This first recording by Dialogos was a discovery of croatian medieval sacred music and relations between the learned and traditional music of the two coasts of the Adriatic Sea.
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The seven singers know how to give an extraordinary force to this neglected repertoire.
Le Monde, 1999
We are filled with joy by this magnificent disc, in which every piece offers a new surprise (one must admire the care taken in varying the expression from strophe to strophe), and in which the singers vie with one another in expressiveness and sincerity.
Le Monde de la Musique, 1999
Dialogos discovers new ways to bring these repertories to life: through a very unique composition of its members, with singers coming from different cultures and traditions, through preparing programmes in a form of an 'atelier' where the collective energy creates a constant plural unity which emphasizes the bond between singer and actor. Livljanic founded this ensemble of women in 1996. Their interpretation and execution are outstanding. Some of the pieces involve polyphony of a primitive sort, such as the genealogy from the beginning of St. Matthew's gospel.
Goldberg
In these pieces as well as the liturgical selections, Katarina Livljanić's ornamentation and rhythmic interpretation are extremely convincing. Her skills as both musicologist and performing artist combine to create a truly superior recording.
Liturgica
Thanks to the emotions which they are capable of arousing, the singers, luminous and full off complicity, help us to discover and love a musical heritage which emerges bit by bit from obscurity.
La Vie
Passionate and word-sensitive, these performances reinstated the details of Christian ritual with spontaneous energy. Technically, every note fell into its rightful place in a continuity of meaning rooted in beauty of tone.
Los Angeles Times
Puče moj (Popule meus)
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Summer 2008
• June 3rd, Cité de la musique, Paris
Amphithéâtre, 8pm
Programme: Judith
Booking: 01 44 84 44 84
www.cite-musique.fr
• June 16th, Dvigrad Festival
Kanfanar, Croatia
Crkva sv. Silvestra, 9.30pm
Programme: Judith
• June 25th, Romanischer Sommer
Köln, Germany
St Pantaleon’s church, 9.30pm
Programme: Judith
www.romanischer-sommer.de
• August 13th, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
Greyfriars Kirk, 5.45pm
Programme: Chant Wars
www.eif.co.uk
• August 19th, Festival de música antigua de Sajazarra, La Rioja, Spain
Iglesia de la Asunción, 8.30pm
Programme: Abbo Abbas
Booking: +34 941 320 346
• August 27th, Académie Bach, France
Varengeville sur mer’s church, 8.30pm
Programme: Judith
www.academie-bach.fr
August 28th-30th, 2008, Antwerp, Belgium
International Young Artists Presentation - Early Music
More information at www.musica.be