Perennis

L'oeuvre de René Guénon (1886-1951) n'a de cesse de proclamer le déclin de l'Occident. La raison en est, selon lui, l'oubli de la Tradition, noyau originaire de toutes les métaphysiques et de toutes les religions. …

This re-issue of early Medieval vocal music from Finland includes a unique reconstruction of 14th and 15th century Gregorian music that was performed in Finland in the memory of St. Henry, Finland’s Patron Saint. Liturgical literature dealing with St. Henry is abundant and the music in this collection consists of extracts from masses and offices to St. Henry. Liturgical legend and oral tradition provide a colorful account of the English clergyman’s mission to Finland where he was killed on January 20th, 1156.

Heikki Klemetti (1876–1953) was one of the most important figures in the Finnish music of his day: author, organiser, musicologist, editor, educator, folksong collector and, above all, choral composer. His work as an organist and composer for the organ has largely been forgotten, an omission this first-ever album of his organ music seeks to correct. The influence of Ostrobothnian folksong can readily be heard, and there are obvious points of contact with the musical language of Sibelius, not least in the unemphatic dignity and nobility of the style, with the modal harmonies occasionally calling to mind another of Klemetti’s contemporaries: Vaughan Williams.

Ce recueil, écrit vers le milieu de notre siècle, donc avant la plupart de nos autres livres, diffère de ceux-ci du fait qu’il se compose, non d’articles proprement dits, mais d’extraits de lettres, de notes de lecture, de réflexions surgies sans cause occasionnelle, et coordonnés après coup sous forme de chapitres. …