Ignis (album)
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Ignis is the fourth album by Swiss violinist Paul Giger
recorded in 1998 and released on the ECM label.
Paul Giger
Paul Giger , is a Swiss violinist and composer. He plays contemporary classical music, jazz, and free improvised music, and specializes in extended techniques....
recorded in 1998 and released on the ECM label.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Mark W. B. Allender awarded the album 4 stars stating "the pieces on Ignis form a body of old-world sacred music with an avant-garde sensibility".Track listing
- All compositions by Paul Giger except as indicated
- "Organum" (Anonymous) - 6:26
- "Karma Shadub" - 21:01
- "Tropus" (Notker Balbulus, TuotiloTuotiloSaint Tuotilo was a medieval monk and composer. Born in Ireland, he is said to have been a large and powerfully built man. He was educated at the Abbey of St. Gall and remained to become a monk there. He was the friend of Notker of St. Gall, with whom he studied music under Moengal...
) - 14:00 - "Alleluja" (Notker Balbulus, Tuotilo) - 3:31
- "O Ignis" (Hildegard von Bingen) - 27:43
- Recorded at Niguliste Church, Tallinn in Estonia in June 1998
Personnel
- Paul GigerPaul GigerPaul Giger , is a Swiss violinist and composer. He plays contemporary classical music, jazz, and free improvised music, and specializes in extended techniques....
- violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, viola d'amoreViola d'amoreThe viola d'amore is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin.- Structure and sound :... - Marius Ungureanu - violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
(tracks 1 & 3-5) - Beat Schneider - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
(tracks 1 & 3-5) - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber ChoirEstonian Philharmonic Chamber ChoirThe Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is a professional choir based in Estonia. It was founded in 1981 by Tõnu Kaljuste, who was its conductor for twenty years. In 2001, Paul Hillier followed Kaljuste's tenure, becoming the EPCC's principal conductor and artistic director until September 2008,...
conductedConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
by Tõnu KaljusteTõnu KaljusteTõnu Kaljuste is an Estonian conductor.Born in Tallinn, Kaljuste is the child of Heino Kaljuste , an Estonian choral conductor, and Lia Kaljuste, a radio journalist. Tõnu sang in his father's choirs as a child, and graduated from the Tallinn Music High School in 1971...
(tracks 2-5)