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Impermanence / Lorelei Ensemble [CD + Blu-ray Audio]
Sono Luminus

Impermanence / Lorelei Ensemble [CD + Blu-ray Audio]

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Composer
CALIXTINUS DU FAY TAKEMITSU
Artist
Willer
Format
CD + Blu-Ray
Label
Sono Luminus
Released
Sep 28, 2018
Catalog #
DSL-92226
UPC
053479222626

About

A New York Times 25 Best Classical Music Track Selection for 2018 - Apostolo glorioso

Migration of peoples across borders has shaped the human experience for millennia. While securing permanent shelter—a home—has become a goal for the majority of individuals in our world, migration remains one of our main strategies for survival. Today, tens of millions of individuals live a nomadic lifestyle as hunter gatherers or pastoralists. Pilgrims seek moral or spiritual significance through extended physical journeys. Immigrants and refugees seek freedom, stability, and safety in a new community or country. Whether physical or metaphysical, humanity survives by way of continuous movement—our culture, beliefs, and histories are marked by impermanence. Music functions as a container of meaning, a vehicle we have used for centuries to express and grapple with the ineffable. We want to capture music—to write it down with a notation that clearly defines and preserves our musical ideas for generations to come. Yet, we have struggled to create a collection of symbols that can fully express our intentions—intentions that go far beyond pitch and rhythm. With this evolution came an ever-expanding musical vocabulary, new levels of complexity, and an increased desire to prescribe performance practices with the pen. But music resists this containment—the possibilities precede and outlast the technology that seeks to write them down. The repertoire on this album is rife with symbolism and metaphor that further teases out concepts of impermanence, migration, and the transient nature of musical language. From the wordless vocalises of Takemitsu’s Windhorse depicting Tibetan nomads, to the 12th century polyphony of the Codex Calixtinus sung by pilgrims traveling along the Camino de Santiago, to the dramatic shifts of polyphonic style seen in the 15th century motets of Du Fay and the Turin Manuscript, to Peter Gilbert’s contemporary meditation on the phases of the moon—temporality is a common and unmistakable thread.

REVIEW:

While it’s fun to dip in and sample, the album unfolds its full mesmerizing effect when you follow the singers on their squiggly line through music history, weaving together the ancient and the new in wondrous ways.

– New York Times

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Portum in ultimo [Codex Calixtinus, Spain, ca. 1160-1173] 02:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    Portum in ultimo [Codex Calixtinus, Spain, ca. 1160-1173]
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  2. 2 Kaze no uma (Wind Horse): Vocalise No. 1 02:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    Kaze no uma (Wind Horse): Vocalise No. 1
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  3. 3 No. 1. Ama no hara 00:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 1. Ama no hara
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Peter Gilbert
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  4. 4 No. 2. Akikaze ni 00:48
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 2. Akikaze ni
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Peter Gilbert
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  5. 5 No. 3. Tsuki mireba 01:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 3. Tsuki mireba
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Peter Gilbert
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  6. 6 Rite maiorem iacobum canamus / Arcibus summis miseri reclusi 04:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    Rite maiorem iacobum canamus / Arcibus summis miseri reclusi
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Guillaume Dufay
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  7. 7 Pour ce que point fu de la amere espine / A toi vierge me represente [Turin Manuscript, MS s.J.II.9, Cyprus, 15 century] 04:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    Pour ce que point fu de la amere espine / A toi vierge me represente [Turin Manuscript, MS s.J.II.9, Cyprus, 15 century]
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  8. 8 O proles Hispanie / O sidus Hispanie 04:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    O proles Hispanie / O sidus Hispanie
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Guillaume Dufay
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  9. 9 Qui patris atris honoris / Paraclite spiritus [Turin Manuscript] 03:08
    Track
    9
    Title
    Qui patris atris honoris / Paraclite spiritus [Turin Manuscript]
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  10. 10 No. 4. Nageke tote 01:33
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 4. Nageke tote
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Peter Gilbert
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  11. 11 No. 5. Wata no hara 01:56
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 5. Wata no hara
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Peter Gilbert
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  12. 12 No. 6. Kokoro ni mo 01:01
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 6. Kokoro ni mo
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Peter Gilbert
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  13. 13 Par grant soif clere fontainne / Dame de tout pris [Turin Manuscript] 04:13
    Track
    13
    Title
    Par grant soif clere fontainne / Dame de tout pris [Turin Manuscript]
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  14. 14 Flos florum 03:34
    Track
    14
    Title
    Flos florum
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Guillaume Dufay
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  15. 15 Sanctus in eternis regnans / Sanctus et ingenitus pater atque carens [Turin Manuscript] 03:37
    Track
    15
    Title
    Sanctus in eternis regnans / Sanctus et ingenitus pater atque carens [Turin Manuscript]
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  16. 16 Apostolo glorioso 03:07
    Track
    16
    Title
    Apostolo glorioso
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Guillaume Dufay
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  17. 17 No. 7. Hototogisu 00:53
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 7. Hototogisu
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Peter Gilbert
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  18. 18 No. 8. Natsu no yo wa 01:36
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 8. Natsu no yo wa
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Peter Gilbert
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble
  19. 19 Kaze no uma (Wind Horse): Vocalise No. 2 03:19
    Track
    19
    Title
    Kaze no uma (Wind Horse): Vocalise No. 2
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Ensemble
    Lorelei Ensemble