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The Fragrance of Paradise

SKU: 03339

Price:
AU $18.14

Label: ABC Classics Cat. No.: 476 7499 Medium: CD No. Discs: 1

A Dream of the Middle Ages Set to Music.

Gareth Koch writes: "Why have the myths and legends of the Middle Ages fascinated people for so long? Why should stories from a credulous age, an age coloured by superstition and belief in the most unlikely and bizarre things, still compel our imagination?

"Medieval myths were probably never believed in with a slavish literalness, but reflected a sensitivity to a greater reality, other than that offered by the five senses. Humankind is always drawn to the unseen, continually seeking to find new dimensions of the extraordinary and the astounding. In setting some of these myths and legends to music, I have sought to reanimate and transport particular stories into the realm of music, leaving the interpretation of symbolism and imagery to the fantasy and discretion of the listener. The legends thus exist on another level on this album: a level less concrete and more fanciful than the written word. The listener can reinvent or recall the myths at liberty, and, through the medium of music, enter a dreamscape or otherworld."

This title is also available as part of the 4-CD box set The Art of Gareth Koch - A Guitar Anthology.

Artists:

Gareth Koch (guitar).

Tracks:

	GARETH KOCH (b. 1962)
1	The Lustful Abbot Based on Tempus est locundum by an anonymous composer From the collection 'Carmina Burna' Inspired by an arrangement by Philip Pickett.
2	Taste of the Fountain Based on a chanson (song) by Thibaut de Champagne (1201-1253), a prolific poet who became Count of Champagne, King of Navarre in 1234 and took part in the 1293-1240 crusade.
3	Saladin's Dream Based on a chanson by Gace Brule (b. 1159 into minor nobility; still alive 1212).
4	The Unveiled Queen Based on a chanson by an unknown trouvere composer.
5	The Hags of Gloucester Anonymous Inspired by Steeleye Span's 'Lowlands of Holland'.
6	The Fragrance of Paradise Based on a chanson by the Chatelain de Couci (b. 12th century, d. 1203) A participant in the Fourth Crusade.
7	The Joust Based on a 12th-century ballet by an anonymous trouvere composer.
8	Song of Devotion to the Virgin Based on an anonymous trouvere chanson.
9	Journey to the Otherworld a. Voyage b. In the Crypt Based on an anonymous trouvere pastourelle.
10	The Knight of the Swan Based on a rondeau by Adam de la Halle (b. 1237 in Arras, d. 1288 in Italy), the most famous of all trouveres.
11	The Wild Hunt Based on an anonymous tenson (song).
12	The Lost Grail Based on an anonymous melody, possibly English. Inspired by Steeleye Span's 'Bonny Moorhen'.
13	Simon, the Gregarious Hermit Based on an anonymous estample (dance). Inspired by a rendition by The Dufay Collective.
14	Come with Me, My Giselle Based on a chanson by Adam de la Halle.
15	Merlin's Prophecy Based on an anonymous trouvere pastourelle.
16	Sigh of the Moor Based on the serrana, an ancient North African form.
17	Crusade Song Based on a chanson de croisade by the Chatelain de Couci.