On Divine Rites, Vox creatively revives the early Christian womens chants of the Middle East. With the magnificent singing of Lebanese contralto Fadia El-Hage, divine love and the elemental emotion of the human voice meet in an atmosphere of reverent absorbtion. According to Sufi philosophy the purpose of music is to remind the spirit of the realm for which it constantly longs. Certainly no contemporary musician is more aware of that mandate than Bulgarian-born, Munich-based composer Vladimir Ivaoff. A trained musicologist who studied lute and historical performance practice at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Ivanoff has served as musical director for such projects as Sarband, L'orient Imaginaire and Metamorphoses.
Track listing:
Holy Sepulchre 3:45
The Dove 7:42
Maria 4:48
Crucifixion 5:41
Kyrie Eleyson 2:18
Holy 6:03
Resurrection 3:22
Moses 5:47
Annunciation 7:02
Alleluja 7:48
