Adiemus V: Vocalise
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Released in 2003, Adiemus V: Vocalise is the last album by Welsh
composer
Karl Jenkins
as part of the five-album Adiemus
project. In contrast to Jenkins's past Adiemus compositions, several of the tracks in this album are arrangements or variations on existing classical works. Additionally, the lyrics for some tracks are borrowed from religious texts or even the title of the piece rather than the invented phonetic language used exclusively in the preceding Adiemus albums. Adiemus V: Vocalise features the broadest range in musical styles and instrumentation of the series.
ese release of Adieums V: Vocalise.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins
-Other works:*Adiemus: Live — live versions of Adiemus music*Palladio *Eloise *Imagined Oceans *The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace...
as part of the five-album Adiemus
Adiemus
-Concept:Each Adiemus album is a collection of song-length pieces featuring harmonised vocal melody against an orchestral background. There are no lyrics as such: instead the vocalists sing syllables and 'words' invented by Jenkins...
project. In contrast to Jenkins's past Adiemus compositions, several of the tracks in this album are arrangements or variations on existing classical works. Additionally, the lyrics for some tracks are borrowed from religious texts or even the title of the piece rather than the invented phonetic language used exclusively in the preceding Adiemus albums. Adiemus V: Vocalise features the broadest range in musical styles and instrumentation of the series.
Track listing
All tracks by Karl JenkinsKarl Jenkins
-Other works:*Adiemus: Live — live versions of Adiemus music*Palladio *Eloise *Imagined Oceans *The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace...
- "Rondo" (after Violin Concerto (Beethoven)Violin Concerto (Beethoven)Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, was written in 1806.The work was premiered on 23 December 1806 in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. Beethoven wrote the concerto for his colleague Franz Clement, a leading violinist of the day, who had earlier given him helpful advice on...
) – 4:09 - "The Protector" (lyrics translated from HebrewHebrew languageHebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
GrailHoly GrailThe Holy Grail is a sacred object figuring in literature and certain Christian traditions, most often identified with the dish, plate, or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and said to possess miraculous powers...
text) – 4:11 - "Allegrettango" (after Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, in 1811, was the seventh of his nine symphonies. He worked on it while staying in the Bohemian spa town of Teplice in the hope of improving his health. It was completed in 1812, and was dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries.At its debut,...
, Second Movement) – 6:01 (with TERRY BARBER, Countertenor) - "Dona Nobis Pacem Part I" (lyrics from Agnus Dei of the Ordinary of the MassMass (liturgy)"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...
) – 2:26 - "Dona Nobis Pacem Part II" (lyrics from Agnus Dei of the Ordinary of the MassMass (liturgy)"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...
) – 6:00 - "Akruzam" (after MazurkaMazurkaThe mazurka is a Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, and with accent on the third or second beat.-History:The folk origins of the mazurek are two other Polish musical forms—the slow machine...
s by Frédéric ChopinFrédéric ChopinFrédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
) – 4:29 - "Schwanda the Bagpiper" (arrangement of Jaromír WeinbergerJaromír Weinberger- Biography :Weinberger was born in Prague, from a family of Jewish origin. He heard Czech folksongs from time spent at his grandparents' farm as a youth. He started to play the piano at age 5, and was composing and conducting by age 10. He began musical studies with Jaroslav Křička. Later teachers...
's Švanda the BagpiperŠvanda the BagpiperŠvanda the Bagpiper , written in 1926, is an opera in two acts , with music by Jaromír Weinberger to a Czech libretto by Miloš Kareš, based on the story Strakonický dudák aneb Hody divých žen by Josef Kajetán Tyl. Its first performance was in Prague at the Czech National Opera on 27 April 1927...
) – 1:49 - "Exit Schwanda" – 1:18
- "Bendigedig" – 5:20 (with TERRY BARBER, Countertenor)
- "Schubert's Dance" (after Franz SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
) – 3:20 - "Berceuse pour un Enfant Solitaire" – 6:11
- "Aria" (arrangement of Cantilena from Heitor Villa-LobosHeitor Villa-LobosHeitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
's Bachianas Brasileiras) – 5:30 (with TERRY BARBER, Countertenor) - "Mysterious are Your Ways" – 3:30
- "Mi Contra Fa, Diabolus in Musica" – 5:55
- "Vocalise" (arrangement of Sergei RachmaninoffSergei RachmaninoffSergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
's Vocalise) – 4:31 (with TERRY BARBER, Countertenor) - encoreEncore (concert)An encore is an additional performance added to the end of a concert, from the French "encore", which means "again", "some more"; multiple encores are not uncommon. Encores originated spontaneously, when audiences would continue to applaud and demand additional performance from the artist after the...
: "Boogie Woogie Llanoogie" – 3:29
Personnel
- Pirjo Aittomäki – Vocals
- Terrance L. Barber Jr. – Counter Tenor (Vocal)
- Mary Carewe – Vocals
- Paul Clarvis – Percussion
- Helen Connolly – Executive Producer, Associate Producer
- Mark Feltham – Harmonica
- Martin Giles – Mastering
- Mervi Hiltunen – Vocals, Soloist
- Nigel Hitchcock – Saxophone, Wind Controller
- Gavin Horsley – Bass (Vocal)
- Jody Barratt Jenkins – Percussion, Piano, Programming, Producer, Editing
- Karl Jenkins – Piano, Arranger, Conductor, Producer, Concept, Song Notes
- Anna-Mari Kähärä – Vocals
- London Philharmonic Orchestra – Orchestra
- Steve Price – Mixing
- Merja Rajala – Vocals
- Säde Rissanen – Vocals
- Pieter Schoeman – Orchestra Leader
- Hanna Riikka – Vocals
- Mia Simanainen – Vocals
- Belinda Sykes – Vocals, Soloist
- Nina Tapio – Vocals
- Martin Taylor – Guitar
- Pamela Thorby – Recorder
- Riikka Timonen – Vocals
- Paul Vozdic – Cover Photo
- Kenny Wheeler – Flugelhorn
- Guy Wiffen – Engineer
Singles & Alternative Versions
Common to albums in the Adiemus project, releases in different regions may have different cover art, such as the JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese release of Adieums V: Vocalise.