Polski opis

Gatunek :	World Fusion, Sacred Vocal, Dream Pop
Rok Wydania :	2004
Jakość :	FLAC
Okładki :	Tak
Ripper :	Verbatim

Opis:
Nowy album Lisy Gerrard, znanej m.in. z zespołu Dead Can Dance oraz muzyki do takich filmów jak Gladiator czy Whalerider. Immortal Memory to jej trzecia solowa płyta, tym razem nagrana we współpracy z Patrickiem Cassidy - jednym z najznakomitszych irlandzkich kompozytorów muzyki klasycznej. Znajdziemy tutaj dziesięć subtelnych i nastrojowych utworów zbudowanych w oparciu o filmowe orkiestracje oraz przejmujący głos Lisy Gerrard. W warstwie tekstowej to płyta jak najbardziej konceptualna i poetycka. Lisa Gerrard sięga tutaj m.in. po aramejską mantrę Maranatha, fragmenty starożytnego manuskryptu Peshitta oraz strofy Miltona i Yeatsa. Cudowny album domagający się wielokrotnego przesłuchania!

Źródło: merlin.pl

 English description

Genre :	World Fusion, Sacred Vocal, Dream Pop
Year :	2004
Quality :	FLAC
Covers :	Yes
Ripper :	Verbatim

Description:
mmortal Memory is a collaboration between vocalist Lisa Gerrard and Irish composer Patrick Cassidy. Billed as a cycle of life and death and rebirth, Immortal Memory is better described as an orphaned film score. Cassidy's warm arrangements allow the former Dead Can Dance singer to step out of the dark medieval world that she's called home for nearly 20 years -- though there is much of that world within these castle walls -- and focus on the simplicity of love, faith, and loss with a grace that's bereft of the icy perfection of her previous work. Gerrard, whose voice has aged like the finest oak, displays an almost supernatural mastery of the material. Her effortless contralto wraps itself around the ten Gaelic, Latin, and Aramaic spirituals like an evening prayer, making each stunning entrance the equivalent of audio comfort food. Echoing her collaboration with composer Hans Zimmer on the Academy Award-winning Gladiator -- Gerrard and Cassidy framed this work during the recording of the film's soundtrack -- ethereal pieces like the solo showpiece "Elegy" and the Cassidy-penned lament for his late father, "Psallit in Aure Dei," are powerful statements hatched by two people who understand each other like old friends. The majestic opener, "Song of Amergin," with its sublime Celtic melody and slow build, is indicative of the pieces to follow, allowing listeners the time to decide whether or not this is a road they wish to travel. Fans of Enya, Dead Can Dance, or snowy, image-laden soundscapes of powerful quietude will have no problem making that choice.

Source: allmusic.com