Men's Groups - Mediterranean Sounds: Croatia's Mystic Voices: Klapa Navalia (2007 CD)

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Behold The Tree Of The Cross

O Lord Give Us Peace And Unity

O My People

The Day Of The Last Supper

The Holy Chalice-Psalm 116

Mediterranean Sounds: Croatia's Mystic Voices: Klapa Navalia (2007 CD)

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"Klapa Navalia" represents the rich tradition of Easter singing in Novalja on the island of Pag, the fifth largest island in the Adriatic Sea. Although the majority of the songs are rendered in the modern polyphonic klapa manner of traditional male singing, their basis is actually the archaic choral matrix known as Glagolitic chant. This ancient tradition, which dates from as far back as the 12th century, is carried on by vocalists without formal training, grouped in folk ensembles of various sizes, who sing according to the musical paradigms passed on by oral transmission from previous generations.

Klapa Navalia simultaneously continues the traditions of local archaiec singing and adapts these traditions to the current manner of music making, thereby preserving the national and regional identity- and, especially, the spiritual and cultural identity - of its native region, the island of Pag." (Description taken from the beautiful and comprehensive liner notes, transkated into seven different languages.)

Recorded in surround sound on October 11-13, 2003 in the church of St. Catherine, in Novalja, Croatia. This project is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Croatia, European distribution by Hit Records (www.hitrecords.hr). All songs are sung in the native Croatian language, with English translations in the CD jacket.

For more information on the group, visit their web site at www.KlapaNavalia.com

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Technical Information:
Recorded in surround sound. This is a four-track recording, 88.2 KHz, in 24-bit technology, mastered to DSD (Direct Stream Digital one bit Sigma-Delta encoding at 2822.4 KHz). The SACD-Super Audio CD has three programs on two layers:
1. Surround Sound: DSD, with four speakers
2. Stereo Sound: DSD, with two speakers
3. Stereo Sound 44.1 KHz 16 bits with two speakers on a regular CD player.
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Format: CD
Year Released/Length: 2007 / 31:00
Record Label: Nenad Bach Music
Style/Genre: World/Folk/ Sacred Croatian Vocal Music
Voicing:Men's ensemble
A cappella?: Yes
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Song List:
Now in the Name of the Holy Trinity
The Day of the Last Supper
The Reading of the First Epistle of Paul
The Holy Chalice
The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet
O Lord, My Lord! (Psalm 22)
Behold the Tree of the Cross
O My People
The Temple Curtains are Torn
To the Blessed Sacrifice of the Resurrection
Alleluia
O Lord, Give Us Peace and Unity
To St. Catherine