Composer: Bryce Dessner, Nicole Lizée, Jocelyn Morlock, Arvo Pärt, Michael Kemp Tippett
Performer: Collectif9
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Analekta
Catalogue: AN955
Release: 2024
Size: 987 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Drone
02. Bingen: O vis æternitatis (Arr. for Strings by Thibault Bertin-Maghit)
03. Pärt: Psalom
04. Lizee: Another Living Soul (Arr. for Ensemble by Thibault Bertin-Maghit)
05. Tippett: Lament
06. Dessner: Aheym
07. Pärt: The Beatitudes (Excerpt) (Arr. for Ensemble by Thibault Bertin-Maghit)
08. Pärt: Summa
09. Morlock: Exaudi (Arr. for Ensemble by Thibault Bertin-Maghit)
10. Dessner: Tenebre (Excerpt) (Arr. for Ensemble by Thibault Bertin-Maghit)
Montreal-based string nonet collectif9 presents another innovative programme, featuring works by Hildegard von Bingen, Arvo Part, Michael Tippett, Nicole Lizee, Bryce Dessner, and Jocelyn Morlock. Rituaels is a new collection of music from the medieval to the modern era with a narrative – an artistic gesture – that recalls the human tradition of passing on knowledge and practices in culture and art. An element of continuity ties each work of music to the next, whether introduced as a drone or held note, a chord that imperceptibly transforms, or a group of continuously repeated notes. The earliest performances included dance and movement, an idea that influenced the interpretation and development of the programme that is revealed on this album.