Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble: Mnemosyne

Mnemosyne / Jan Garbarek, Ensemble - ECM Import - PID 797961 - 028946512227

Artist: Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble
Label: ECM Records (USA)
Catalog No: PID 797961
Format: CD
Release Date: 1999-10-05 (Original ~ 1999)
Number of Discs: 2
Running time: 105 min.
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 028946512227

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Audio Samples

>Quechua Song
>O Lord, in thee is all my trust
>Remember me my dear
>Gloria(s) - (Latin)
>Agnus Dei - (Latin)
>O ignis spiritus Paracliti - (Latin)
>Estonian Lullaby - (Estonian)
>Novus novus - (Latin)
>Alleluia V Nativitas - (Latin)
>Delphic Paean
>Strophe and Counter-Strophe
>Loiterando
>Estonian Lullaby - (Estonian)
>Russian Psalm - (Slavik)
>Eagle Dance
>When Jesus Wept
>Hymn to the Sun - (German)
>Mascarades
>Se je fayz dueil - (French)
>Fayrfax Africanus - (Latin)

Track List

>Quechua Song
>O Lord, in thee is all my trust
>Remember me my dear
>Gloria(s) - (Latin)
>Agnus Dei - (Latin)
>O ignis spiritus Paracliti - (Latin)
>Estonian Lullaby - (Estonian)
>Novus novus - (Latin)
>Alleluia V Nativitas - (Latin)
>Delphic Paean
>Strophe and Counter-Strophe
>Loiterando
>Estonian Lullaby - (Estonian)
>Russian Psalm - (Slavik)
>Eagle Dance
>When Jesus Wept
>Hymn to the Sun - (German)
>Mascarades
>Se je fayz dueil - (French)
>Fayrfax Africanus - (Latin)

Album Notes

Mnemosyne is an intriguing mix of the old and the new: the legendary Hilliard Ensemble performing a wide selection of music ranging from Dufay to Tallis to Peruvian or Native American sources accompanied by Jan Garbarek who provides a modern backdrop with his saxophone improvisations.

Garbarek does not so much solo as provide ornamentation to the works. Weaving in and around the vertical writing and austere nature of the written music, Garbarek appears as a musician soaring in and around the formal patterns of the vocal parts.

One of the more adventurous couplings is 'Delphic Poem' wherein the fusion of saxophone and voices comes across first as a sonic, meditative wash of sound and then later accompanied by some wild flights from Garbarek. Other standouts include 'Mascarades' for Garbarek's foghorn-like effects and 'Eagle Dance' for the Native American styling from both the wordless setting of the Hilliard and Garbarek's florid emulation of birdcalls. Stark, spare, and evocative are the key words to sum up this masterful collection.



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