Järg ülimenukale albumile “Officium”, mis oli saksofonist Jan Garbareki karjääris üks olulisemaid salvestusi. Muusika ulatub siin üle 22 maa – vanast Kreekast Veljo Tormise “Eesti hällilauludeni”, viisidest Põhja- ja Lõuna Ameerika mandrilt kuni vanamuusika kuulsusteni.
ECM Records (ECM 1700/01)
Salvestatud aprillis 1998 (Propstei St. Gerold)
Heliinsener: Peter Laenger
The Hilliard Ensemble: David James (kontratenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), John Potter (tenor), Gordon Jones (bariton)
Esitus ladina, inglise, eesti, hispaania keeles
Buklett 24 lk.
Engineer: Peter Laenger
Produced by Manfred Eicher
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ester.eeOfficium was a mellifluous melding of sensual sax improvisation and early choral music; Mnemosyne embraces a wider musical world and occasionally takes a harder musical line. /---/ It is a difficult disc to categorize. Should we call it a ‘concept’ album’? In a sense, yes. Or perhaps jazz improvisation? Yes, that as well.
GramophoneMnemosyne means memory in pre-Christian Greek, and the five musicians work with more than 2,000 years of Western music - sometimes whole pieces, sometimes just fragments scribbled in the margins of a psalter, or, this time, new pieces by Garbarek himself that demand this most ancient of styles reinvent itself as improvisation and jazz. Officium remains a stunning, breakthrough recording. For the jazz fan, Mnemosyne moves the magic up a notch. If you haven't had the experience yet, do yourself the favour soon. (Ian Nicholson, 1999-05-01)
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AmazonHowever, at the purest of musical levels Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble again created something complex, exploratory and intelligently diffuse. But it is equally and endlessly rewarding when simply just drifting past, as a kind of intellectual ambience. (Graham Reid, 2012-02-12)
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ECM RecordsGarbarek and the Hilliard singers cover a wider scope of music this time out, drawing on repertoire ranging from “Delphic Paean” of Athenaeus, circa 127 B.C., a 16th-century Scottish “Remember Me My Dear” to a modern “Estonian Lullaby” and the Garbarek original “Loiterando.” Mesmerizing trance music, from ancient to the future. (Bill Milkowski, 2000)
JazzTimes... to a lullaby by the contemporary Estonian composer Veljo Tormis, with intervening contributions by Hildegard von Bingen, William Billings, and Thomas Tallis, Iroquois Indians, Basque and Peruvian folksongs, and many more far-flung choices. (Richard S. Ginell)
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MusicBrainzMnemosyne is a sort of collaborative original composition that plays for one-and-three-quarter hours, and ECM's photographic presentation toys with air, earth and spirit much as Garbarek and the Hilliards do in musical terms.. (Rob Cowan, 1999-04-16)
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DiscogsOn “Mnemosyne,” their recent collaboration, the origin of their songs extends back to the second century B.C. with a Greek hymn to Delphic gods and ranges through ancient, obscure music al traditions as diverse as Quechuan folk songs, Estonian lullabies, Iroquois dances and Christian chants. (Michael Pronko, 2002-01-30)
The Japan TimesWhile familiar territories abound—among them pieces by Tallis, Dufay, and Tormis—the addition of tenor and soprano saxophones renders them beautifully arcane. Even during those pieces in which the Hilliards sing alone, Garbarek’s presence is ever felt, hovering like a shadow in the corner of our vision. (Tyran Grillo, 2010-09-24)
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ArkivMusicPaul Griffiths reviews concert by Hilliard Ensemble and improvising saxophonist Jan Garbarek at Church of St Ignatius Loyola (M) (1999-03-23)
New York TimesOfficium was a mellifluous melding of sensual sax improvisation and early choral music; Mnemosyne embraces a wider musical world and occasionally takes a harder musical line. /---/ It is a difficult disc to categorize. Should we call it a ‘concept’ album’? In a sense, yes. Or perhaps jazz improvisation? Yes, that as well.
GramophoneMnemosyne means memory in pre-Christian Greek, and the five musicians work with more than 2,000 years of Western music - sometimes whole pieces, sometimes just fragments scribbled in the margins of a psalter, or, this time, new pieces by Garbarek himself that demand this most ancient of styles reinvent itself as improvisation and jazz. Officium remains a stunning, breakthrough recording. For the jazz fan, Mnemosyne moves the magic up a notch. If you haven't had the experience yet, do yourself the favour soon. (Ian Nicholson, 1999-05-01)
All About JazzHowever, at the purest of musical levels Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble again created something complex, exploratory and intelligently diffuse. But it is equally and endlessly rewarding when simply just drifting past, as a kind of intellectual ambience. (Graham Reid, 2012-02-12)
Elsewhere.co.nzGarbarek and the Hilliard singers cover a wider scope of music this time out, drawing on repertoire ranging from “Delphic Paean” of Athenaeus, circa 127 B.C., a 16th-century Scottish “Remember Me My Dear” to a modern “Estonian Lullaby” and the Garbarek original “Loiterando.” Mesmerizing trance music, from ancient to the future. (Bill Milkowski, 2000)
JazzTimes... to a lullaby by the contemporary Estonian composer Veljo Tormis, with intervening contributions by Hildegard von Bingen, William Billings, and Thomas Tallis, Iroquois Indians, Basque and Peruvian folksongs, and many more far-flung choices. (Richard S. Ginell)
AllMusicMnemosyne is a sort of collaborative original composition that plays for one-and-three-quarter hours, and ECM's photographic presentation toys with air, earth and spirit much as Garbarek and the Hilliards do in musical terms.. (Rob Cowan, 1999-04-16)
IndependentOn “Mnemosyne,” their recent collaboration, the origin of their songs extends back to the second century B.C. with a Greek hymn to Delphic gods and ranges through ancient, obscure music al traditions as diverse as Quechuan folk songs, Estonian lullabies, Iroquois dances and Christian chants. (Michael Pronko, 2002-01-30)
The Japan TimesWhile familiar territories abound—among them pieces by Tallis, Dufay, and Tormis—the addition of tenor and soprano saxophones renders them beautifully arcane. Even during those pieces in which the Hilliards sing alone, Garbarek’s presence is ever felt, hovering like a shadow in the corner of our vision. (Tyran Grillo, 2010-09-24)
ECM ReviewsPaul Griffiths reviews concert by Hilliard Ensemble and improvising saxophonist Jan Garbarek at Church of St Ignatius Loyola (M) (1999-03-23)
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