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File under: Acid FolkAvant-Garde Progressive
Kay Hoffman
Floret Silva
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2006 reissue. 1977 progressive avant-folk masterpiece from minimalist composer Kay Hoffman. Includes collaborative performances from Jacqueline Darby and Gaio Chiocchio, members of the legendary Italian progressive group Pierrot Lunaire.
Originally slated for release on RCA/IT (Italy) in '78, the album was
later rejected due to recording deadlines, release schedules, and
requests by RCA for other artistic/musical considerations. However, many
years later, Floret Silva did end up surfacing on a very
different shore. Copies of the masters found their way to the highly
eclectic Japanese label Belle Antique, whose musical director had heard
rumors about the early project in the mid-1980s. As a result, Floret Silva
was finally released eight years after the completed sessions in 1985
in a limited but very well-received LP edition. Apparently, not many
copies of the record were exported outside Japan. This merely created
even more mystery surrounding the recordings as well as rumors
associated with a Pierrot Lunaire-related project. The recordings were
based on Carmina Burana, a collection of medieval poetry written by various authors of which little is known. Floret Silva
Details
File under: Acid FolkAvant-Garde Progressive
Cat. number: RR-34
Year: 2006
Format
Recorded in Florence at Maurizio Pieri's home studio in the Summer of 1977/Winter of 1978.
The booklet contains the original Latin texts plus English translations.
Release notes
"The Carmina Burana is a collection of medieval poetry written by various authors who we know little about. Around 1200 AD when these songs were written, there were many theology students, priests and scholars who were made unemployed by the Roman Catholic Church, or who suffered as a result of dogmatism, bigotry, or corruption within the Church. Their songs were rediscovered in the 19th century and named Carmina Burana after the village of Kaufbeuren in Southwest Germany where they were…
Tracklist
| 1 | Iste Mundus | 2:14 | |
| 2 | Floret Silva | 3:06 | |
| 3 | Exorcismus | 1:03 | |
| 4 | Intermezzo (Chume, Chume) | 1:06 | |
| 5 | Ich Will Truren | 2:05 | |
| 6 | Rondo | 1:07 | |
| 7 | Mai Tanz | 2:51 | |
| 8 | Quot Sunt Horae | 4:19 | |
| 9 | Tot | 1:29 | |
| 10 | Sonus Dulcis Lyrae | 2:09 | |
| 11 | Ouverture Zum Fest | 4:57 | |
| 12 | Intermezzo (Fagott Sommer Nacht Promenade) | 1:26 | |
| 13 | Tempus Instat | 4:39 | |
| 14 | Langueo (Vacillantis) | 5:35 | |
| 15 | Chume, Chume | 3:13 | |
| 16 | Nummus | 1:29 | |
| 17 | Post Communio Sancti Cyrilli | 1:14 |
Credits
- Simo Valzania
- Arranged By [Arranger] (1 to 3, 8, 9, 11, 13)
- Kay Hoffman
- Composed By [Composer] (1 to 9, 13 to 16)
- Mark Armstrong
- Coordinator [Reissue Coordination]
- Jonathan Coleclough
- Design
- Kevin Spencer
- Restoration [Audio Restoration]
- Christoph Heemann
- Transferred By [Tape Transfer]
