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Savina Yannatou, Primavera En Salonico
Sumiglia
Genres: Folk, International Music, Jazz, New Age, Pop

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Evga Mana Moui
2. Muineira
3. Yanno Yannovitse
4. Porondos Viz Partjan
5. Sedi Yanna
6. Orrio Tto Fengo
7. Ta Chervona Ta Kalinonka
8. Terra Ca Nun Senti
9. Sumiglia
10. Sta Kala Lu Serenu
11. Ganchum Em Yar Ari
12. Tulbah
13. Smarte Moj
14. Ela Ipne Ke Pare To

CD Details

All Artists: Savina Yannatou, Primavera En Salonico
Title: Sumiglia
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: ECM Records
Release Date: 3/1/2005
Genres: Folk, International Music, Jazz, New Age, Pop
Styles: Traditional Folk, Europe, Continental Europe, Middle East, Jazz Fusion, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 602498240502

Synopsis

Amazon.com

By merit of its geographic locale, Athens is still a crossroads even if its cultural significance is, for the most part, long past. Thus it should come as no surprise that Greek singer Savina Yannatou would take an interest in different folk music styles. Here on her second ECM album, the traditional music of her homeland, Corsica, Eastern Europe, Palestine, and other places is presented with an almost classical music's sense of drama, purpose and precision. Yet Yannatou, who did study Baroque and Renaissance performance, takes her richly expressive voice and voyages through open-ended interpretations of the folk musics created by the versatile Primavera En Salonic, which uses both Western and Eastern traditional instruments. She sings in the appropriate language to the accompaniment, but the lyrical translations are telling ? thematically speaking, she?s drawn to material sung by women, literally creating her own version of sisterhood that is equally arresting to the music. Wholly modern and urbane, yet traditional and folksy, Yannatou has found a rare and special balance. -- Tad Hendrickson

CD Reviews

Magnificent Music from Mysterious Countries

Erika Borsos | Gulf Coast of FL, USA | 07/23/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Savina Yannatou shows great diversity and style in this beautiful album. Her sweet, ethereal, voice provides magnificent renditions of music from Greece, Italy, Armenia, Albania, the Ukraine, Moldavia, Bulgaria, Sicily, Corisica, and Palestine. Primavera en Salonica add interpretive music on the oud, accordion, darbuk, and many traditional instruments. Savina's voice and versatility are amazing. The band provides authentic and creative musical accompaniment making the sounds original but based on traditional sounds.

I was most impressed with the Slavic intonations of "Yanno Yannovitse". The Balkan instrumentation and musical rhythms are unmistakable and wonderfully authentic. "Porondos Viz Partjan" from Moldavia is a bittersweet song with mysterious haunting music and undertones. It is sung in Hungarian as Moldavia was part of Transylvania which consists of a mostly Hungarian community, Savina does a fine job of pronouncing the words and does a beautiful inflection of style. "Sedi Yanna" is a highly energetic piece filled with the excitement and anticipation that a young bethrothed bride-to-be feels. The joy and exuberance are contagious. "Sumigilia" and "Orrioffo Fengo" are southern Italian songs with a peasant-like idiom which have emotional and energetic vocalizations that are extraordinairily Italian and highly expressive. There is one Ukrainian traditional song that has haunting tones seeming to express the fears of a young woman in love for the soldier whom she loves. Savina's voice is amazing. The band creates astonishing music. The songs are mysterious and enchanting. Anyone who loves traditional music from any of the countries mentioned will enjoy this CD and want to add it to their collection.

Erika Borsos (erikab93)"

This is world music album ¹1for this year

Music world | Balkans | 04/05/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This album sounds like Rough guide to the world music(there isn't this one).The album is variegated - Savina sings in a different languages, the instruments are accordion, oud guitars and many more, the songs are from different points of the world.Eüöåëëåíò voice, beautiful music.Recommended!"