{"product_id":"in-paradisum","title":"In Paradisum","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hilliard Ensemble\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Remixes included\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 19-12-2008\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon.ca\n\n \nSince the early 1970s The Hilliard Ensemble have championed Early Music with an imaginative vision and austere purity of sound. Initially viewed with considerable suspicion by both classical and jazz fraternities, the albums\n Officium, and later\n Mnemosyne, recorded with the saxophonist and fellow ECM artist, Jan Gabarek, proved a breakthrough, vastly increasing popular interest in early sacred song. \nIn Paradisum capitalizes on this interest with an extensive grand tour of European music. The \"Officium Defunctorum\" of Victoria takes us to Spain, while there is Italian polyphony by Palestrina and anonymous 17th Century French Gregorian chant. This is intensely beautiful spiritual music, the four voices of the Hilliard Ensemble weaving tapestries of concentrated power and immense calm. Central to the sequence are extended settings of the \"Libera me Domine\", one from each named composer. Without sacrificing individual character, over 75 minutes, the performers spin the selections into something newly their own. The set is presented with the expected faultless ECM refinement and high production values. The Hilliard Ensemble can be heard in contemporary music which builds upon earlier traditions in Avo Pärt's\n Litany, while an acclaimed recording of Victoria's\n Officium Defunctorum is available from the Gabrieli Consort under Paul McCreesh.\n --Gary S. Dalkin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 028945785127\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0028945785127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42544527507715,"sku":"4X-7YDW-9CVW","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/products\/61sG_1lmYTL.jpg?v=1646532897","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/en\/products\/in-paradisum","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}