Special offer. In Memoria Eterna: A Spiritual Vigil For The New Century
Ensemble Organum (early music ensemble), Ahmed Saher, Jérôme Casalonga, Jean-Christophe Candau, Frédéric Tavernier, Jean-Étienne Langiann, Rachid El Mazzaoui, Marcel Pérès
This blend of voices lends the ensemble a rich, varied edge that is most welcome in this repertoire, and vocalist Rachid El Mazzaoui must be singled out for his soaring solo account of Psalm...
Special offer. In Memoria Eterna: A Spiritual Vigil For The New Century
Ensemble Organum (early music ensemble), Ahmed Saher, Jérôme Casalonga, Jean-Christophe Candau, Frédéric Tavernier, Jean-Étienne Langiann, Rachid El Mazzaoui, Marcel Pérès
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This blend of voices lends the ensemble a rich, varied edge that is most welcome in this repertoire, and vocalist Rachid El Mazzaoui must be singled out for his soaring solo account of Psalm...
About
This recording came to fruition thanks to nearly 25 years of effort.
In 1997, Marcel Pérès and his Ensemble Organum began a simultaneous exploration of the Mozarabic rite (the liturgical chant peculiar to the Christians living in Spain at the time of Arabrule) and of the Samaa spiritual practice of Morocco.
Setting aside the theological differences between the two faiths, the artists discovered a great deal of kinship between the two forms of musical expression.
A veritable utopia, the idea for this recording then suggested itself: to regain the lost accord of human brotherhood through music.
Contents and tracklist
- Ensemble Organum, Ahmed Saher
- Ensemble Organum, Ahmed Saher
- Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès, Ahmed Saher
- Ensemble Organum, Jérôme Casalonga, Jean-Christophe Candau
- Ensemble Organum, Frédéric Tavernier
- Ensemble Organum, Jean-Étienne Langiann
- Ensemble Organum, Rachid El Mazzaoui
- Ensemble Organum, Ahmed Saher
- Ensemble Organum, Rachid El Mazzaoui, Marcel Pérès
Awards and reviews
September 2021
This blend of voices lends the ensemble a rich, varied edge that is most welcome in this repertoire, and vocalist Rachid El Mazzaoui must be singled out for his soaring solo account of Psalm 36. As a listening experience, the disc is somewhat austere but certainly transporting in its sheer meditative intensity.
September 2021
Much as it may bring back happy listening memories (for me, certainly), this recording isn’t an exercise in nostalgia: its premise is a logical extension of the ensemble’s founding aims.
