Another of peak-period PV, Aguirre has gone through several releases. The one I used to own (Spalax #14219) combined some of the tracks featured here with the full, previous album by the band, In Der Gärten Pharoahs. This improved reissue retains the title track and the "Spirit of Peace" triptych, while adding tracks 2-5. The title track is the ubiquitous soundtrack in Werner Herzog's classic film Aguirre, the Wrath of God, an excellent movie about a doomed party of conquistadors gradually swallowed up by an uncaring jungle. Fricke created here a transcendent masterpiece of ambience; seriously some of the finest mellotron work I have ever heard, and I try to be conscientious about using such exaggerations sparingly. The two alternate versions of "Aguirre" presented here differ only in their choice of codas. The first features a pan pipe ending, I think taken from the movie. The second features a full band conclusion.
"Morgengruss," written by Fichelscher, seems to me a re-recorded version of the piece which originally appeared on the album Einsjäger & Siebenjäger. Similarly, "Agnus Dei" is pretty much a lengthy slice of "Gutes Land," also from Einsjäger & Siebenjäger. It was not re-recorded but openly spliced wholesale, except with a brief, alternate oboe opening. I assume the oboe player was an uncredited Robert Eliscu, as he had played with the band around this time. "Vergegenwartigung" is another high point, a collection of several dreamy musical vignettes. The first is the strongest, recalling the same calming and alternating light-dark atmosphere on Pink Floyd's "A Pillow of Winds." Djong Yun's vocals will fully possess the listener here. The closer, "Spirit of Peace," is solo piano minimalism, broken into three sections. Another top-notch Popol Vuh release, though if it's of concern, be warned that it's definitely on the mellower side of an already mellow band.
(C) Ground and Sky review
Florian Fricke, piano, mellotron;
Daniel Fichelscher, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums;
Djong Yun, vocal;
Robert Eliscu, oboe;
(uncredited), pan pipe
Tracklist:
1. Aguirre I — 7:23
2. Morgengruss II — 2:57
3. Aguirre II — 6:16
4. Agnus Dei — 3:02
5. Vergegenwärtigung — 14:43
6. Spirit of Peace, part 1 — 3:34
7. Spirit of Peace, part 2 — 7:27
8. Spirit of Peace, part 3 — 9:45
total time 55:36
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"Morgengruss," written by Fichelscher, seems to me a re-recorded version of the piece which originally appeared on the album Einsjäger & Siebenjäger. Similarly, "Agnus Dei" is pretty much a lengthy slice of "Gutes Land," also from Einsjäger & Siebenjäger. It was not re-recorded but openly spliced wholesale, except with a brief, alternate oboe opening. I assume the oboe player was an uncredited Robert Eliscu, as he had played with the band around this time. "Vergegenwartigung" is another high point, a collection of several dreamy musical vignettes. The first is the strongest, recalling the same calming and alternating light-dark atmosphere on Pink Floyd's "A Pillow of Winds." Djong Yun's vocals will fully possess the listener here. The closer, "Spirit of Peace," is solo piano minimalism, broken into three sections. Another top-notch Popol Vuh release, though if it's of concern, be warned that it's definitely on the mellower side of an already mellow band.
(C) Ground and Sky review
Florian Fricke, piano, mellotron;
Daniel Fichelscher, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums;
Djong Yun, vocal;
Robert Eliscu, oboe;
(uncredited), pan pipe
Tracklist:
1. Aguirre I — 7:23
2. Morgengruss II — 2:57
3. Aguirre II — 6:16
4. Agnus Dei — 3:02
5. Vergegenwärtigung — 14:43
6. Spirit of Peace, part 1 — 3:34
7. Spirit of Peace, part 2 — 7:27
8. Spirit of Peace, part 3 — 9:45
total time 55:36
Spotify users, press here.
Buy it:
- Inside Out record shop
- Amazon
- CD Universe
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