Various Artists - Balsam - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This recording is a synesthetic homage to music which explores the passion, lust, love, hallucination, and healing induced by herbs and flowers. It is a sensuous quest for the melting point at which very different repertoires and literatures dissolve into an unctuous and euphonious balsam for the mind and the soul. In it's own inimitable interdisciplinarity, the Belgian ensemble Zefiro Torna takes us from Norway to Greece, from Virgil to Emile Verhaeren, and from Hildegard von Bingen and Guillaume du Fay to music newly composed in honor of the power of plants. A truly intoxicating experience. Vocal-instrumental ensemble Zefiro Torna is reframing early music in an extraordinary way. The ensemble is a hybrid collective of musicians who are able to seamlessly shift between ancient, traditional, and jazz music.