The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo
WVF 479092 (2014)
What would we listen to today if Marco Polo had a recording system with him while travelling? And how would he use this sound had he been himself a composer? Kyriakos Kalaitzidis asks the questions and at the same time gives the answers, on the one hand composing music himself and on the other hand collecting musicians and traditional music along the ancient Silk Road that Marco Polo crossed from Venice to China. This is how he ends up in this versatile music album with classical Chinese music, Uzbek songs, Indian traditions, scholar Persian music, Byzantine melos, medieval music from Venice. On the way he meets Maria Farantouri, who sings his song The Stranger set to lyrics by Vasiliki Nevrokopli.
Maria Farantouri | singing
Kiya Tabassian | setar, singing
Ziya Tabassian | tombak, daf
Marco Rosa Salva | flute with beak
Pierre-Yves Martel | viola da gamba
Amartuvshin Baasandorj | singing, tobshuur
Sara Mancuso | clavicytherium
Nodira Pirmatova | singing
Lingling Yu | pipa
Dhruba Ghosh | sarangi
En Chordais
Kyriakos Petras | Violin
Kyriakos Kalaitzidis | oud, singing
Drossos Koutsokostas | singing
Petros Papageorgiou | toumpeleki, daouli, bendir
Alkis Zopoglou | qanun
01. Marco’s Dream
(K.Kalaitzidis)
02. Gallop
(K.Kalaitzidis)
03. Lamento di Tristano
(Italian Anonymous, 14th cent.)
04. The Golden Sheaf of Time
(K.Kalaitzidis – V.Nevrokopli)
05. Jeopardy
(K.Kalaitzidis)
06. Migrants Circles
(Κ.Tabassian – Hâfez)
07. In Xanadu
(K.Kalaitzidis)
08. Ey Dilbari Jononim
(Uzbek Traditional)
09. Five Steps
(K.Kalaitzidis)
10. Chandmani Nutag
(Amartuvshin Baasandorj)
11. Yi Zu Wu Qu
(Huiran Wang)
12. The Stranger
(K.Kalaitzidis – V.Nevrokopli)
13. Holy Oil
(K.Kalaitzidis)
14. The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo
(K.Kalaitzidis)
