Mnemosyne (album)

Mnemosyne
Studio album by Jan Garbarek
Released	April 2, 1999
Recorded	April 1998
Genre	Jazz, Classical, Folk, World, & Country
Length	105
Label	ECM ECM 1880
Producer	Manfred Eicher, Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek chronology
Mnemosyne (1999) In Praise of Dreams (2004)

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Mnemosyne is an album by Jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek released in 1999 by ECM Records. The album is a sequel to Officium (1994), one of the most significant recordings in Garbarek’s career. Like the first album, it is a collaboration with the vocal ensemble the Hilliard Ensemble.

Track listing

CD 1

1. "Quechua Song" – 7:12
2. "O Lord in Thee Is All My Trust" – 5:09
3. "Estonian Lullaby" – 1:58
4. "Remember Me My Dear" – 6:30
5. "Gloria" – 6:03
6. "Fayrfax Africanus" – 4:05
7. "Agnus Dei" – 8:38
8. "Novus Novus" – 2:18
9. "Se Je Fays Dueil" – 5:12
10. "O Ignis Spiritus" – 10:53

CD 2

1. "Alleluia Nativitatis" – 5:06
2. "Delphic Paean" – 4:46
3. "Strophe and Counter-Strophe" – 5:02
4. "Mascarados" – 5:02
5. "Loiterando" – 5:33
6. "Estonian Lullaby" – 2:01
7. "Russian Psalm" – 3:45
8. "Eagle Dance" – 4:48
9. "When Jesus Wept" – 3:22
10. "Hymn to the Sun" – 7:28

Personnel

• Jan Garbarek – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Hilliard Ensemble – vocal ensemble
  • Rogers Covey-Crump – tenor vocals
  • John Potter – tenor vocals
  • Gordon Jones – baritone vocals
  • David James – countertenor vocals
• Friedrich Hölderlin – lyrics

External links

• Jan Garbarek - Mnemosyne (1999) album review by Richard S. Ginell, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Jan Garbarek - Mnemosyne (1999) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Jan Garbarek - Mnemosyne (1999) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com
• Jan Garbarek - Mnemosyne (1999) album to be listened as stream on Spotify