Officium

by Crist贸bal de Morales, Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble

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This highly unusual and phenomenally successful collaboration merges pure Renaissance polyphony with contemporary jazz improvisation. As the Hilliard Ensemble flawlessly delivers vocal compositions from the 15th and 16th centuries, saxophonist Jan Garbarek weaves soaring, unrestrained soprano saxophone lines around the voices, creating a deeply spiritual and timeless atmosphere.

Genres

  • Choral
  • Gregorian Chant
  • Renaissance Music

Tracklist

  1. Parce Mihi Domine
  2. Primo tempore
  3. Sanctus
  4. Regnantem sempiterna
  5. O salutaris hostia
  6. Procedentem sponsum
  7. Pulcherrima rosa
  8. Parce Mihi Domine - Var. 1
  9. Beata viscera
  10. De spineto nata rosa
  11. Credo
  12. Ave maris stella
  13. Virgo flagellatur
  14. Oratio Ieremiae
  15. Parce Mihi Domine - Var. 2