Sanctuary
- 艺人
- Magna Canta
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Intentcity Records
- 发行时间
- 2005年04月19日
- 专辑类别
专辑介绍
by Rick Anderson
Ever since the surprise (not to say bizarre) commercial success of the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos with their chart-topping 1994 album of Gregorian chant, record labels have been trying to make lightning strike twice by releasing albums of contemplative liturgical music with new agey cover art. One of the smarmier but more successful attempts was made by Enigma, who had hit the charts in 1990 with "Sadeness," a squicky fusion of softcore French porn, medieval melodies, and club beats. Magna Canta is something of a meta-fusion of those two fusions -- Junior Deros and Ray Federico take the high-minded spirituality of the monks (or at least a well-meaning, if woolly-headed, approximation of it) and combine it with the warm and fuzzy funkiness of Enigma, creating music that is meant to "transport the listener on wings of angels to another time and place as a journey into distant memories from a forgotten time open a realm of mystery and sacredness." Making fun of that kind of talk wouldn't be sporting, and to be fair, the music is all really very pleasant: it's mostly sung by a choir, which really does sound pretty good, and the beats are well constructed and tasteful. One track, "Japan," even adds another dimension of cultural fusion by bringing in the voice and lyrics of one Marianne Shimisu, to nice effect. But if you're looking for transcendence rather than simple pleasantness, you'll need to look elsewhere (e.g., Palestrina or Hildegard von Bingen).
最新简评（共14条）
- @如初简(音乐是一种无国界的语言)：心灵庇护所
- @静忆是个懒宅女(懶似精靈。。。。)：比心比心
- @楠楠Anan：Magna Canta 的第二张《Sanctuary 庇护所》，是目前为止这个中世纪圣歌团队的最好专辑。在第一轨的《Russia》里，Magna Canta 通过俄罗斯圣歌更加增强了《Sanctuary 庇护所》的国际感；另外，在名为《Japan》的第六轨音乐中，唯美的日本女声圣歌也有着突出的表现。
- @从容的哥特(我还没想好要写什么...)：Japan 这首是不是翻唱或者被谁翻唱过啊,旋律太熟悉了 ---------似乎之前有段时间经常听的可能就是这首……
- @no1人骨花园：大赞~
- @小小：Magna Canta是比传统的那个格里高利还好听的组合,他们的旋律更加优美,节奏更加舞曲化,音乐元素更加丰富,配器更加多样.
- @千羽：japan
- @三年梦：算是今年听过的宗教风格的NEW AGE音乐里最出彩的一首吧。。
- @shikata：大爱
- @爽朗的土豆(cellarlove)：sanctificator nomen tuum, adveniat regnum tuum, sicut in caelo et in terra.