Friday, July 03, 2009

Really Ancient Music ...

Taking you back to the start of the 13th century ... Perotin's 'Viderunt Omnes' - first as written, for voices, and then for string quartet :



Let's go a bit further back - eleventh century. I wasn't sure about this trip-hop treatment of Hildegarde von Bingen's Viridissima Virga, by Swedish band Garmana, but it grows on you.



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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Garmarna are brilliant. I particularly love their album Vedergällningen ("Vengeance"), a track off which I found on the Scandinavian offering from the "Rough Guide to World Music" series. (Also check out the "African Blues" CD from the same series).

Emma Härdelin has a fantastic voice.