Strunz & Farah - Misterio

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1	Preludio Acoustic Guitar [Nylon String] – Ardeshir Farah, Ciro Hurtado, Jorge StrunzComposed By – Jorge Strunz	6:54
2	Añoranza (Yearning) Acoustic Guitar [Nylon String] – Ardeshir Farah, Ciro Hurtado, Jorge StrunzComposed By – Jorge Strunz	6:39
3	Arcades Acoustic Guitar [Nylon String] – Ardeshir Farah, Jorge StrunzComposed By – Jorge StrunzViolin – Charlie Bisharat	5:30
4	Ziryab Acoustic Guitar [Nylon String] – Ardeshir Farah, Jorge StrunzComposed By – Ardeshir FarahViolin – Charlie Bisharat	6:55
5	Misterio Acoustic Guitar [Nylon String] – Ardeshir Farah, Jorge StrunzComposed By – Jorge Strunz	4:29
6	Lluvia Suave (Soft Rain) Acoustic Guitar [Nylon String] – Ardeshir Farah, Ciro Hurtado, Jorge StrunzComposed By – Jorge Strunz	5:15
7	Burabampo (The Deer) Percussion – Ardeshir Farah, Charlie Bisharat, Jorge Strunz, Kathlyn PowellPercussion [Mesoamerican Percussion], Wind, Chanter [Chant], Composed By – Luis Pérez Ixoneztli*	6:55

Companies, etc.

• Produced For – Water Lily Acoustics
• Produced For – AudioQuest Music
• Recorded At – Christ the King Chapel, St. Anthony's Seminary
• Mastered At – The Exchange

Credits

• Mastered By – John Dent
• Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Michael Sexton
• Recorded By, Liner Notes – Kavichandran Alexander
• Technician [Technical Consultant] – Bill Healander, Tim De Paravicini
• Technician [Technical Maintenance] – Chris Donnelly
• Typography [Lettering], Art Direction, Cover [Painting] – Kathlyn Powell

Notes

Jorge is on the right channel on "Preludio", Añoranza, and "Lluvia Suave", Ardeshir is on the right channel on "Arcades", "Ziryab", and "Misterio".

All compositions by Jorge Strunz, Irazu Publishing, BMI except "Ziryab" by Ardeshir Farah, Ardesh Music, ASCAP and "Burabampo" by Luis Pérez, Irazu Publishing, BMI.

"Burampo" is a Yaqui Indian peyote chant.

Recorded at Christ the King Chapel, St. Anthony's Seminary, Santa Barbara, CA, December 12 and 13, 1988.

Mastered from the original analog master tape at The Exchange (London) on a custom-built system designed by Tim de Paravinci of EAR, UK.

Cover painting dancer inspired by Marina Lorca.

Back cover photo taken at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Montecito, CA.

Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah play Maldonado cutaway flamenco guitars.

This is a pure analog recording done exclusively with custom-built vacuum-tube electronics. The microphone set-up was the classic Blumlein arrangement. No noise reduction, equalization, compression, or limiting of any sort was used in the making of this record.

Microphones: Custom-built vacuum-tube design by Tim de Paravinci of EAR using MILAB dual rectangular capsules

Mic Pre-Amp: Custom-built vacuum-tube design by Tim de Paravinci

Recorder: Ampex MR70 (Nuvistor) "The Jack Mullin Special". Half-inch two-track with custom heads designed by Tim de Paravicini. Run at 15 i.p.s./C.C.I.R.

Tape: Ampex 456

Cables: AudioQuest

Vacuum-tubes and Nuvistors: Gold Aero Platinum Series

This recording was monitored with Apogee Caliper Signature Ribbon Speakers

Power Amps: EAR 509 MkII (100 Watt Mono Blocks)

This work is dedicated to San Juan de la Cruz and Ibn al'Arabi.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0-92592-1020-2-6
• Matrix / Runout: L806 4954 AQ1002 U90104-07 A
• Label Code: DIDX 012134

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
WLA-CS-08	Strunz & Farah	Misterio ‎(LP, Album)	Water Lily Acoustics	WLA-CS-08	US	1989
WLA-CS-08	Strunz & Farah	Misterio ‎(LP, Album, 180)	Water Lily Acoustics	WLA-CS-08	US	1989
2-AQM-1002	Strunz & Farah	Misterio ‎(CD, Album)	AudioQuest Music	2-AQM-1002	US	1992