Alia Vox invite you on a new journey alongside the man who completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth between 1519 and 1521: Juan Sebastian Elkano, a Spanish explorer of Basque origin, took command of the expedition after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s death in the Philippines and returned to Andalusia with 17 other survivors of the 240 man expedition.

Enrike Solinis and his musicians portray the Basque tradition of the young Elkano before embarking for the Villancicos of the New World, the repertoires of Polynesia, the Mollucas and Islam at its peak.

Contents:

CD 1

Millenary Vasconia: A Maritime Country
1. Introduction
2. Seikilos’s Epitaph - Anonymous
3. Ale, arraunean - Traditional Basque

12th century: Benjamin of Tudela’s book The Travels of Benjamin
4. Bashraf jahargah - Darwish Mustapha, 16th century - Text Pío Baroja
5. Raiko - Traditional dance from Macedonia
6. Gurmak itsasoan - Liturgical song / Thibaut of Navarre

1435 - The Gypsies arrive in the Basque Country
7. Buselik asirani - Dimitrie Cantemir

15th century: Basque Country: The coming together of Christians, Jews and Muslims
8. Loa loa - Traditional Basque
9. Recited Muwashshaha - Abu al-Abbas Ahmad the “Blind Poet of Tudela”, 12th century
10. Muwashshaha- Abu al-Abbas Ahmad, 12th century / F. Atlan / E. Solinís
11. Si la douleur de mon esprit - Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549)
12. Pavane, Gaillarde & Branle de Champagne - Claude Gervaise (1525-1583)

1487 Getaria, birth of Juan Sebastián Elcano
13. Une batez- Judah ha-Levi (Tudela c. 1070/75-Jerusalem c. 1141)
14. Efthah’ na séfathay / Maitia nun zira - Jewish religious song / Traditional Basque
15. Verrus - Traditional Basque

A global shift: From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic
16. Arratiako dantzak - Traditional from Vizcaya
17. Dos ánades, Madre - Johanes Antxieta (1462-1523)

16th century: Pishonerak; Women of the Port
18. Dindirindín. Ensalada La Bomba - Mateo Flecha (1481-1553)
19. Amorosen partizia - Bernat Etxepare (c. 1480-1545)
20. Pabanea - Osborn Manuscript Collection 16th century

1519 Seville: The Expedition of Ferdinand Magellan
21. Santa Maria, strela do dia - (Prison song). Popular Andalusian
22. Quid est tibi / Mare vidit - Michael Navarrus (Pamplona, 1563-1627)

1521 Strait of Magellan and Magellan’s death at the Battle of Mactan
23. Journal of Pigafetta
24. Itsasoa laino dago - Traditional Basque
25. Pavane - Pierre Attaignant (1494-1552)
26. Letter from Elcano to Charles V - Arrival in the Moluccas Islands
27. Lagu togal - Traditional from the Moluccas Islands
 
CD 2

1522 Primus circundedisti me
1. Letter from Elcano. Sanlúcar de Barrameda
2. Ayo visto lo Mappamundi - Popular Sicilian, 16th century

1534 - Ignatius of Loyola & Francis Xavier: The Society of Jesus
3. Mundu zabalera - 12th century music. Lyrics by Xabier Amuriza (1941)
4. Baile a 2: A lo Alto y a lo Llano - Traditional

Castilian-Basque Masquerade: Remnants of a Ritual
5. Marche de Courteges - Traditional Basque
6. Danse des Kherestonak - Traditional Basque
7. Recitation Neska ontziratua - Traditional Basque / Robert Ballard (c.1572-c.1650)
8. Neska ontziratua -Traditional Basque / Robert Ballard

Elcano is granted a coat of arms by Emperor Charles V
9. 2nd letter from Elcano to Charles V - 1522
10. Round dance: Marinero de la Mar and A lo Llano - Cancionero de Olmeda (Burgos)

1526 - Final expedition to the Moluccas and Elcano’s testament
11. Sumba Song - Traditional Malayo-Polynesian song
12. Elcano’s testament - Salve Regina - Martínez de Bizcargui (1480-1540)
13. Psalm 6: Jauna, ez nazazula korregi - Traditional Basque / J. Haranburu
14. Tiento para órgano - Luis Alberto de Gómez, 16th century

On the trail of the Basque sailors: Songs that have crossed the ocean and back
15. Letter to Philip II - Lope de Agirre, 1561
16. Le Biscayenne - Traditional / Marin Marais
17. Jota - Manuscritos de Cortabarria, 17th century
18. Aista binakoa - R.M. de Azkue’s Songbook. Traditional Basque sailors’ song

Mi’kmaq and Basque whalers meet
19. Mi’kmaq Honour Song - George Paul / Traditional Basque

1536 - The 2nd circumnavigation of the world: Andrés de Urdaneta
20. Nork orain esan lezake - Villancico. Anonymous Basque, 17th century
21. My Lady Carey’s Dompe - Anonymous, 16th century

1615 - Slaying of the Basques and Vocabula Biscaia
Cider: The Elixir of Life
23. Aldapeko – Traditional Basque

Basque Diaspora: The eighth province
24. Portutxoa fandangoa - Joxean Artze / Traditional Basque
25. Nere vizi gucico galdu nai - Villancico. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695)
26. Fandango - Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739)
27. Kama goli - In the Erromintxela language, Jon Mirande
28. El Gineo - Manuscritos de Cortabarria, 17th century