Paul Hillier, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Theatre of Voices - Jóhann Jóhannsson: Drone Mass (2022)
Paul Hillier, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Theatre of Voices - Jóhann Jóhannsson: Drone Mass (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 216 Mb | Total time: 47:06 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 483 7418 | Recorded: 2019
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 216 Mb | Total time: 47:06 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 483 7418 | Recorded: 2019
Drone Mass is a profoundly atmospheric work, at times reminiscent of the meditative minimalism of composers such as Pärt or Górecki, and represents what Jóhannsson called “a distillation of a lot of influences and obsessions”. One of these was, as the title suggests, his fascination with the musical device of the drone. Here, his drones have a motivic-like role, shifting and shimmering with hypnotic effect, conjuring different moods, from unsettling to uplifting, as the work progresses.
Beginning with strings and voices, but slowly integrating Jóhannsson’s electronic techniques into its landscape, Drone Mass Both the enigmatic nature of the chosen texts and the sheer beauty of his vocalise-style writing add to the spiritual quality of the work as a whole.
The album was recorded in May 2019 at Copenhagen’s Garnisonskirken (Garrison Church) and produced by Francesco Donadello, another of Jóhannsson’s regular collaborators. ACME were joined by internationally renowned Danish vocal group Theatre of Voices and their Artistic Director Paul Hillier. They too have a very close connection with Drone Mass, having performed it twice in the US, and in Krákow, with Jóhannsson and ACME. Most recently, ACME and Theatre of Voices gave a further performance in Athens, just four months after the composer’s untimely death in Berlin on 9 February 2018, at the age of 48. Their recording of the mysterious, and timeless, Drone Mass is a further reminder of Jóhann Jóhannsson’s rare visionary talent.
Performer:
American Contemporary Music Ensemble
Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier, conductor
Track List:
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Drone Mass
01. One Is True
02. Two Is Apocryphal
03. Triptych in Mass
04. To Fold & Remain Dormant
05. Divine Objects
06. The Low Drone of Circulating Blood, Diminishes with Time
07. Moral Vacuums
08. Take the Night Air
09. The Mountain View, the Majesty of the Snow-Clad Peaks, from a Place of Contemplation and Reflection
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Paul Hillier, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Theatre of Voices - Jóhann Jóhannsson: Drone Mass (2022)
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