Nedudim [Digipak] by Fifth House Ensemble [CD]

Description: Performer Notes: Liner Note Authors: Dan Visconti; Yonnie Dror; Thomas Moked Blum ; Yael Badash ; Melissa Snoza ; Clark Carruth .Recording information: Chicago recording Company (01/17/2016); Pluto Studios Tel Aviv (01/17/2016); Chicago recording Company (09/14/2015-09/19/2015); Pluto Studios Tel Aviv (09/14/2015-09/19/2015).Photographer: Danielle Jadelyn.Although an ensemble of classical instruments playing pieces from folk traditions would have been commonplace in a Viennese caf? of the late 19th century, boundary lines between musical spheres have hardened, and this release by the Fifth House Ensemble and the Mediterranean folk group Baladino is something of a novelty. Such fusions have occasionally happened in genres such as klezmer, but the wide-ranging nature of the program on Nedudim (Hebrew for "wanderings") is unique. On the first couple of pieces Baladino predominates, with the written-out contributions of the Fifth House Ensemble playing an ornamental role, but the balance shifts as the music goes along. The performances are clean and lively, and the lead vocals of Yael Badash are attractive, but there's more to Nedudim than this. The less prominently named partners to both groups are composer Dan Visconti, a recent Prix de Rome recipient (did you know that was still being given out?), and Baladino member Thomas Moked Blum, who wrote arrangements. These are often ingenious. Sample the pair of originals "Black Bend" and "Greek Blues," which take off from the blues in entirely different ways. The range of source styles runs from blues to Sephardic music to the lightly Indian "Raga Etude" to contemporary classical music, and the players bring it all within their flexible purview. Only the Anglo folk "Mountain Songs: He's Gone Away" makes you ask why these musicians should be performing this particular piece, but it does not break the mood. Like the music of that Viennese caf?, these pieces can work as background, but they also repay close attention to how musicians of different kinds can learn to understand each other and work together. ~ James Manheim Producer: Steve Rodby Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: (not USA) Studio/Live: Studio Release Date: 27 May, 2016 Label: Cedille Records

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EAN: 0735131916424

UPC: 0735131916424

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Language: Eng

Producer: Steve Rodby

Era: 2010s

Run Time: 3475 Sec

Format: CD

Release Year: 2016

Features: Studio Recording

Genre: World Music, Classical

Style: Vocal Music

Type: Album

Artist: Fifth House Ensemble / Baladino

Record Label: Cedille Records

Release Title: Nedudim