Alemu Aga
Éthiopiques 11: The Harp Of King David
FormatCDLabelBuda MusiqueGenreFolk & Traditional
Out of stock
Tracked express shipping from Italy, no customs or import VAT in the EU. Shipping costs
*2024 stock* Although commonly know as "King David's harp", the bèguèna is not actually a member of the harp family. It is in fact an oversized lyre with ten strings –usually plucked, sometimes strummed with a plectrum. It is probably the oldest musical instrument played in Ethiopia. One of today's uncontested masters of the bèguèna, Alèmu Aga, sings religious songs, traditional fables and folk tales, as well as his own poems. Meditative, devotional or uplifting sor some, simply "mind blowing" for others, bèguèna music is without doubt an otherwordly experience for Western ears.
Format
Recorded at the Artistic Palace (Boulogne, February 1994) for Alain Weber & Armand Amar.
Pre-mastering: Capitaine Fracasse
Mastering: Top Master
Release notes
Recorded at the Artistic Palace (Boulogne, February 1994) for Alain Weber & Armand Amar. Pre-mastering: Capitaine Fracasse Mastering: Top Master
| 1 | Abatatchen Hoy | 3:30 | |
| 2 | Mèdinanna Zèlèsègna | 10:00 | |
| 3 | Tèw Semagn Hagèré | 6:52 | |
| 4 | YèEmèbétatchen Sèlamta | 4:35 | |
| 5 | Kèto Ayqèrem Motu | 5:00 | |
| 6 | Selé Senè Seqlèt | 3:54 | |
| 7 | Abba Gragn Motè | 5:42 | |
| 8 | Selè Senè Fetrèt | 3:27 | |
| 9 | Dagem Metseat | 3:54 | |
| 10 | Selè Gènna | 3:26 | |
| 11 | Man Yemèramèr ? | 8:35 | |
| 12 | Yèbèguènna Derdèra | 6:23 |
- Francis Falceto
- Executive-Producer [Production Artistique & Exécutive], Edited By
- Jack Garnier
- Graphics
- Karen Louise Albrecht
- Liner Notes [English Translation]
- Alemu Aga
- Lyre [Bèguèna]
- Jean-Christophe Meissonnier
- Recorded By
