Zefiro Torna - Balsam (2018) [Hi-Res]

This recording is a synesthetic homage to music which explores the passion, lust, love, hallucination, and healing induced by herbs and flowers. It is a sensuous quest for the melting point at which very different repertoires and literatures dissolve into an unctuous and euphonious balsam for the mind and the soul. In its own inimitable interdisciplinarity, the Belgian ensemble Zefiro Torna takes us from Norway to Greece, from Virgil to Emile Verhaeren, and from Hildegard von Bingen and Guillaume du Fay to music newly composed in honor of the power of plants. A truly intoxicating experience.

Tracklist:
3:06 | 01. Zefiro Torna - O Spectabiles Viri
3:34 | 02. Zefiro Torna - La rosée de larmes
4:15 | 03. Zefiro Torna - Sous le noyer
5:31 | 04. Zefiro Torna - Les roses de Saadi
4:41 | 05. Zefiro Torna - A un lilas
7:20 | 06. Zefiro Torna - Yggdrasil / Fosseganger
4:11 | 07. Zefiro Torna - Balsamus et Munda Cera
0:57 | 08. Zefiro Torna - Sous le figuier I
1:21 | 09. Zefiro Torna - Purior in Vicis
2:48 | 10. Zefiro Torna - Sous le figuier II
5:25 | 11. Zefiro Torna - Où rien ne bouge
2:53 | 12. Zefiro Torna - Le doux désir douloureux
4:35 | 13. Zefiro Torna - Meninas Vamos à Murta
3:38 | 14. Zefiro Torna - Artemisia Absinthium (Polska)
5:52 | 15. Zefiro Torna - To Yasemi