Aquabella a cappella group

Aquabella is an all-female vocal group whose members live in Berlin, Bremen and Amsterdam. Sharing an interest in languages and cultures from around the globe, the singers of Aquabella have found a musical identity in their farreaching search for diverse cappellic beauty. Aquabella gathers sounds rich in story and emotion from the heart of distant lands and times past. The five dedicated singers bring a contemporary outlook to historic songs, creating music that embraces the past, yet remaining fresh in its conception.

Discography

Kykellia

Bremen, Germany-based 5-woman World a cappella group Aquabella, after impressing us with "Nani Dschann" and "Aquabella," bring us a unique Christmas CD, "Kykellia, or the Story of Christmas." 19 songs, some favorites are the rhythmic "Breaths," the spirited "Sneig Sniedzinis Putinaja," the chant-like "Vila Moma," a nicely-arranged "Wexford Carol," a latin-flavored "Los Reyes Magos" (with drum accompaniment), a bluenote "Noel nouvelet" that seques into a dance rhythm, the ringing chant "Schen char wenachi," the Maori song "Nga iwi e" (also with drums), and the moody "Shalom Aleikhem" and "Kling no, Klokka." Exotic, beautiful music in different languages, and from different cultures, that relates to the celebration of Christmas. Another winner from the sweet, harmonic voices of Aquabella!

Nani

El Chicolito
Ta na baid
Makheuri Sakortsilo
Meine Aug'sind mude
Nani Dschann
Jerusalem
Der Pope
Asentada en mi ventada
Duerme negrito
Ikh bin a mame
Maria, Mari'!
Baxabene Oxama
Aye kerunene
Prechfr'kna ptitschka
Trost

"Nani" is Armenian for "mother," and there are similar words in many languages. In Yiddish it is "Nam"‹wet nurse, in Hungarian "Neni"‹older sister, in Russian "Njanja"‹mum. "Dschann," from the original Persian, is a term of endearment which can be attached to any name. For their second CD, recorded in Berlin, the five German women singers of Aquabella looked for songs in which women tell their stories. Women seething with jealousy, women annoyed by midnight love serenades, women making fun of the village priest, women crying to their children or lovers, women who simply want to marry. The passion of Aquabella is filling these stories with life, in carefully but pointedly thinning out the song¹s prototype in order to enrich it with their own personal stories. These songs, most of them old ones, are thus sung to the world as responses. There are 15 songs here, all in languages like Russian, German, Armenian, Italian and Bulgarian, as we see in the beautiful full-color liner booklet. The sound is hauntingly beautiful and authentic; each song filled with spirit, feeling and passion!"
Listen to "Makheuri Sakortsilo" in Real Audio.

6970 CD $15.98

Aquabella

Sto mi e milo
Wa Habibi
Ambalaba
Fosgail an dorus - Nighean bhuidh ruadh
Gorani
Mtiuruli Namgerebi
Jamm rekk
Froide unde friheit
Dorten is majn rueplats
Lamentatio
Batum
Cancion de la Madre del Amargo
Soneto a Constanza
Testimony
Satrpialo
Kaval Sviri

This recording is an eclectic mix of folk music from around the globe. Aquabella flows seamlessly from one piece to the next using stylistic singing appropriate to each. The songs are sung in close and often dissonant harmonies with a wide variety of vocal color. The only drawback is the lack of English translations in the liner notes, but the heartfelt and often dramatic singing provides us with musical understanding.

9847 CD $15.98

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