Ignis (album)
Appearance
Ignis | ||||
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Released | 2000 | |||
Recorded | June 1998 | |||
Studio | Niguliste Church Tallinn, Estonia | |||
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Length | 72:41 | |||
Label | ECM ECM 1681 | |||
Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Ignis is the fourth album by Swiss violinist and composer Paul Giger, recorded at St. Nicholas Church, Tallinn, Estonia in June 1998 and released on ECM in 2000.[1]
Reception
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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."[2]
Track listing
- All compositions by Paul Giger except as indicated
- "Organum" (Anonymous) – 6:26
- "Karma Shadub" – 21:01
- "Tropus" (Notker Balbulus, Tuotilo) – 14:00
- "Alleluja" (Notker Balbulus, Tuotilo) – 3:31
- "O Ignis" (Hildegard von Bingen) – 27:43
Note
- In 2011, Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer used samples of Ignis as the basis for the track "Reshadub" on the remix album Re:ECM.
Personnel
- Paul Giger – violin, viola d'amore
- Marius Ungureanu – viola (tracks 1 & 3–5)
- Beat Schneider – cello (tracks 1 & 3–5)
- Tõnu Kaljuste – conductor (tracks 2–5)
References
- ^ ECM discography accessed October 31, 2011
- ^ a b Allender, M. W. B. Allmusic Review accessed October 31, 2011