Hille Perl - Born to Be Mild (2015)

The spectacular crossover album one of the most unconventional and most versatile performers of early music - Hille Perl and his trio play and improvise with electro-acoustic instruments and explore an original repertoire ranging from Renaissance and Baroque music to music of the legendary Jazz artist Charlie Haden. The artist will present Born To Be Mild live soon in Spain.

Hille Perl is one of the most successful artists of the viola da gamba and a brilliant and original musician who is not afraid to discover new worlds of sounds and musical territories. After experiencing as part of the rock band Santanas Lee, "Dead Poets", Hille Perl and his daughter Martha Perl now play the electro-acoustic viola da gamba for the first time on a disk with the lutenist Lee Santana (who plays electric guitar).

The artists explore an original repertoire that includes compositions and improvisations of pieces of renaissance and baroque periods of Diego Ortiz, Marin Marais, Tobias Hume, Antoine Forqueray, Lee Santana himself and jazz legends such as Charlie Haden, among others.

A repertoire spanning seven centuries, providing new and spectacular sounds and instrumental colors, Hille Perl transforms the viola da gamba in a truly timeless instrument.

Tracklist:

01. ORTIZ: Canto (1553) (4:30)
02. Traditional: Alas My Love You Do Me Wrong (after Greensleeves) (4:38)
03. GISMONTI: Palhaço (1969) (4:15)
04. O'CAROLAN: Molly Halfpenny / Carolan’s Dream (3:01)
05. MARAIS: Musette for 2 (from Book 3) (1:12)
06. HUME: Hit It in the Middle (Musical Humours, 1605) (1:35)
07. HUME: Touch Me Sweetly (Musical Humours, 1605) (2:28)
08. SAINTE-COLOMBE: La Vignon (Or Hille’s Vinyard) (6:10)
09. FORQUERAY: Monsieur de Vaucel (1746) (2:40)
10. FORQUERAY: Zeus: Jupiter Optimus Maximus (1746) (6:09)
11. SANTANA: Amsterdam (2014) (3:27)
12. SANTANA: Pascal’s Gaillard (2014) (2:48)
13. SANTANA: Virtual Pearl (2014) (3:10)
14. Anonymous: Saltarello (ca.1400, Italy) (3:10)
15. Traditional: Katip Türküsü (trad., arr. Altip GULTEKIN) (5:22)
16. BISHOP: Maquam Hijaz / Hijazkiar (2013) (3:57)
17. MERULA: A Spiritual Song for Sleeping… Alla Nanna (5:55)
18. HADEN: Silence (arr. Lee SANTANA) (5:25)

Personnel:

Hille Perl (viola da gamba),
Lee Santana (electric guitar),
Marthe Perl (viola da gamba).