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Ignis (album)

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Ignis
Studio album by
Released2000
RecordedJune 1998
StudioNiguliste Church
Tallinn, Estonia
Genre
Length72:41
LabelECM
ECM 1681
ProducerManfred Eicher
Paul Giger chronology
Schattenwelt
(1993)
Ignis
(2000)
Vindonissa
(2003)

Ignis is the fourth album by Swiss violinist and composer Paul Giger, recorded at St. Nicholas Church, Tallinn, Estonia in June 1998 and released on ECM in 2000.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

The AllMusic review by Mark W. B. Allender awarded the album 4 stars stating "The pieces on Ignis form a body of old-world sacred music with an avant-garde sensibility."[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Paul Giger except as indicated
  1. "Organum" (Anonymous) – 6:26
  2. "Karma Shadub" – 21:01
  3. "Tropus" (Notker Balbulus, Tuotilo) – 14:00
  4. "Alleluja" (Notker Balbulus, Tuotilo) – 3:31
  5. "O Ignis" (Hildegard von Bingen) – 27:43

Note

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  • In 2011, Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer used samples of Ignis as the basis for the track "Reshadub" on the remix album Re:ECM.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ ECM discography accessed October 31, 2011
  2. ^ a b Allender, M. W. B. Allmusic Review accessed October 31, 2011