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Gold Frankincense & Myrhh
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Gold Frankincense & Myrhh Park Records PRK CD59 (CD, UK, November 2001) |
Musicians
Maddy Prior, vocals;
Bill Badley, renaissance and baroque lutes, guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Steve Banks, djembe, talking drum, saz, violin, vocals;
`Jub', modern and baroque double basses, percussion, vocals;
Giles Lewin, violin, viola, recorders, flute, shawm, vocals;
Raph Mizraki, 'ud, saz, darabuka, balafon, percussion, vocals;
Andy Watts, shawm, recorders, clarinet, Turkish clarinet, bassoon, vocals
Notes on the instruments
- 'ud
- classical Arabic lute, known in Arabia by the seventh century and spreading to all parts of the Middle East and Europe
- saz
- long-necked lute used in Turkish folk and pop music
- shawm
- family of double reed instruments common in North Africa, the Middle East and medieval Europe
- Turkish clarinet
- version of the modern clarinet, made of metal
- balafon
- an African type of xylophone
- djembe
- west African drum, played with the hand
- talking drum
- hour-glass shaped drum played with a stick
- darabuka
- goblet shaped drum found around the Mediterranean from Morocco to the Balkans
Tracks
- Melchior (3:26)
- Caspar (2:21)
- Balthazar (4:55)
- Journey to Jericho (6:02)
- Melima (3:16)
- Journey to Bethlehem and Song of the Animals (3:22)
- Welcome Stranger (3:31)
- Song of Angels (1:44)
Creatures and Kings
- The Oxen (2:50)
- The Carnal and the Crane (4:15)
- Rorate Coeli De Super (3:10)
- Entre Le Bouef et L'Ane Gris (3:14)
- Hark! Hark What News (1:46)
- Bethlehem Down (3:40)