Eduardo Paniagua - Almuédano

Eduardo Paniagua - Almuédano (Pneuma 2005)
Track Listing:
Maqam Ram al Maya
01 El amanecer de la oración [4:22]
(The Dawn of Prayer)
Medina. Tribute to Bilal, the first muezzin.
Dawn, desert, crickets, oasis, fireplace.
Quiet, intimate character, with drowsiness.

02 Fuerza de la fe [3:06]
(Strength of Faith)
Cairo. By the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.
Morning, rough sea. Force energy expands the call to faith.
Pleading and emotional in character.
Sound of the Sea of Canyamel in Majorca.

Anonymous
03 Peregrinos a la Meca [3:23]
(Pilgrims to Mecca)
Mecca. In the Background,
pilgrims singing the call to prayer of beautiful melody.

Mode Hidyaz
04 Almuédano interior [6:27]
(Interior muezzin)
Mountain. Meditation and prayer over Hidyaz Mode.

Maqam Hidyaz
05 El viaje de la fe [4:11]
(The Journey of Faith)
From a boat near the port. Homesickness.
The journey of faith and prayer.
Sea gulls and the sea of Canyamel in Majorca.

Maqam Ram al Maya
06 La oración del ciego [4:22]
(The Prayer of the Blind Man)
Blind people of Aleppo on June 2, 2004 at noon,
urban environment in the courtyard of the Zaqariya Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo.
Madrasa teachers. Dua to the Prophet at the end of the Fatiha.
Urban sound environment in 2003 Essaouira, Morocco.

Anonymous
07 La comunidad de orantes [7:42]
(The Community of Worshippers)
Choral Al-adhán and community Dua, recorded (with permission)
on June 1, 2004 in the Hall of Singers under the minaret
of the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus. East muezzin.
Maqam mohazin of the Umayyad Mosque.
Muhamad Zugir (prayer leader) and several singers.

Maqam magrebí
08 La ciudad hacia el oeste [2:48]
(The City to the West)
Tánger-Algeciras.
Urban environment at sunset.
Sound of the street in Aleppo in 2004.

Maqam Ram al Maya
09 Jardín del paraíso [3:22]
(The Garden of Paradise)
Medina Zahara.
Andalusian orchard of the mosque's palace.
Birds and streams at noon.

Anonymous
10 Almuédano místico [5:08]
(Mystic Muezzin)
Meditation during the night.

11 Noche de meditación [3:10]
(Night of meditation)
Córdoba. Beautiful and serene night prayer.
Tribute to the muezzin Berraq.

Mode andalusí
12 Plegaria de la Giralda [2:58]
(Prayer to the Giralda)
Sevilla. Tears for the Almohad Giralda on a thunderstorm.
Tribute to Ahmad ibn Basso, alarife (mason) of the Giralda,
and to King Alfonso X the Wise, who banned its demolition.

Maqam Rasd
13 Amanecer en Sevilla [4:21]
(Dawn in Seville)
Sleepy, confident, serene chant.
Blackbirds (mirlos) singing at dawn in Aravaca, Madrid.

Maqam Hidyaz
14 Arpa de al-Ándalus [4:58]
(Al-Andalus Harp)
Toledo. Solo on Hidyaz maqam.

Maqam Hidyaz magrebí
15 Esplendor de los Taifas [3:06]
(Splendour of the Taifas)
Zaragoza. Fear and danger of the loss of the city.

Maqam sika / Ram al Maya / Hidyaz
16 Oración almohade [2:50]
(Almohad Prayer)
Almería. Intense prayer of a pure heart.

Maqam Hidyaz
17 Plegaria de las estrellas [4:03]
(Prayer of the Stars)
Murcia. Secluded starry night, hope of the light.
Sound of crickets at Tangier.

Total Playing: [70:37]
Performers:

[1], [5], [8], [13], [16] El Arabi Serghini
[2], [6], [9], [15], [17] Azzedine al Badri
[3] Hassan Alyar
[7] Muhamad Zugir (prayer leader) and several singers
[11] Mohammed Zaraq
[12] Said Belcadi
[4], [10]-[11], [14] Eduardo Paniagua (qanun)
[3] David Mayoral & Eduardo Paniagua (añafil)

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