This recording came to fruition thanks to nearly 25 years’ worth of efforts.In 1997, Marcel Pérès and his Ensemble Organum began a simultaneous exploration of the Mozarabic rite(the liturgical chant peculiar to the Christians living in Spain at the time of Arab rule)and of the Samaa spiritual practice of Morocco. Setting aside the theological differences between the two faiths, the artists discovered a great deal of kinship between the two forms of musical expression. A veritable utopia, the idea for this recording then suggested itself: through music, to regain the lost accord of human brotherhood.
ANONYMOUS · Récitatif. Zidni bifarti (3'42) · Ouverture de la messe mozarabe Per gloriam nominis tui Christe filius dei vivi (3'02) · Appel à la prière musulmane. Allaho akbar (3'22) · Alleluia. Verset 1. Beatus homo Verset 2. Et erit tamquam lignum Verset 3. Kam laka mine ni'matine alaya (7'43) · In omnem terram exivit sonus Verset : Non sunt sermones neque loquelle Prosule : Tahya bikom kolou ardine (7'01) · Laetatus sum (2'06) · Introït. Benedicam te (4'44) · Prosule. Ahmadou al hadi (1'45) · Alleluia. Verset 1.Διὰ βρώσεως ἐξήγαγε Verset 2. Προσκυνῶ σου τὰ παθήματα Verset 3. Videant pauperes (5'34) · Prosule. Tarakto baba arraja (3'02) · Récitatif. In medio ecclesie aperuit os ejus (2'25) · Os iusti meditabitur justitiam Verset 1. Lex dei eius in corde ipsius Verset 2. Tin dalalan Verset 3. Ya alima l'aasrar (7'34) · Levavi oculos meos in montes (3'16) · Alleluia Verset 1. De profundis clamavi ad te Domine Verset 2. Ya rabi bihim (6'27) · In memoria eterna erit justus Verset 1. Paratum est cor ejus Verset 2. Dominus regit me (psaume 22) Verset 3. Homo al l'jibalo Verset 4. Ya man yara (14'26)
