ECM New Series 1700/01 465 122-2
Engineer:Peter Laenger; Producer:Manfred Eicher; Cover Design:Sascha Kleis; Booklet images from the Ingmar Bergman film The Seventh Seal.
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Jan
Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble: Mnemosyne ECM New Series 1700/01 465 122-2 |
| Recorded at Propstei St. Gerold Monastery, Austria during April 1998. Released in
1999. Engineer:Peter Laenger; Producer:Manfred Eicher; Cover Design:Sascha Kleis; Booklet images from the Ingmar Bergman film The Seventh Seal. |
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| Compositions by Veljo Tormis (1930-) |
| CD 1 - Track 3. Estonian Lullaby
(No. 2. Marjal aega magada (It's Time for
the Little Berry to Sleep) from Neli eesti hällilaulu
(Four Estonian Lullabies) [folksong from Räpina parish,
Estonia] (1989) (1:58) The Hilliard Ensemble:vocals CD 2 - Track 6. Estonian Lullaby (the original source is from the same work as the above track) (2:01) The Hilliard Ensemble:vocals and Jan Garbarek:saxophone |
| Note: The other tracks of this double CD are by the composers/from the sources: Peruvian folksong fragment, Thomas Tallis, 16th century Scotland, Guillaume Dufay, St. Albans/Great Dunmow, Antoine Brumel, 13th century France, Guillaume le Rouge, Hildegard von Bingen, 13th century England, Athenaeus (127 BC), Jan Garbarek, Basque folksong fragments, 16th century Russia, Iroquois & Padleirmiut fragments, William Billings and Mesomedes (2nd century Greece) and The Hilliard Ensemble. |
| Commissions, Dedications and Awards |
| Research in progress. |
| Music Publishers |
| The publishing source for the score of Neli eesti hällilaulu (Four Estonian Lullabies) is Fennica Gehrman, Helsinki, Finland (previously Warner/Chappell Music Finland Oy and Edition Fazer, Finland). |
| Other Points of Interest and Links |
| 1. There are no texts provided for any of
the compositions on these discs. The booklet notes consist of the poem Mnemosyne
by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) (in German, English, French & Italian) and a one
page background note by Hilliard Ensemble member John Potter (also in German, English,
French & Italian). 2. ECM Records has a page for this double CD disc set which links to further background information on the compositions and which can be seen here. |
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