Ensemble Constantinople (Kiya Tabassian, setar ; Guy Ross, oud, medieval harp ; Isabelle Marchand, viola da gamba, fiddle ; Matthew Jennejohn, recorders, cornetto ; Ziya Tabassian, tombak, dayereh, def)
Instrumental renditions of medieval Judeo-Spanish ballads collected within the Sephardic diaspora, as well as songs from the court of Ferdinand and Isabella.
The 1st, 13th-15th works taken from the Cancionero Musical de Palacio (early 16th century).
Recorded 2001 December 3-5 Église St-Augustin de Mirabel, Québec.
Ya soi desposado/Oy comamos y bebamos (6:23) -- El rey que muncha madruga : Smyrne (3:24) -- Abenamar/La rosa enflorence : Maroc, Espagne (7:28) -- Hija mia mi querida : Rhodes (3:45) -- La cantiga de la ley : Rhodes (1:52) -- Puncha puncha : Alexandrie, Istanbul (4:23) -- Aman minoush : Istanbul (6:02) -- El rey de Francia : Smyrne (4:28) -- Avrid migalanica : Cassaba (3:47) -- El regateode las : Rhodes (4:03) -- La vida es un passahe : Maroc (5:37) -- Las compras del rabiner : Maroc (1:54) -- Si abra (4:23) -- El cervel mi fa nocte idie (3:08) -- Jançu janto (3:21)