Mnemosyne

2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in
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optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording

ECM Records: ECM: ECM 1700--ECM 1701; 289 465 122-2 (289 465 123-2--289 465 124-2)
Compact discs
Program notes by John Potter and an excerpt from the poem Mnemosyne by Friedrich H©œlderlin, in German, English, Italian, and French ([28] p. : ill.) inserted in container
Jan Garbarek, soprano and tenor saxophones (all works except Estonian lullaby, 1st performance, and Gloria) ; the Hilliard Ensemble (David James, countertenor ; Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, tenors ; Gordon Jones, baritone)
Recorded Apr. 1998, Propstei St. Gerold
Sung in Latin, English, Spanish, Estonian, Ancient Greek, German, Italian, Russian, Iroquois, Basque, and French

Quechua song : Peruvian folksong fragment (7:12)
O Lord in thee is all my trust / Thomas Tallis (5:09)
Estonian lullaby / Veljo Tormis (1:58)
Remember me, my dear : 16th century Scotland (6:30)
Gloria / Guillaume Dufay (6:03)
Fayrfax Africanus : St. Albans, Great Dunmow (4:05)
Agnus Dei / Antoine Brumel (8:38)
Novus novus : 13th century France (2:18)
Se je fayz dueil / Guillaume le Rouge (5:12)
O ignis spiritus / Hildegard von Bingen (10:53)
Alleluia nativitatis : 13th century England (5:06)
Delphic paean / Athenaeus (4:46)
Strophe and counter-strophe / Jan Garbarek (5:02)
Mascarades : Basque folksong fragments (5:02)
Loiterando / Jan Garbarek (5:33)
Estonian lullaby / Veljo Tormis (2:01)
Russian psalm : 16th century Russia (3:45)
Eagle dance : Iroquois & Padleirmiut fragments (4:48)
When Jesus wept / William Billings (3:22)
Hymn to the sun / Mesomedes (7:28)

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Hilliard Ensemble, performer