Lisa Gerrard, Patrick Cassidy - Immortal Memory
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Free Music Review: Great! This Album is one Lisa Gerrard's best works!
Hit: 5 Stars
First of all, i'm a 15 year old boy in love with lisa. The song i first heard from her was sanvean and fell in love with her voice. I have the cd and is totally one her best works. It's just so calming and relaxing! All of the songs are outstanding. One thing i can say is that it is totally different from Dead Can Dance style so I guess if you enjoy more Dead Can Dance music, this is not for you. If I could give this more than five stars i would. Free Music Review: Beautiful Recording!
Hit: 5 Stars
I first heard the title track from Immortal Memory on uTube and knew that I had to have the CD. Of course my local music store didn't carry it so I searched on Amazon. The entire recording from Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy is amazing! Hauntingly beautiful, seductive and completely thought provoking. A great CD to play for a romantic dinner or meditation, or whenever one needs to come down from a stressful dayFree Music Review: Spiritual History of Celtic Ireland
Hit: 4 Stars
This is one of those CD's that keeps you guessing about its meaning. Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance, 2 solo CD's, & several movie theme CD's joins forces with Patrick Cassidy to create an antithetical sound scape of what maybe my interpretation about the history of Celtic Spirituality on the island of Ireland.
The 1st song "The Song of Amergin" is about Amergin, a Celtic leader who according to legend is the 1st to set foot on Ireland to battle the "god's" for possession of the land.
The 2nd song "Maranatha" (Come Lord) maybe about Saint Patrick bringing Christianity to Ireland or maybe the cry of the land to free itself from the ancient pagan gods.
The 3rd song "Amergin's Invocation" makes the final cleansing of the land & the 4th song "Elegy" mourns the death of the pagan gods.
The 5th song "Sailing to Byzantium" is the 1st form of Christianity to come to the Celtics. Historically the Celtic Christian church was semi-independent from the bishop of Rome (later Pope) & was more Eastern Byzantine Christian to almost Coptic (Egyptian) Christian Mysticism that expressed the love of God & nature rather than the philosophy or logic of dogma.
The 6th song is the most interesting on the CD; "Abwoon" which is Aramaic for "Our Father" in English. Lisa Gerrard sings with a deep alto using the Aramaic language that Jesus used for his "How to Pray" prayer when he was on the Earth.
The 7th song "Immortal Memory" maybe about the universality of ancient Christianity or how God remembers all things? Or maybe this being the theme song is an overview of the rest of the songs?
The 8th song "Paradise Lost" maybe about the overtaking of the Celtic Church to conform to Roman Catholic doctrine & practice by Bishop Augustine 600 A.D. (not Saint Augustine of Hippo 400 A.D.) or about how modern Ireland has forgotten its true spiritual roots.
The 9th song "I Asked For Love" is plainly about getting the opposite from prayer until one just asks for God where he or she may receive freely.
The 10th song "Psallit In Aure Dei" is Patrick Cassidy main score from the words of Thomas of Celano, who was a disciple of & wrote a biography about Saint Francis of Assisi.
Try to come up with your own interpretation of this intriguing CD.
Well produced to bring out Lisa Gerrard's most unique singing style, but not as original as her 2 solo CD's "The Mirror Pool" & "Duality". Reading a few reviews below I agree that at times the music from this CD sounds like "Gorecki's 3rd Symphony" or something like Arvo Part to John Travener but it is done in good taste. Therefore a "4" is given for lack of originality.
Free Music Review: Dark
Hit: 5 Stars
Paradise Lost is darker than Hell itself; my stomach churns and writhes in knots every time I hear it. I love it.
Amazing album, haunting, and worth every penny for Paradise Lost alone. There are a few tracks that aren't very memorable, but all in all this is a five-star album.
Free Music Review: Immortal Memory...Forgettable Melodies
Hit: 2 Stars
Although these compositions are characterised by pleasing tonalities recorded in richly reverberant ambiance, they are altogether lacking with regard to melodic development or musical substance. There is nothing memorable about "Immortal Memory." Emotionally flat, this disc is positively dreary. This CD contains 57 minutes of excessively introspective, monotonous music that inspires nearly as much emotion as contemplating drying cement. An antidepressant medication may be necessary after listening. A disappointing addition to my musical library.