CD 1
1 Fanfare of Jericho, 1200 av. B.C.
I Heavenly Peace: The Prophets of the Apocalypse and of the Last Judgment
2 The Sibylline Oracles (3rd century B.C.) - Jewish sources, Aramaic music
3 Introduction (Ney & percussion)
4 The Koran: Bismi Al.là ar Rahman (7th Century) - Fatihah Sura I, 2-7. Sufi sources
5 Postludium (qanun)
6 Revelation VI, 12-3 Audi pontus (12th century) (Las Huelgas mss.)
Corresponding to the Cathar Gospel of Pseudo-John V, 4
7 Postludium (medieval harp)
II Jerusalem, a Jewish city, 1000 B.C. - A.D. 70
King David makes Jerusalem the capital of the unified kingdom of Judah and Israel
8 Shofars call
9 Prayer for Jerusalem
10 Instrumental dance. Liberation of the city by Maccabeans, 164 B.C.
11 The Peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122) - The Psalms of King David (10th Century B.C.)
12 Rabbi Akiva goes to Jerusalem. Talmud, Makkot 24b
13 Song of Exile (Psalm 137, 1-6). Destruction of the Temple and Diaspora, A.D. 70
14 Instrumental lament (shofars)
III Jerusalem, a Christian city, 326 - 1244
15 Stavrotheotokia (Hymn to the Virgin at the foot of the Cross)
Attributed to Emperor Leo VI, 886-912
Queen Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine is in Jerusalem, A.D. 326
16 Fanfare "Pax in nomine Domine"
17 Pope Urban II, First call to the Crusade, 1095
Recited text in French
18 Crusaders' song: Pax in nomine Domini
Marcabru (1100-1150) - 1st Crusade
19 Crusaders' song: Chevalier, mult estes guaritz, 1146
Anonymous 12th Century - 2nd Crusade
20 Conductus : O totius Asie - Anonymous (s. XIII)
21 Planctus " Pax in Nomine Domini "
The Crusaders lose Jerusalem to Saladin
Instrumental
IVa Jerusalem, a city of pilgrimage, 383 - 1326
22 The Dome of the Rock - Ibn Battuta (1304-ca.1377)
23 Zionida: Beautiful city, delight of the world
Judah Ha-Levy (1075-1141)
CD 2
IVb Jerusalem, a city of pilgrimage, 383 - 1326 (continued)
1 Cantiga de Santa Maria : O ffondo do mar tan châo
Alfonso X the Wise (1121-1284) CSM383
V Jerusalem, an Arabic city and an Ottoman city, 1244-1917
Arabic city, 1244 - 1516
2 Prelude (Oud)
3 The Koran, Sura XVII, 1- Mohammed ascends to heaven from the Temple Mount
4 Danse of the Soma
5 Sallatu Allah - Arabic tradition
Ottoman city, 1517 - 1917
6 Makam Uzäl Sakil "Turna"
Ottoman mss. of Kantemiroglu (17th century)
7 Suleyman the Magnificent's dream, 1520 - Ottoman legend
Recited text in Turkish
8 Warrior's march (Anonymous Ottoman)
The Ottoman Conquest of Jerusalem, 1517
VI Jerusalem, a Land of Refuge and Exile, 15th - 20th centuries
9 Palestina hermoza y Santa - Anonymous Sephardic (oral tradition, Sarajevo)
10 Palestinian Lament - Anonymous (oral tradition)
11 Andouni Armenian Lament, 1915 - Anonymous (oral tradition)
12 El male rahamim (Hymn to the victims of Auschwitz), 1941
Historical recording by Shlomo Katz, 1950
13 Funeral March
Instrumental
VII Earthly peace: a duty and a utopia
A plea for peace
14 Instrumental Dialogue
15 A plea for peace in Arabic
16 Adonay Prayer for peace in Hebrew
17 A plea for peace in Armenian
18 Da Pacem (Gregorian)
Dialogue of songs
19 Apo xeno meros (in Greek) - Anonym (Oral Tradition)
20 Ghazal (in Arabic)
21 Ghazal (in Hebrew)
22 Ghazal (Palestine)
23 Siente Hermosa (ladino)
24 Apo xeno meros (in Greek) Gregorian Chorus
25 Durme, hermoza donzella (ladino)
26 Ghazal (in Arabic, Greek & Hebrew)
27 Ghazal (instrumental, Morocco)
28 Final Ensemble (tutti)
29 Final fanfare "Against the barriers of the Spirit"
»Jerusalem – Die Stadt der zwei Frieden« heißt ein CD-Paket, das die Heilige Stadt musikalisch porträtiert: ein hinreißender Musikbogen voller Fanfaren, Lieder, sibyllinischer Orakel und Harfen-Postludien. Gewürzzauber und schwere Düfte des Bazars scheinen über der grandiosen Aufnahme mit Musik aus mehr als drei Jahrtausenden zu liegen. Ist man eingetaucht und hat die Aromen in sich aufgenommen, dann kann man süchtig werden – und weiß zwischen müder Selbstverlorenheit und leidenschaftlichem Fiebern kaum mehr zu unterscheiden. In sieben Schritten geht es von den Verheißungen der Apokalypse durch arabische, jüdische, christliche und osmanische Stadtteile Jerusalems bis zu phantastisch frohlockenden Hoffnungswünschen für die Zukunft.« [Spiegel Online Kultur 14.01.2009]