Carrefour de la Méditerranée Constantinople ACD2 2316 Throughout its history, the Mediterranean on all its shores has been a region where ideas, inspiration, and beliefs were exchanged, whether through coalitions and friendships between kingdoms and peoples or conflict and domination between empires.   These exchanges took place in the various social strata as well as in many spheres, such as in culture, science, and politics. Over the millennia before the Christian era, music had always held a place of choice among the peoples who inhabited the Mediterranean region and the East: the Sumerian-Babylonian, the Assyrian, Egyptian, Phoenician, Carthaginian, Cretan, Greek, and Roman.   These nations set the foundations of an art music and a great heritage that would be transmitted from generation to generation till the Middle Ages, at which point in time three main musical civilizations could be distinguished: Arab-Muslim, Byzantine, and Western European. ... Kiya Tabassian English translation Jacques-André Houle MUSICIENS | MUSICIANS CONSTANTINOPLE (1) Guy Ross :: oud, luth | 'ud, lute (2) Matthew Jennejohn :: cornet à bouquin, cornet muet, flûtes à bec | cornetto, mute cornett, recorders (3) Ziya Tabassian :: tombak, daf, dayereh, percussions | percussion (4) Isabelle Marchand :: viole de gambe, vièle | viola da gamba, fiddle (5) Kiya Tabassian :: sétar | setar Ensemble En Chordais (6) Kyriakos Petras :: violon | violin (7) Drosos Koutsokostas :: chant | voice (8) Andreas Papas :: percussions | percussion (9) Kyriakos Kalaizides :: oud | 'ud Artistes invités | Guest Artists (10) Ghada Shbeir :: chant \ voice (11) Imane Homsy :: kanoun | qanun Direction artistique | Artistic Direction Kiya Tabassian Kyriakos Kalaitzides PROGRAMME | PROGRAM Dimitrius Cantemir (1673-1723)   1 :: Bouselik Pishref       [5:05]         (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)* Anonyme, chant tiré du manuscrit 1203 du monastère Iviron du Mont Athos Anonymous chant from manuscript 1203 of the Iviron Monastery, Mount Athos   2 :: Ti aidonia tis Anatolis       [7:00]         (7, 5, 6, 9, 11) Zakharia Khanendeh (1680-1750)   3 :: Housseyni Agir Semai       [4:12]         (7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) Cantigas de Santa Maria   4 :: Sabor a Santa Maria       [5:38]         (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Cantigas de Santa Maria   5 :: Pero que seja a gente | Virgen Madre       [7:08]         (10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) Codex byzantin | Byzantine Codex   6 :: Chant byzantin       [3:01]         (7, 5, 9) Kiya Tabassian, poème de Hâfez | poem by Hâfez   7 :: Cercles migrants       [12:59]         (10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) Chant d'Asie mineure | Song from Asia Minor   8 :: Se kainourgia varka       [3:34]         (7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) Vasilis Georginis   9 :: Ariadni       [2:38]         (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) Muwashah de tradition arabo-andalouse | Muwashah of Arab-Andalusian tradition 10 :: Lamma bada       [4:11]         (10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) Yorgos Batznos   11 :: Soultani Yegah Longa       [5:01]         (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) *Les chiffres renvoient aux musiciens | The numbers refer to the musicians ATMA Classique is distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading PO Box 44, Briar Hill, Vic, 3088, Australia Telephone +61 (0)3 9432 4149 ~ Facsimile +61 (0)3 9444 6879