crowe (Countertenor); Robert Crowe (Countertenor); Arno De La Rosee (Lute); Arno De La Rosee (Lute); Andreas Nachtsheim (Lute); Andreas Nachtsheim (Lute)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Dede, Nayi Ali : Bayati Pesrev, for ensemble

• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Romano, Isaac Fresco : Yslach mishamayyim (He Shall Send from Heaven), for voice & ensemble

• Performers: Ahmet Özhan (Voice); Ahmet Özhan (Voice)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Traditional, Sufi : Bayati Ayin 3. Selam (attrib. Dervish Köçek Mustafa Dede)

• Performers: Ahmet Özhan (Voice); Ahmet Özhan (Voice)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Fao, Rabbi Mushe : Dügah Maye Saz Semaisi, for ensemble

• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Caurroy, Eustache du : Fantasy in Three Parts on Psalm 1, for ensemble

• Performers: Andreas Nachtsheim (Lute); Andreas Nachtsheim (Lute); Arno De La Rosee (Lute); Arno De La Rosee (Lute)
• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Anonymous, Kantemiroglu : Pençgah Saz Semaisi, for ensemble

• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Rossi, Salomone : Elohim Hashivenu (Psalm 80 :: 4), for chorus & ensemble

• Conductor: Mehmet Yesilçay
• Ensemble: Pera Ensemble
• Notes: Munich, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Berlin, Germany (2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance