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From Byzantium to Andalusia: Medieval Music and Poetry
Italian Anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat Anonymous, Arabic-Andalusian Traditional
From Byzantium to Andalusia: Medieval Music and Poetry
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Wyote | Seoul | 06/28/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am not anyone to comment on the authenticity of this music. I have no idea how accurately it represents Medieval Mediterranean music. It sounds like it does: it sounds the way I might imagine the music of the period.



Regardless, the one thing I am qualified to evaluate is my pleasure listening to it. My favorite track is the first one, the Arab kyrie. Not quite like anything I've ever heard, but I would certainly go to any church where I could hear it.



This CD has helped to whet my appetite for more such music, and I suspect it would do so for anyone. If you are shopping here, I think you should strongly consider buying this one. I would, however, direct you to two other CDs as well (reminding you that I am by no means a knowledgeable person in this field): Sufi music such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (though there are many other less famous examples, at least as good), and Arab Christian music, especially Marie Keyrouz. If there is a god, that is the music he hears in heaven. But excepting those two sources of superlatively uplifting music, this is among the best CDs I own. At its price, it's too good to miss."
Great CD!
matt | Scranton, PA | 05/18/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I expected to like this one, so I wasn't surprised. The Kyrie is definitely catchy. This is a terrific cd."
From Byzantium to Andalusia, a great selection of medieval m
Daniel Crespo | 10/12/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I just loved the selection. I have quite a good collection of medieval and renaissance music, and I think that the Cd's selection is representative and balances well the western and eastern music tendencies."