Rue / Ens Officium / Rombach - Requiem - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Various Artists - Complete 10-Inch Series from Cold Blue / Various [COMPACT DISCS] Boxed Set date 11/04/2003

2016 . After almost three years of silence, Netherbird return with their strongest album to date. Filled to the brim with their signature style of songwriting, which incorporates black, death and even doom metal, this record is a new monument of harsh yet melodic music craft. They keep true to their origins also lyric-wise as Nephente keeps weaving his dark and personal reflections upon the world into the songs. This album is a journey spanning seven songs, and you are now invited to join the descent into uncharted territories. Onwards!

Under 19th century Romanticism, music ascended from it's role as a vehicle for worship to itself becoming an object of worship. On this new recording, Maurice Duruflé's Requiem, Op. 9, considered a pinnacle of contemporary choral repertoire, is paired with Gabriel Fauré's moving Requiem, Op.48. Especially when accompanied by organ, as these versions are, these sacred works are imbued with the same peaceful atmosphere. The honors the memory of the hundreds of members of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul who served and died in the course of the First Great War, 1914-1918, in which so many of the great hopes of Romanticism were irrevocably shattered. Vocal soloists Philippe Sly and Julie Boulianne, the Choir of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul and the Petits chanteurs du Mont Royal directed by Jean-Sébastien Vallée, are accompanied on the organ by Jonathan Oldengarm.