Georgia: Sacred and Secular Vocal Polyphony
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Label: Ocora
Cat No: C561240
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 2nd June 2023
Contents
Artists
Ensemble BasianiArtists
Ensemble BasianiAbout
We can assume that polyphony in Georgia has been sung since time immemorial in as much as its extensive and varied musical legacy continues today to be intimately linked to the material and symbolic life of a people who express their emotions and reaffirm their existence through group singing. It is a folk art that plays a central role in the important moments of daily life and is performed by all of its members: mainly male groups, to a lesser extent but still many women’s groups, and the rare mixed groups. In any case, the music belongs fully to the community and all Georgians are qualified to take part in the circumstances in which it is used.
In addition to the specific linguistic and dialect features of the regions that make up Georgia, each of them has forms of music with diverse styles and processes linked to specific social circumstances. With deep European roots and certain Mediterranean flourishes (a genuine and ancestral tradition of viticulture and gastronomy), the beauty, refinement and complexity of its vocal polyphony – sacred and secular – coincide with the use of a language (kartuli) with a non-Cyrillic alphabet (mkhedruli) in use since the 11th century, also unique in the world.
Contents:
Secular Songs
1. Mravalzhamier, Kakhétie
2. Mravalzhamier, Gourie
3. Odoia
4. Adilei
5. Ghmerto, Mets Gadmomkhede
6. Maqruli
7. Kristes Perkhuli
8. Berikasti Var
9. Shvidkatsa
10. Cheqa ramsa
11. Chona
12. Khasanbegura
13. Chakrulo
14. Naduri: Sajavakhura
Sacred Songs
15. Shen Khar Venakhi, Kakhétie
16. Shen Khar Venakhi, Gourie
17. Jvarsa Shensa
18. Shen, Romelman Gananatle
19. Angelosi, Ghaghadebs
20. Ganatldi, Ganatldi
21. Kvertkhi Iese Dzirisagan
22. Gvtismshobelo Kaltsulo
23. Shoba Sheni Ukhrtsnel Ars
24. Akebdit Sakhelsa Uplisasa
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