Castelnuovo-Tedesco: The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra, Complete Music for Voice and Guitar
7/28/2017, 24 Tracks, 45:04
Featuring
Joanna Klisowska
Giulio Tampalini
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
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Instruments
The guitar used by Giulio Tampalini on this recording was made by Philip Woodfield in 2010.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Castelnuovo-Tedesco aimed for a complete fusion of poetic text and music, deriving melody from the emotional depth of the poem and interweaving voice and instrument to create a dramatic coherence.
Compositional Technique
Castelnuovo-Tedesco's 'The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra' sets an English translation of Moses ibn Ezra's poems, as the composer's Hebrew knowledge was insufficient for self-translation.
Composition History
Castelnuovo-Tedesco's 'The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra' was inspired by the shared experience of exile between the composer and the 11th-century Spanish-Jewish poet, Moses ibn Ezra.
Performer Biography
Giulio Tampalini, the guitarist on this album, has won numerous international guitar competitions and performed at the Vatican in honour of the Pope in 2001.
Composer Biography
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, a Jewish composer, left Italy for the United States in 1939 due to the impending fate of his faith in Europe.
