Other music from other worlds (subtitle: 'listen to an idiot)
Ernst Reijseger & Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei - Ave Maria
"...so just stay among yourselves listening to Peruvian groups with bagpipes that are listened to by a handful of people and that even their relatives don't buy!" (quote)
HERE I AM! PRESENT! I, the smug know-it-all, frequenter of the most foul-smelling and hidden niches, who "will never be part of a majority," as that guy said in that movie... I propose you listen to some of the most unimaginable stuff that has come into my hands and ears over the years. You, listen to an idiot: spend 5 minutes losing yourself in listening (reading, watching, eating, smelling...) to the same things that you already know how they are, that you don’t take risks, it simply happens that your brain atrophies.
20) Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei & Ernst Reijseger
Let’s close the series with one of the most remote, far-off, and "other" places you can think of: SARDINIA! A tough and hostile place inhabited by strange and different people (and let’s not even get into that...)
Now, I know you were expecting the Tenores de Bitti, but that's *way too* mainstream!
Really, though, beyond everything, these Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei are something extraordinary, especially for their ability to blend Sardinian polyphonic singing with other music and traditions, creating some of the most original and intriguing projects and collaborations I’ve had the pleasure to listen to: with Huun Huur Tu from the Republic of Tuva, with the Senegalese Mola Sylla, with the German Rias Kammerchor, the Mongolian singers Ganzoring and Tsogtgerel, the Vietnamese jazz musician Nguyen Le, and others (including the Italian Favata) as a demonstration of great open-mindedness and musical curiosity.
With the Dutch cellist Ernst Reijseger, they recorded two soundtracks for Herzog's films with results – for me – extraordinary!
As usual, listen to an idiot and spend these 5 minutes and 40 seconds...