MUSIQUE DES MONTAGNES LA NEF ACD2 2390 La Nef takes us on a journey through Thrace and Epirus via traditional music and songs from these mountainous regions of Greece.   Using a diverse range of instruments, including bendir, riqq, bodhran, shawm, and hurdy-gurdy, the eclectic musicians who collaborated on this project play a selection of rare pieces that have been preserved from oblivion by geographical isolation. The musicians of La Nef explore an extraordinary range of rhythms and modes in the dances and songs -including lupchevo, paidushko, and yanino - recorded on Musiques des montagnes (Music of the Mountains).   The songs treat themes such as exile (Den tin pernis, Xenitemeno, Mavro khelidhoni, Thalassaki), grief, and the struggle for freedom (Oso varoun, Danse de Zalongou). La Nef Claire Gignac - contralto, recorders, bamboo flute, bowed pslaltery Hassan El Hadi - oud, hajouj, percussion Patrick Graham - bendir, riqq, bodhran, derbouka Ben Grossman - hurdy-gurdy, lyre, saz, percussion Élise Guay - shawm, bagpipe, rauschpfeife, recorders PROGRAMME | PROGRAM   1 • OSO VAROUN | Trad. • Asie mineure [4:12]   2 • YANINO ORO | Trad./Pece Atanasovski-Macédoine* [3:41]   3 • XENITEMENO | Trad. • Épire [5:32]   4 • LUPCHEVO ORO | Trad. • Macédoine* [4:22]   5 • DANSE RAPIDE | Trad. • Thrace [2:55]   6 • DANSE DE ZALONGOU - UNE BEAUTÉ SOMBRE | Trad. • Épire [5:05]   7 • INVOCATION | Mésomède (130 après J.-C.) • Crète* [3:13]   8 • THALASSAKI | Trad. • Dodécanèse [7:11]   9 • NEKRIZ SIRTO | Mesut Cemil Bey (1873 -1916) • Thrace* [3:38] 10 • PAIDUSHKO | Trad. • Macédoine* [2:48] 11 • DEN TIN PERNIS | Trad. • Thrace [3:21] 12 • DANSE LENTE | Trad. • Thrace [3:04] 13 • MAVRO KHELIDHONI | Trad. • Thrace [6:28] 14 • S'AFTO T'ALONI | Démotique grec [3:48] Arrangements: Claire Gignac© SOCAN | *Ben Grossman© SOCAN 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