Mnemosyne (album) explained

Mnemosyne
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jan Garbarek / The Hilliard Ensemble
Cover:	Mnemosyne_album_cover.jpeg
Released:	2 April 1999
Recorded:	April 1998
Genre:	Jazz, classical
Label:	ECM New Series ECM 1700/01
Producer:	Manfred Eicher, Jan Garbarek
Prev Title:	Rites
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	In Praise of Dreams
Next Year:	2004
Chronology:	Jan Garbarek

Mnemosyne is an album by Norwegian jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble, recorded in April 1998 and released on ECM a year later—a sequel to their previous collaboration, Officium (1994).^{[1] [2] [3]}

Track listing

Disc one

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

Disc two

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 and tenor saxophones
• The Hilliard Ensemble
  • Rogers Covey-Crump – tenor
  • John Potter – tenor
  • Gordon Jones – baritone
  • David James – countertenor

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jan Garbarek / The Hilliard Ensemble - Mnemosyne (1999) album review . Guest . 2013-01-09 . www.gramophone.co.uk . en . 2018-11-12.
2. Web site: Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble, King's College Chapel Cambridge The Arts Desk. theartsdesk.com. 2019-09-23.
3. News: Jan Garbarek: Improvising is about finding a common language. Garbarek. Jan. Daily Telegraph. 2014-11-06. 2019-09-23. en-GB. 0307-1235.