Tracklist :
1. Viderunt Omnes 11:36
(Perotin, Traditional)
2. Veni Creator Spiritus 7:29
(Anonymus, Traditional)
3. Alleluia Posui Adiutorium 7:34
(Perotin, Traditional)
4. O Maria Virginei 4:49
(Anonymus, Traditional)
5. Dum Sigillum 7:37
(Perotin, Traditional)
6. Isaias Cecinit 1:43
(Anonymus, Traditional)
7. Alleluia Nativitas 8:31
(Perotin, Traditional)
8. Beata Viscera 6:12
(Perotin, Traditional)
9. Sederunt Principes 11:54
(Perotin, Traditional)
The Hilliard Ensemble :
David James - Countertenor
John Potter - Tenor
Rogers Covey-Crump - Tenor
Mark Padmore - Tenor
Charles Daniels - Tenor
Gordon Jones - Baritone
Paul Hillier - Baritone, Director
4.7.25
PEROTIN — The Hilliard Ensemble (1989) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
16.4.22
JOHN DOWLAND : Ayres (The Hilliard Ensemble) APE (image+.cue), lossless
1-4 From The First Booke Of Songes (1597)
5 From The Second Booke Of Songs (1600)
6 From The Third And Last Booke Of Songs (1603)
7-13 Lamentatio Henrici Noel
14-20 From A Pilgrimes Solace (1612)
Directed By – Paul Hillier
Ensemble – The Hilliard Ensemble
10.8.20
JAN GARBAREK / THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLE - Officium (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
Fearlessly searching for new conceptions of sound and not caring where he found them, Garbarek joined hands with the classical early-music movement, improvising around the four male voices of the Hilliard Ensemble. Now here was a radical idea guaranteed to infuriate both hardcore jazz buffs and the even more pristine more-authentic-than-thou folk in early music circles. Yet this unlikely fusion works stunningly well -- and even more hearteningly, went over the heads of the purists and became a hit album at a time (1994) when Gregorian chants were a hot item. Chants, early polyphonic music, and Renaissance motets by composers like Morales and Dufay form the basic material, bringing forth a cool yet moving spirituality in Garbarek's work. Recorded in a heavily reverberant Austrian monastery, the voices sometimes develop in overwhelming waves, and Garbarek rides their crest, his soprano sax soaring in the monastery acoustic, or he underscores the voices almost unobtrusively, echoing the voices, finding ample room to move around the modal harmonies yet applying his sound sparingly. Those with nervous metabolisms may become impatient with this undefinable music, but if you give it a chance, it will seduce you, too. by Richard S. Ginell
Tracklist:
1 Parce mihi domine 6:42
Cristóbal de Morales
2 Primo tempore 8:03
Anonymous / Anonymous, Czech
3 Sanctus 4:44
Anonymous / Anonymous, Czech
4 Regnanten Sempiterna 5:36
Gregorian Chant
5 O Salutaris Hostia 4:34
Pierre de la Rue
6 Procedentem sponsum 2:50
Anonymous / Anonymous, Hungarian
7 Pulcherrima rosa 6:55
Anonymous / Anonymous, Czech
8 Parce mihi domine 5:35
Cristóbal de Morales
9 Beata viscera, conductus for solo voice 6:34
Pérotin
10 De spineto nata rosa 2:30
Anonymous / Anonymous, English
11 Credo 2:06
Anonymous / Anonymous, Czech
12 Ave maris stella, hymn for 3 voices (2 versions) 4:14
Guillaume Dufay
13 Virgo flagellatur (School of Perotinus) 5:19
Anonymous
14 Oratio Ieremiae 5:00
Gregorian Chant
15 Parce mihi domine 6:52
Cristóbal de Morales
Credits:
Baritone Vocals – Gordon Jones
Countertenor Vocals – David James
Ensemble – The Hilliard Ensemble
Producer [Produced By] – Manfred Eicher
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Jan Garbarek
Tenor Vocals – John Potter, Rogers Covey-Crump
JAN GARBAREK / THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLE - Mnemosyne (1999) 2xCD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble waited nearly five years before trying to follow up their surprisingly successful Officium album, but finally they came through with an even more adventurous two-CD set of jazzman-meets-early-music-voices. Here, their range straddles no less than three milleniums (just missing a fourth by a couple of years), from the "Delphic Paean" of Athenaeus circa 127 B.C. to a lullaby by the contemporary Estonian composer Veljo Tormis, with intervening contributions by Hildegard von Bingen, William Billings, and Thomas Tallis, Iroquois Indians, Basque and Peruvian folksongs, and many more far-flung choices. Most daringly, the four voices themselves now start to improvise on scraps of ancient material culled from old book bindings and the like, though it's hard to determine exactly where this occurs (probably during some passages of wordless vocalise). Ultimately, despite the freer methods, the results are often pretty much the same as Officium on disc one -- soothing, timeless sonic frescos reverberantly recorded in the same Austrian St. Gerold monastery, with Garbarek soaring over or threading through the texture ever more sparingly. Yet on disc two, Garbarek and the Hilliards start to move into other worlds, breaking into something more disturbing and even atonal in that ancient "Delphic Paean," the syncopated harmonies of Garbarek's own "Loiterando," or a strange-sounding Russian Psalm from the 16th century. This is a collaboration in transition, and one hopes it will continue to evolve. by Richard S. Ginell
Tracklist 1 :
1 Quechua Song 7:12
Composed By – Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
Composed By [Peruvian Folksong Fragment] – Traditional
2 O Lord In Thee Is All My Trust 5:09
Composed By – Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble, Thomas Tallis
3 Estonian Lullaby 1:58
Composed By – Veljo Tormis
4 Remember Me My Dear 6:30
Composed By – Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
Composed By [16th Century Scotland] – Traditional
5 Gloria 6:03
Composed By – Guillaume Dufay
6 Fayrfax Africanus 4:05
Composed By – Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
Composed By [St Albans / Great Dunmow] – Traditional
7 Agnus Dei 8:38
Composed By – Antoine Brumel, Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
8 Novus Novus 2:18
Composed By – Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
Composed By [13th Centuy France] – Traditional
9 Se Je Fays Dueil 5:12
Composed By – Guillaume Le Rouge, Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
10 O Ignis Spiritus 10:53
Composed By – Hildegard Von Bingen, Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
Tracklist 2 :
1 Alleluia Nativitatis 5:06
Composed By – Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
Composed By [13th Century England] – Traditional
2 Delphic Paean 4:46
Composed By – Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
Composed By [127 BC] – Athenaeus
3 Strophe And Counter-Strophe 5:02
Composed By – Jan Garbarek
4 Mascarados 5:02
Composed By – Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
Composed By [Basque Folksong Fragments] – Traditional
5 Loiterando 5:33
Composed By – Jan Garbarek
6 Estonian Lullaby 2:01
Composed By – Veljo Tormis
7 Russian Psalm 3:45
Composed By – Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
Composed By [16th Century Russia] – Traditional
8 Eagle Dance 4:48
Composed By – Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
Composed By [Iroquois & Padleirmiut Fragments] – Traditional
9 When Jesus Wept 3:22
Composed By – Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble, William Billings
10 Hymn To The Sun 7:28
Composed By – Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble
Composed By [2nd Century Greece] – Mesomedes
Credits:
Baritone Vocals – Gordon Jones
Countertenor Vocals – David James
Design [Cover Design] – Sascha Kleis
Ensemble – The Hilliard Ensemble
Producer – Manfred Eicher
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Jan Garbarek
Tenor Vocals – John Potter, Rogers Covey-Crump
Text By [Mnemosyne Poem] – Friedrich Hölderlin
Note
"Thanks to Ingmar Bergman for many things, including these images from his film The Seventh Seal." M.E.
23.4.20
ARVO PÄRT : Arbos (1987) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Pärt's 1987 release, Arbos, shows the composer working within his medium, bringing forth a body of music sacred in sound and message and presenting new compositional techniques. Utilizing a limited palette of tones, arranged in repeating patterns, these works are often (understandably) categorized with the works of Glass, Reich, and Riley. The tonal palette is often borrowed from European medieval styles, and this, in conjunction with the liturgical subject matter, make these new compositions feel centuries old. His Pari Intervello, originally scored in 1978 for wind instruments, is here recorded for solo organ. One of his more famous pieces, Stabat Mater, is presented here -- an airy piece that floats just on the threshold of awareness. Scored for vocal trio and string trio, this is a simply beautiful piece -- very expressive and lilting. by Mark Allender
ARVO PÄRT - Passio (1988) APE (image+.cue), lossless
1 Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem 70:52
Credits:
Baritone Vocals [Evangelist Quartet] – Gordon Jones
Bass Vocals [Jesus] – Michael George
Bassoon – Catherine Duckett
Cello – Elisabeth Wilson
Choir – The Western Wind Chamber Choir
Composed By – Arvo Pärt
Conductor – Paul Hillier
Countertenor Vocals [Evangelist Quartet] – David James
Ensemble – The Hilliard Ensemble
Oboe – Melinda Maxwell
Organ – Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
Producer [Produced By] – Manfred Eicher
Soprano Vocals [Evangelist Quartet] – Lynne Dawson
Tenor Vocals [Evangelist Quartet] – Rogers Covey-Crump
Tenor Vocals [Pilate] – John Potter
Violin – Elizabeth Layton
19.1.19
JAN GARBAREK · THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLE — Officium Novum (2010) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1 OV zarmanali (Hymn of the baptism of Christ) 4:11
Komitas
2 Svjete tihij 4:14
Byzantine Chant
3 Allting finns 4:18
Jan Garbarek
4 Litany / Otche nash / Dostoino est 13:06
Various Composers
5 Surb, surb 6:40
Komitas
6 Most Holy Mother of God 4:34
Arvo Pärt
7 Tres morillas m'enamoran 3:32
Anonymous, Spanish
8 Sirt im sasani (Hymn for Maundy Thursday) 4:06
Komitas
9 Hays hark nviranats ukhti 6:25
Komitas
10 Alleluia. Nativitas 5:20
Pérotin
11 We are the stars 4:18
Jan Garbarek
12 Nur ein Weniges noch 0:19
George Seferis
Credits :
Arranged By – Jan Garbarek (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 to 10), The Hilliard Ensemble (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 to 10)
Baritone Vocals – Gordon Jones (2)
Countertenor Vocals – David James (13)
Producer – Manfred Eicher
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Jan Garbarek
Tenor Vocals – Rogers Covey-Crump, Steven Harrold
21.12.18
J. S. BACH : Morimur (The Hilliard Ensemble, Christoph Poppen) (2001) APE (image+.cue), lossless
Tracklist :
Cantata No. 136, "Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz," BWV 136 (BC A111)
1 Chorale for 4 voices "Auf meinen lieben Gott" 2:04
Christ lag in Todes Banden (II), chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 278 (BC F26.2)
2 Den Tod..., single voice excerpt 0:26
Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
3 Allemanda 4:11
4 Christ lag in Todes Banden (I), chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 277 (BC F26.1) 1:29
Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
5 Corrente 2:48
6 Christ lag in Todes Banden (II), chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 278 (BC F26.2) 1:31
Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
7 Sarabanda 4:00
Cantata No. 89, "Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim?" BWV 89 (BC A155)
8 Chorale for 4 voices Text: "Wo soll ich fliehen hin" 0:51
Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
9 Giga 4:19
Christ lag in Todes Banden (II), chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 278 (BC F26.2)
10 Den Tod..., single voice excerpt 0:29
Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 11 Ciaccona 14:22
12 Christ lag in Todes Banden (I), chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 277 (BC F26.1) 2:17
St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2)
13 Chorale for 4 voices "Dein Will gescheh'" 0:54
14 Befiehl du deine Wege (I), chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 270 (BC 92.1) 1:24
15 Jesu, meine Freude, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 358 (BC F116) 1:06
Cantata No. 188, "Ich habe meine Zuversicht," BWV 188 (BC A154)
16 Chorale for 4 voices "Auf meinen lieben Gott" 0:48
Cantata No. 5 "Wo soll ich fliehen hin," BWV 5 (BC A145)
17 Chorale for 4 voices "Jesu Deine Passion" 1:08
St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2)
18 Chorale for 4 voices "In meines Herzens Grunde" 0:52
19 Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (I), chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 389 (BC F153.1) 1:39
Christ lag in Todes Banden (II), chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 278 (BC F26.2)
20 Den Tod..., single voice excerpt 0:26
Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
21 Ciaccona, accompanied by chorale fragments 13:59
Christ lag in Todes Banden (II), chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 278 (BC F26.2)
22 Den Tod..., single voice excerpt 0:30
9.5.17
7.5.17
BACH / WEBERN : Ricercar (Christoph Poppen, The Hilliard Ensemble) (2003) APE (image+.cue), lossless

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This may be the single most powerful piece of music that the Kronos Quartet has ever recorded, and perhaps that Terry Riley has ever written...
