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To judge from the minimal graphics of this Carpe Diem release, soprano Arianna Savall doesn't have quite the skills of her famous father, Jordi, at wrangling support from the Catalonian government for lavish six-language booklets. It's too bad, for what Savall and her accompanying group, Hirundo Maris, offer here is a novel approach to the music of the medieval German abbess Hildegard von Bingen. Chant singing is essentially a group activity, but the expressivity of Hildegard's compositions, with their wide melodic ranges and distinctive original poetry, has inspired more subjective approaches with solo singing. This is all to the good as long as listeners realize that what they're getting is not a historically informed performance. Indeed, Hirundo Maris contains a mix of instruments gleefully ranging from the Persian santur to the Scandinavian nyckelharpa, deployed so as to generate shimmering, shifting textures thought to complement the spirituality of the texts. An especially inspired if totally ahistorical addition is a Tibetan singing bowl, used to produce an attractive drone note. Savall's voice will not disappoint those who've heard her on Jordi Savall's recordings, and she seems to react genuinely to Hildegard's ecstatic poetry. There are some instrumental compositions by ensemble co-founder Petter Udland Johansen that try to evoke the general mood of Hildegard's music; because they add percussion and are not really consistent in tonal material, they tend to break that mood. And the addition of a piece by Petrus Abelardus (the Abelard in Abelard and Heloise) also seems out of place, although it does set off Hildegard's distinctive style. Recommended for fans of the Savall clan and for those interested in novel approaches to medieval music.
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Hildegard Von Bingen, Composer, Lyricist - Arianna Savall, Vocalist, MainArtist - David Mayoral, MainArtist - Petter Udland Johansen, Soloist, MainArtist - Hirundo Maris, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Spindler, MainArtist - Anke Spindler, MainArtist
2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin 2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin
Hildegard Von Bingen, Composer, Lyricist - Arianna Savall, Vocalist, MainArtist - David Mayoral, MainArtist - Petter Udland Johansen, Soloist, MainArtist - Hirundo Maris, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Spindler, MainArtist - Anke Spindler, MainArtist
2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin 2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin
Arianna Savall, Soloist, MainArtist - David Mayoral, MainArtist - Petter Udland Johansen, Composer, Soloist, MainArtist - Hirundo Maris, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Spindler, MainArtist - Anke Spindler, MainArtist
2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin 2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin
Arianna Savall, Soloist, MainArtist - Petter Udland Johansen, Soloist, MainArtist - Petrus Abaelardus, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist
2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin 2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin
Arianna Savall, Vocalist, MainArtist - David Mayoral, MainArtist - Petter Udland Johansen, Composer, Soloist, MainArtist - Hirundo Maris, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Spindler, MainArtist - Anke Spindler, MainArtist
2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin 2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin
Hildegard Von Bingen, Composer, Lyricist - Arianna Savall, Vocalist, MainArtist - David Mayoral, MainArtist - Petter Udland Johansen, Soloist, MainArtist - Hirundo Maris, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Spindler, MainArtist - Anke Spindler, MainArtist
2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin 2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin
Arianna Savall, Vocalist, MainArtist - David Mayoral, MainArtist - Petter Udland Johansen, Composer, Soloist, MainArtist - Hirundo Maris, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Spindler, MainArtist - Anke Spindler, MainArtist
2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin 2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin
Hildegard Von Bingen, Composer, Lyricist - Arianna Savall, Vocalist, MainArtist - David Mayoral, MainArtist - Petter Udland Johansen, Soloist, MainArtist - Hirundo Maris, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Spindler, MainArtist - Anke Spindler, MainArtist
2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin 2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin
Arianna Savall, Vocalist, MainArtist - David Mayoral, MainArtist - Petter Udland Johansen, Composer, Soloist, MainArtist - Hirundo Maris, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Spindler, MainArtist - Anke Spindler, MainArtist
2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin 2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin
Hildegard Von Bingen, Composer, Lyricist - Arianna Savall, Vocalist, MainArtist - David Mayoral, MainArtist - Petter Udland Johansen, Soloist, MainArtist - Hirundo Maris, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Spindler, MainArtist - Anke Spindler, MainArtist
2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin 2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin
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To judge from the minimal graphics of this Carpe Diem release, soprano Arianna Savall doesn't have quite the skills of her famous father, Jordi, at wrangling support from the Catalonian government for lavish six-language booklets. It's too bad, for what Savall and her accompanying group, Hirundo Maris, offer here is a novel approach to the music of the medieval German abbess Hildegard von Bingen. Chant singing is essentially a group activity, but the expressivity of Hildegard's compositions, with their wide melodic ranges and distinctive original poetry, has inspired more subjective approaches with solo singing. This is all to the good as long as listeners realize that what they're getting is not a historically informed performance. Indeed, Hirundo Maris contains a mix of instruments gleefully ranging from the Persian santur to the Scandinavian nyckelharpa, deployed so as to generate shimmering, shifting textures thought to complement the spirituality of the texts. An especially inspired if totally ahistorical addition is a Tibetan singing bowl, used to produce an attractive drone note. Savall's voice will not disappoint those who've heard her on Jordi Savall's recordings, and she seems to react genuinely to Hildegard's ecstatic poetry. There are some instrumental compositions by ensemble co-founder Petter Udland Johansen that try to evoke the general mood of Hildegard's music; because they add percussion and are not really consistent in tonal material, they tend to break that mood. And the addition of a piece by Petrus Abelardus (the Abelard in Abelard and Heloise) also seems out of place, although it does set off Hildegard's distinctive style. Recommended for fans of the Savall clan and for those interested in novel approaches to medieval music.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Hirundo Maris Petter Udland Johansen Arianna Savall
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Carpe Diem Records Berlin
- Genre: Divers
2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin 2014 Carpe Diem Records Berlin
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