| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
000411 000414 000418 001306 000640 000434 000332 000406 000625 000520 000409 000019 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Series |
ECM new series
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ECM new series.
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| Note |
Principally for vocal quartet and saxophone. |
| Credits |
Produced by Manfred Eicher. |
| Performer |
Jan Garbarek, saxophone ; The Hilliard Ensemble (David James, countertenor ; Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor ; Steven Harrold, tenor ; Gordon Jones, baritone) ; Bruno Ganz, reader (last work). |
| Event |
Recorded June 2009, Propstei St. Gerold. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes in English by Thomas Steinfeld and text of Nur ein Weniges noch in Greek with German, Italian, English and French translations (23 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Ov zarmanali / Komitas (4:11) -- Svjete tihij : Byzantine chant (4:14) -- Allting finns / Jan Garbarek (4:18) -- Litany / Nikolai N. Kedrov ; Otche nash : from the Lipovan Old Believers tradition ; Dostoino est / anon. (13:06) -- Surb, surb / Komitas (6:40) -- Most holy Mother of God / Arvo Pärt (4:34) -- Tres morillas m'enamoran : from El cancionero de Palacio / Spanish anon. (3:32) -- Sirt im sasani : hymn for Maundy Thursday (4:06) ; Hays hark nviranats ukhti (6:25) / Komitas -- Alleluia. Nativitas / Pérotin (5:20) -- We are the stars / Jan Garbarek (4:09) -- Nur ein Weniges noch / Giorgos Seferis (:19). |
| Summary |
The third album from Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble focuses on the music of Armenia based on the adaptations of Komitas Vardapet, pieces which draw upon both medieval sacred music and the bardic tradition of the Caucasus. |
| Language |
Sung in Armenian, Swedish, Church Slavic, English, Latin, Spanish, and German (spoken). |
| Subject |
Sacred vocal quartets with saxophone.
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Sacred vocal quartets, Unaccompanied.
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Sacred vocal quartets, Unaccompanied. |
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Sacred vocal music -- Armenia.
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Sacred vocal music. |
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Armenia. |
| Genre/Form |
Sacred vocal music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Ganz, Bruno, narrator.
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Komitas, Vardapet, 1869-1935.
Choral music. Selections.
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Garbarek, Jan, 1947-
Allting finns.
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Garbarek, Jan, 1947-
We are the stars.
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Kedrov, Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich, 1871-1940.
Velika ektenia.
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Kedrov, Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich, 1871-1940.
Otche nash.
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Pärt, Arvo.
Most holy Mother of God.
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Pérotin, -1238?
Alleluia, nativitas.
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Seferis, George, 1900-1971.
Ligo akoma. German.
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Hilliard Ensemble, performer.
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| Standard No. |
028947638551 |
| Music No. |
B0014664-02 ECM Records |
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ECM 2125 ECM Records |
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2125 ECM Records |
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