Ayre

Album by Osvaldo Golijov & The Andalucian Dogs & Dawn Upshaw

Ayre is an album by Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov, released in 2004. The album blends contemporary classical composition with Sephardic, Arabic and Mediterranean folk elements, employing varied vocal styles and chamber ensemble textures to explore cultural encounters and diasporic themes in Golijov's mid-career work.
First released: 27th September 2005

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Ayre: I. Mañanita de San Juan (Dawn, St. John’s Day)
    3:53
  2. 2.
    Ayre: II. Una madre comió asado (A Mother Roasted her Child)
    3:00
  3. 3.
    Ayre: III. Tancas serradas a muru (Walls are Encircling the Land)
    2:56
  4. 4.
    Ayre: IV. Luna (Moon)
    2:03
  5. 5.
    Ayre: V. Nanni
    3:14
  6. 6.
    Ayre: VI. Wa Habibi (My Love)
    6:14
  7. 7.
    Ayre: VII. Aiini Taqtiru (My Eyes Weep)
    2:46
  8. 8.
    Ayre: VIII. Kun Li‐Guitari Wataran Ayyuha Al‐Maa’ (Be a String, Water, to my Guitar)
    1:13
  9. 9.
    Ayre: IX. Suéltate las cintas (Untie Your Ribbons)
    1:39
  10. 10.
    Ayre: X. Yah, Annah Emtza’cha (Oh God, Where Shall I Find You?)
    3:43
  11. 11.
    Ayre: XI. Ariadna en su laberinto (Ariadne in Her Labyrinth)
    9:16
  12. 12.
    Folk songs for voice and seven instruments: Black is the colour (USA)
    2:42
  13. 13.
    Folk songs for voice and seven instruments: I wonder as I wander (USA)
    2:05
  14. 14.
    Folk songs for voice and seven instruments: Loosin yelav (Armenia)
    2:35
  15. 15.
    Folk songs for voice and seven instruments: Rosssignolet du bois (France)
    1:27
  16. 16.
    Folk songs for voice and seven instruments: A la femminisca (Sicily)
    1:32
  17. 17.
    Folk songs for voice and seven instruments: La donna ideale (Italy)
    1:17
  18. 18.
    Folk songs for voice and seven instruments: Ballo (Italy)
    1:34
  19. 19.
    Folk songs for voice and seven instruments: Motettu de Tristura (Sardinia)
    1:53
  20. 20.
    Folk songs for voice and seven instruments: Malurous qu’o uno fenno (Auvergne - France)
    1:01
  21. 21.
    Folk songs for voice and seven instruments: Lo fiolaire (Auvergne - France)
    2:56
  22. 22.
    Folk songs for voice and seven instruments: Azerbaijan love song (Azerbaijan)
    2:48

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