East is East Infusion Baroque

• Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632 - 1692), Marco Uccellini (1603 - 1680): Uccellini:
• 1 Vitali, Uccellini: La Bergamasca 05:32
• Amir Amiri: Saghi Nameh:
• 2 Amiri: Saghi Nameh 05:09
• Marin Marais (1656 - 1728), Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713): La Folia:
• 3 Marais, Vivaldi, Corelli: La Folia 08:32
• Pandit Ravi Shankar (1920 - 2012), Traditional Hindustani: Deepa Jyoti / Sandhya Raga:
• 4 Shankar, Hindustani: Deepa Jyoti / Sandhya Raga 08:22
• Gieuseppe Tartini (1692 - 1770), Amir Amiri: Cortège:
• 5 Tartini, Amiri: Cortège 06:29
• Amir Amiri: Raghse Choobi:
• 6 Amiri: Raghse Choobi 02:30
• Johann Joseph Fux (1660 - 1741): Sinfonia a 3 in C Major, K.331:
• 7 Fux: Sinfonia a 3 in C Major, K.331: I. Turcaria 02:01
• 8 Fux: Sinfonia a 3 in C Major, K.331: II. Passagallia - Andante 02:36
• 9 Fux: Sinfonia a 3 in C Major, K.331: III. Janitshara 01:22
• 10 Fux: Sinfonia a 3 in C Major, K.331: IV. Posta Turcica 01:53
• Amir Amiri: Aghrab:
• 11 Amiri: Aghrab 04:35
• Hridayanath Mangeshkar (b. 1937): Suite in Raga Gurjari Todi:
• 12 Mangeshkar: Suite in Raga Gurjari Todi: I. Savaro Nandana 05:23
• Traditional Hindustani: Suite in Raga Gurjari Todi:
• 13 Hindustani: Suite in Raga Gurjari Todi: II. Bhor Bhaye tori baat takat piya 02:43
• Total Runtime 57:07

Info for East is East

Introducing “East is East”, the latest album from Infusion Baroque. This fourth album from the Montreal-based ensemble is a fusion of Western Baroque, Persian and Indian music traditions. Featuring collaborators Amir Amiri, Hank Knox, Thibault Bertin-Maghit, Hamin Honari, Vidita Kanniks, and Shawn Mativetsky, the thirteen tracks see Western and Eastern musical traditions find common ground in transcultural music. In “Bergamasca” and “La Folia”, baroque composers are realized with Persian santur, tombak, and daf alongside the Western harpsicord, violin, cello, and recorder. Amiri’s compositions “Raghse Choobi” and “Aghrab” sees Persian folk melodies from Iran and Azerbaijan brought West, while “Saghi Nameh” and “Cortege” make use of Persian harmony alongside the textures of western counterpoint. Vidita Kanniks brings arrangements of traditional Hindustani melody in “Sandhya Raga”, with her own vocals dancing nimbly above Shawn Mativetsky’s Indian tabla and Baroque and Persian instrumentalists. With a title inspired by “The Ballad of East and West” by Rudyard Kipling, “East is East” is a collaboration that ignores the borders that divide us and finds the musical common ground that unites us from the farthest corners of the earth. Find “East is East” wherever you stream your music.

"Infusion Baroque has it all: brilliant virtuosity, musical integrity and a concert presence unlike any other.” (La Scena Musicale)

"This is real baroque ... gripping and full of character.” (Radio-Canada)

​“Their star is on the rise, and rightfully so.” (Early Music America)

Infusion Baroque
Guests:
Amir Amiri, santur
Vidita Kanniks, vocals
Thibault Bertin-Maghit, double bass
Hamin Honari, tombak & daf
Hank Knox, harpsichord
Shawn Mativetsky, tabla

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