Ignis (album) explained

Ignis
Type:	Album
Artist:	Paul Giger
Cover:	Ignis (album).jpg
Released:	2000
Recorded:	June 1998
Studio:	Niguliste Church Tallinn, Estonia
Length:	72:41
Label:	ECM ECM 1681
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Paul Giger
Prev Title:	Schattenwelt
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Vindonissa
Next Year:	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

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

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

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

Personnel

• Paul Giger – violin, viola d'amore
• Marius Ungureanu – viola (tracks 1 & 3–5)
• Beat Schneider – cello (tracks 1 & 3–5)
• Tõnu Kaljuste – conductor (tracks 2–5)
  • Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/New_Series/1600/1681.php ECM discography
2. Allender, M. W. B. Allmusic Review accessed October 31, 2011