Description
Nicholas Lens is a Belgian composer of contemporary music, best known for his operas, one of his first works was the musical drama 'Flamma Flamma - Das Feuer-Requiem' (The Fire Requiem), written in 1993. The re-release of 'Flamma Flamma' by the Intuition Music labe was to mark the 30th anniversary and featured a remastered and re-edited version of the original album released worldwide in 1994. It's appearing for the first time on double vinyl, as well as on CD. The composer himself supervised the remastering and re-editing.
After its initial release on CD in 1994, 'Flamma Flamma' climbed numerous international charts and quickly developed from an insider tip to a major bestseller and has been compared with Orff's'Carmina Burana'. The gothic world - both romantic gothic and trash gothic - also embraced the work during long 'Flamma Flamma theme weekends' in castles across Europe.
Nicholas Lens began his trilogy 'The Accacha Chronicles' (Flamma Flamma / Terra Terra / Amor Aeternus) with the first part, 'Flamma Flamma', as a search for harmony between the contradictory elements in nature and human nature. The fusion of non-European musical cultures with Western classical music has been described and appreciated as highly unique. Finally, unlike almost every other requiem, 'Flamma Flamma' not only deals with grief and pain, but also presents death as anatural part of the cosmic life process.
Claron McFadden: coloratura soprano
La Verne Williams: dramatic mezzo soprano
Gary Boyce: counter tenor
Zeger Vandersteene: leggero tenor
Henk lauwers: baritone
Marcello Rosca: basso profondo
Nadka Karadjova, Anastassia Kostova, Kera Damianova: voices
Flemish Radio Choir
Vic Nees, Nicholas Lens: choir masters
Makiko Goto: koto
The Gondwana Orchestra
Nicholas Lens, conductor
