| Ignis | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Recorded | June 1998 | |||
| Studio | Niguliste Church Tallinn, Estonia  | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 72:41 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1681  | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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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
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating | 
| AllMusic | |
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
 
- "Organum" (Anonymous) – 6:26
 - "Karma Shadub" – 21:01
 - "Tropus" (Notker Balbulus, Tuotilo) – 14:00
 - "Alleluja" (Notker Balbulus, Tuotilo) – 3:31
 - "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 Re:ECM.
 
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)
 
References
- ↑ ECM discography accessed October 31, 2011
 - 1 2 Allender, M. W. B. Allmusic Review accessed October 31, 2011
 
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