"Everything about this CD is a stroke of genius, beginning with the title (…). The Sequentia/Dialogos tandem has proved to be one of the most fruitful for medieval music. Their understanding of the structural and grace notes gives rise to a subtle interpretation which in some passages produces an intriguing heterophonic effect."
Goldberg
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At the centre of this universe stands Katarina Livljanić, musical director, performer, and creator of the musical reconstruction and textual adaptation. One might call her a truly enthusiastic performer, provided that we restore to the word its oldest meaning. The Greek enthousiasmós indeed refers to the state of being éntheos—inhabited or inspired by the divine. And it would be difficult to find a more fitting word for what Livljanić accomplishes in the space of the chancel.
Because Livljanić, strictly speaking, does not merely sing. She celebrates.
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