[ Diversions / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 20 June 2008
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"A hauntingly beautiful composition… the music literally shines from the recording. This is music to listen to again and again. Music that resonates within the chambers of the body, a healing balm to body, mind and soul." -(Caduceus)
Hidden away in strange carvings on the arches of Rosslyn Chapel, Edinburgh (immortalised in "The Da Vinci Code") is the cymatic notation of an ancient hyymn, possibly coded by members of a cult of John the Baptist linked to the origianl (real) Knights Templar). Now de-coded, so forget the myths and fictions about the Holy Grail - this is the REAL Rosslyn secret.
The disc also includes Thomas Mitchell's "Songs of the Chartres Labyrinth" which is related to Rosslyn in several ways.
"There's no doubt about it: the [Rosslyn] music is gravely beautiful in its relative simplicity, and credibly 'ancient'. It is performed by an accomplished, pure-toned quartet of singers. [The Chartres piece] is both sober and appealing. This passes what might be called a 'blindfold test': I enjoyed the music even before I knew what was behind it." - Raymond S. Tuttle (International Record Review)
"A hauntingly beautiful composition… the music literally shines from the recording. This is music to listen to again and again. Music that resonates within the chambers of the body, a healing balm to body, mind and soul." - Susan Hale (Caduceus)
Anon (realised T. Mitchell; arr. S. Mitchell):
The Rosslyn Motet
T. Mitchell:
Songs of the Chartres Labyrinth