5013929334007

Missa Luba

Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudoui

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: ACME340BOX

Release Date:  30 November 2018

Label:  El / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Clamshell

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  5013929334007

Genres:  Soundtracks  

  • Description

    .A mass sung in pure Congolese style and native songs of the Congo sung by Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin.Featuring "Sanctus" from the original soundtrack of Lindsay Anderson's exraordinary film If... and more themes from Maverick Post-War Cinema.'It was as though an H-bomb had gone off under the establishment'. Malcolm McDowell on the reaction to If....The centrepiece of this edition is the the Missa Luba, a version of the Latin mass bewitchingly performed by Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin. It includes the beautiful 'Sanctus' which was deployed by director Lindsay Anderson to magical effect in his extraordinary 1968 film, If....Coming at a time of youthful dissidence and revolt, If... was a surprise hit with'Sanctus' an integral part of the fabric of what has come to be regarded as one of the best, most important works of art in British film history..This edition presents the Missa Luba complete in a programme which also includes the delightful Christmas in the Congo album and a selection of both children's songs and songs from Luba folklore, (eight of which are released here in digital format for the first time); all performed joyfully by Father Guido Haazen's remarkable youth choir..Taking its cue from both Sanctus and If..., the remainder of this edition surveys the use of unusual and classical music in post-war cinema by progressive film makers; among them Welles, Bergman, Bunuel, Kubrick, Powell, Visconti; poets and mavericks for whom cinema transcended even art..Malcolm McDowell's choice of Sanctus for If... was inspired. The other-worldliness of the music seems the perfect metaphor for the fight for freedom that Lindsay Anderson suggested If... was mostly about. .Among some other sublime and powerfully effective examples of where film and music have become inseparable are included in this set; Mahler's Fifth Symphony in Visconti's Death in Venice; Chopin and Bach establishing atmosphere for In

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Dibwe Diambula Kabanda (Marriage Song)
      • 2. Lutuku & A Bene Kanyoka (Emergence From Grief)
      • 3. Ebu Ewale Kemai (Marriage Ballad)
      • 4. Katunbu (Dance)
      • 5. Seya Wa Mama Ndalamba (Marital Celebration)
      • 6. Banaha (Soldiers Song)
      • 7. Twai Tshinaminai (Work Song)
      • 8. Kyrie
      • 9. Gloria
      • 10. Credo
      • 11. Sanctus
      • 12. Benedictus
      • 13. Agnus Dei
      • 14. Ave Maria
      • 15. Mbali Kule
      • 16. O Jesu Christe
      • 17. Kamiole
      • 18. Katende
      • 19. Kilio
      • 20. Kamuyambi
      • 21. Daina
      • 22. Siku Kuu (Holy Night)
      • 23. Lullaby
      • 24. Kimya
      • 25. Abe Wanene
      • 26. Mbambale
      • 27. Makeva
      • 28. Tambwe Dishinda
      • 29. Lutuku Ina Mudinga
      • 30. Oh Siekeni Wee Mama
      • 31. Munafika
      • 32. Emelina Ee
      • 33. Siku Moja
      • 34. Mwendele Baki Binda
      • 35. Lelo Nguba
      • 36. Kabundi
      • 37. Wa Buta

      Disc 2

      • 1. A Canterbury Tale (1944) Toccata In D Minor, Bwv 565
      • 2. The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945) Prelude For Piano, Op. 28, No. 24 In D Minor (The Storm)
      • 3. A Matter Of Life And Death (1946) Prelude
      • 4. Pandora & The Flying Dutchman (1951) Etude #1 In A Flat, Op. 25/1, Ct 26, "Aeolian Harp"
      • 5. Song Without End (1960) – Consolation No. 1
      • 6. Shakespeare Wallah (1965) Hey Ho! The Wind And The Rain
      • 7. The Loved One (1965) Tristan And Isolde: Prelude
      • 8. The Avengers: From Venus With Love (1967) Venus, The Bringer Of Peace
      • 9. The Prisoner: Hammer Into Anvil (1967) L'arlÉsienne, Suite No.1 - PrÉlude
      • 10. The Prisoner: Hammer Into Anvil (1967) L'arlÉsienne, Suite No.12 - Farandole
      • 11. Bedazzled (1967) Academic Festival Overture Op.80
      • 12. The Bliss Of Mrs. Blossom (1968) Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture After Shakespeare (Section)
      • 13. If... (1968) Sanctus (From Missa Luba An African Mass) (Mono)
      • 14. If... (1968) Toccata, 5th Organ Symphony Opus 42 No 1
      • 15. Daisies (1968) Siegfried's Funeral March From GÖtterdÄmmerung (Twilight Of The Gods)
      • 16. Deep End (1970) Ride Of The Valkyries
      • 17. Five Easy Pieces (1970) Prelude In E Minor, Op 28, No. 4

      Disc 3

      • 1. Death In Venice (1971) Adagietto From Symphony 5
      • 2. Harold & Maude (1971) An Der SchÖnen, Blauen Donau (On The Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314
      • 3. Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) Concerto No. 5 In F Minor For Piano And Orchestra - Largo
      • 4. Savage Messiah (1972) Nuages
      • 5. Cries And Whispers (1972) Mazurka In A Minor, Op.17/4
      • 6. Cries And Whispers (1972) Suite No. 5 For Solo Cello In C Minor (4th Movement) Sarabande
      • 7. The Ruling Class (1972) Requiem In D Minor (K.626)
      • 8. F For Fake (1973) Caprice No24 In A Minor
      • 9. The Exorcist (1973) Five Pieces For Orchestra Op. 10
      • 10. The Phantom Of Liberty (1974) Carnaval, Opus 9, Movement Number 12
      • 11. Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975) Prelude No.1 In C Major Bwv 846 (Wtc I)
      • 12. Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975) Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat "Emperor", Op. 73 Adagio Un Poco Mosso
      • 13. Shock Of The New - The Landscape Of Paradise (1980) Pavane Of Sleeping Beauty From Ma Mere L'oye
      • 14. Shock Of The New - The Landscape Of Paradise (1980) Concertino For Piano & Orchestra – Lent
      • 15. Shock Of The New - The Landscape Of Paradise (1980) Sicilienne From Pelleas Et Melisande, Op. 78
      • 16. Fitzcarraldo (1982) La BohÈme: O MimÃŒ, Tu PiÙ Non Torni (Recorded 1907)
      • 17. La Belle Noiseuse (1991) Agon - Ballet For Twelve Dancers: Pas De Quatre
      • 18. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Nauges Gris