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salutare: Improvisation on liturgical music of the Middle Ages

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Catalogue numberRK2407D
Release date2014-04-04
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Inspired by the timeless beauty and spiritual power of Gregorian chant and Romanesque and Gothic polyphony, these four musicians founded their ensemble with the purpose of combining early vocal music with modern improvisation and experimental sound.
The surviving written music of Western Europe goes back to the 8th century and is to a large extent made up of liturgical music. Ensemble nun. researches this medieval repertoire (up to the 14th century), and using it as their starting point, performs in the here and now, in the singular moment of improvisation.
The two Canadian singers Rebecca Bain and Katherine Hill, internationally renowned interpreters of early music, bring early liturgical song to life according to its original sources. The Berlin saxophonist Gert Anklam and the Weimar guitarist Falk Zenker pick up from there; using their modern instruments but with careful consideration of medieval melody, harmony and composition principles, they improvise on the historical material, relying on their long experience with jazz, experimental and world music. The synthesis of voices, saxophones, e-guitar, and live electronics with its resulting blend of archaic and modern sounds, along with the back and forth between old and new melodies, the uniting of medieval and contemporary improvisation techniques, and the play between the natural acoustics of the hall and electronic duplication via live sampling, all make for a particularly exciting performance. 
 
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01 Viderunt omnes 10:46 $ 2.42 USD
02 Factus est Dominus 04:59 $ 1.12 USD
03 O plangens vox 04:46 $ 1.07 USD
04 Crucifixum in carne laudate 04:07 $ 0.93 USD
05 Hodie aperuit nobis 04:55 $ 1.11 USD
06 Alleluia. Dies sanctificatus 03:59 $ 0.90 USD
07 De monte lapis scinditur 06:57 $ 1.56 USD
08 Stirps Jesse 02:45 $ 0.62 USD
09 Mater Dei / Mater virgo pia / EIUS 04:22 $ 0.98 USD
10 Benedicamus domino 04:53 $ 1.10 USD
11 Vox clara ecce intonat 03:07 $ 0.70 USD
  Album total 55:36
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Hildegard von Bingen
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