POPOL VUH "coeur de verre" LP, 1977, NM-M / EX, FRANCE, Werner Herzog Film
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AMG Review by Thom Jurek [-]
One of several soundtracks Florian Fricke composed for the films of Werner Herzog, Coeur de Verre (Heart from Glass, 1976) is one of the true masterpieces from Popol Vuh. Utilizing East Indian classical music as its starting point, Fricke and Daniel Fichelscher (guitars and percussion), with help from Alois Gromer on sitar and flutist Mattias Tippelskirch, have recorded one of the most blissed-out works in the band's history. Fricke's concentration on nearly painfully slowly developing themes (yes, even slower than usual) is tempered by the sheer reliance on transcendent euphoria in the processional tempos. The purposeful control of dynamics is necessary because of the deep emotional and spiritual connotations in the music. Composed to the images on the screen, the original version of "Sing, for Song Drives Away the Wolves" and the redone "Geimenschaft" appear here and close the album. Indeed they are its highlights, but that is only after a buildup that demands release after 45 minutes. Many would argue for one of the choral vocal works like Hosianna Mantra or Sei Still, Wisse ICH BIN as the band's flat-out masterpiece, but in its purely instrumental incarnation this one is unquestionably Popol Vuh's watermark. There is so much beauty here, it tenderly breaks the heart over and over again, seemingly effortlessly.
Popol Vuh ?– Coeur De Verre
Label: Egg ?– 900 536, Egg ?– 900.536 Format: Vinyl, LPCountry: France Released: 1977 Genre: Electronic, Rock, Stage & Screen Style: Soundtrack, Krautrock, Ambient
Tracklist
A1 Engel Der Gegenwart 8:15 A2 Blätter Aus Dem Buch Der Kühnheit 4:17 A3 Das Lied Von Den Hohen Bergen 4:08 B1 Hüter Der Schwelle 3:45 B2 Der Ruf 4:41 B3 Singet, Denn Der Gesang Vertreibt Die Wölfe 4:30 B4 Gemeinschaft 3:47Credits
- Engineer [Engeneer] – Frank Fiedler, Hardy Bank, Robert Wedel
- Flute – Mathias V. Tippelskirch*
- Guitar [All Guitars], Percussion – Daniel Fichelscher
- Piano, Producer – Florian Fricke
- Producer – Renate Knaup
- Sitar – Al Gromer*
- Written-By – Fichelscher* (tracks: B2), F. Fricke* (tracks: A1 to B1, B3, B4)
Notes
Bande originale du film de Werner Herzog? 1977 F. Fricke Productions
Distribution CPF
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GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.
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