Description: Buy new directly from the label: Im „Chant“, dem gesungenen Gebet, steht die Botschaft vor der Musik an erster Stelle. Und doch verstehen wir sie über die Musik. Nicht die arabischen Worte des Muezzin oder die lateinischen des „Wessobrunner Gebets“ (vertont von Carf Orff) berühren uns. Was uns bewegt, ist die Art, wie sie gesungen werden. Gregorianische, armenische, tibetische, indianische und moderne, westliche Oberton-Gesänge - in ihrer Verschiedenheit zeigen sie alle auf die eine göttliche Adresse und Quelle der Anbetung.the project The mystery and timeless beauty of the world's ancient traditions of chant has finally, at the end of the 20th century, caught up with us. The recent explosion of interest in Gregorian, Tibetan, and other forms of sacred chant is not the real surprise; to anyone who is familiar with the power and the passion of this music, the surprise is that it took so long. The development of recording technology has at last made it possible for Westerners to hear the sacred chant of Tibet, Armenia, and the Islamic world, and for a new world of listeners to hear the glorious sounds of ancient Rome and medieval Europe. Anthology of Chant presents all of these traditions in one compilation, and what is most striking about this collection of sacred chants are the similarities between the music, though separated by thousands of miles and thousands of years. From Perry Silverbirds' peace pipe chants of the Native American traditions to the great Miserere of the Renaissance composer Gregorio Allegri, from Carl Orff's musical setting of the earliest Christian text in the German language to the call of a Turkish muezzin, Anthology of Chant creates a context in which the spirituality and the intent of these disparate pieces can be felt more than heard. Even as your years tell you the music has changed dramatically, something deeper in these works, something fundamental, remains unchanged. What magical music it is! It has taken us eight centuries to rediscover the unique sounds of the German abbess Hildegard of Bingen, who is also represented on this Anthology of Chant, but her works are now extraordinarily popular. The monks of Tibet have toured to sold-out audiences around the world. Given the chance to hear this music, listeners respond to it with a fervor that crosses, or even ignores, the boundaries of time, distance, and language.the artists In keeping with the music itself, the performers on this compilation range from highly-skilled professionals (the Early Music Ensemble of Augsburg, for example, or the members of the Harmonic Choir) to a security guard at the Taj Mahal (Saad Ullah Khan, who performed on Paul Horn's classic Inside the Taj Mahal 2 recording). What they all share is a deep, often lifelong commitment to the chant tradition they represent. In some cases—Perry Silverbird, David Hudson, and Omar Faruk Tekbilek—the performers are helping to forge a continuing link to the ancient traditions of the Native Americans, the Australian Aborigines, and the Islamic world, respectively, by taking advantage of today's recording and instrumental technology. In other cases, such as the Haissmavourk Choir of Armenia or the Tibetan monks of Dip Tse Chok Ling Monastery, the sounds echo through sacred monasteries in much the same way as they did in centuries past.tracklist1The Taj Mahal Suite, XV by Paul Hornfrom Inside the Taj Mahal 21'07"2Das Wessobrunner Gebet by Carl Orff from Orff-Schulwerk, Vol. 21'40"3Ezan (Call to Prayer)from The Music of Islam, Vol. 105'17"4Sirt im sasini by The Haissmavourk Choirfrom The Music of Armenia, Vol. 14'31"5Lamentationes Jeremiae by Pierre de la Ruefrom Gregorian Chant9'23"6O felix anima by Hildegard von Bingenpreviously unreleased4'19"7Peace Pipe Prayer by Perry Silverbirdfrom Spirit of Fire2'21"8The Prayers of Forgivenessfrom Sacred Ceremonies5'28"9Kuranda Warrior by David Hudsonfrom Rainbow Serpent3'35"10Brotherhood by David Hykesfrom Harmonic Meetings11'56"11Bats mez ter by Karineh Avetissianfrom The Music of Armenia, Vol. 12'35"12Miserere by Gregorio Allegrifrom HNH International10'11"13Wa-shé-poh by Perry Silverbirdfrom Spirit of Fire3'50"14Al Fatiha by Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Brian Keanefrom Beyond the Sky3'19"15The Taj Mahal Suite, XV by Paul Hornfrom Inside the Taj Mahal 21'07" Total Time: 72'15"
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Artist: Various
Type: Album
Format: CD
Record Label: Celestial Harmonies
Release Year: 1995
Release Title: Anthology of Chant
Genre: World Music
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany