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Release Date: 26-10-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 11101-2
Barcode: 13711110128
Musical Style: Classical
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siciliano from Sonata in C Minor for Flute and Continuo BW [02:55] | 10 | Madrigal- Do You Not Know [02:39] |
| 2 | Motet- In circumcisione Domini (O Magnum Mysterium) [03:26] | 11 | Cantiones Duarum vocum (Exspectatio Justorum) [02:12] |
| 3 | Cantiones Duarum Vocum (Serve Bone) [02:21] | 12 | Motet- Veni Sancte Spiritus for 8 Voices [04:36] |
| 4 | Chorale- Herzlich Lieb Hab'lch Dich O Herr BWV 340 [01:55] | 13 | Madrigal- Cease Sorrows Now [02:41] |
| 5 | Motet- Landate Dominum in Tympanis for 12 Voices [04:04] | 14 | Chorale- Verleih' Uns Frieden Gnadiglich [02:13] |
| 6 | Madrigal- Late In My Rash Accounting [01:45] | 15 | Ubi Caritas from 4 Motets Op 10 [02:16] |
| 7 | Cantiones Duarum Vocum (Sancti Mei) [02:22] | 16 | Tota Pulchra Es from 4 Motets Op 10 [01:48] |
| 8 | Chorale- Nun Lob' Mein' Seel' Den Herren BWV 389 [02:02] | 17 | Tantum Ergo from Motets Op 10 [02:40] |
| 9 | Canon [06:20] | ||
Description:
Although the recording is brand new, the music on Paul Horn's latest release has already withstood the test of time. Beginning with a flute quartet arrangement of the Bach Siciliano, Horn takes us through some of the most quietly appealing music of the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, before ending with three of the remarkable motets written in 1960 by the late Maurice Duruflé. Given the timeless beauty of these arrangements, Paul Horn could not have chosen a more simple or appropriate title for his new release, Music. MUSIC contains some of the Baroque's most beloved works: Bach, Pachelbel and Palestrina are all represented. The focus is on the almost extravagant beauty of the flute family - including the impossibly low sounds of the contrabass flute, created by using the Conn Multivider device. Horn's settings range from the simple purity of the alto and bass flute duet on the Cantiones Duarum Vocum by Lassus, to the massive sonorities of the three choirs of flutes used in Horn's setting of a Palestrina motet. The recording captures the almost organ-like timbre of the massed flutes with incredible clarity and highlights the surprising experiments being made in sixteenth century Italy in the stereo placement of voices and instruments. MUSIC is just what it claims to be. Not concerned with categories such as classical, new age, or adult alternative, Paul Horn has created a recording of great music with genuine crossover appeal for lovers of all formats.
Biography:
A classically trained flautist, Paul Horn played jazz with Chico Hamilton, served as a top studio musician in Los Angeles and recorded with his own quintet in the early 1960s. During that time, he won two Grammy® Awards for his Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts. Increasing dissatisfaction with the Hollywood lifestyle led Horn to India on his search for alternatives, where he studied meditation and began to explore other ways of playing his instrument. The success of his intuitive and contemplative improvisations on Inside the Taj Mahal proved that audiences were ready for a new approach and opened the door to a series of recordings inside acoustic and architectural wonders around the world, including Inside the Great Pyramid and Inside the Cathedral. Both Horn's cross–cultural collaborations and his highly refined works for more conventional Western ensembles have garnered much critical acclaim.
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