Karl Jenkins( 凯尔·真金斯)1944年出生于高尔半岛(Gower,英国威尔士南部),6岁开始随着他的父亲学习钢琴,11岁开始学习双簧管,并随后成为威尔士青年交响乐团的首席.而后他进入了威尔士大学的作曲系.在经过几年正规的作曲学习后,他考入了英国最高的音乐学府——伦敦皇家音乐学院(Royal Academy of Music, London)继续他的研究生课程.在那里,他开始学习爵士萨克斯管.再后来他接触的爵士乐反而令他得到第一个音乐上的大奖——在1972年的蒙特利爵士节上,他获得了年度最佳爵士双簧管演奏者和全能器乐演奏者两项大奖.接着,他无心插柳地成就了ADIEMUS这首经典的广告金曲,也因此引出了大红大紫的ADIEMUS系列.
Each Adiemus album is a collection of song-length pieces featuring harmonised vocal melody against an orchestra background. There are no lyrics as such, instead the vocalists sing syllables and 'words' invented by Jenkins. However, rather than creating musical interest from patterns of phonemes (as in scat singing, or in numerous classical and crossover compositions), the language of Adiemus is carefully stylised so as not to distract the listener's attention from the pitch and timbre of the voice. Syllables rarely end in consonants, for example. In this respect it is similar to Japanese and several other languages. The core concept of Adiemus is that the voice should be allowed to function as nothing more than an instrument, an approach that has become something of a trend in recent choral writing[citation needed] (compare, for example Vangelis's score for the film 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), or "Dogora", a symphonic suite by French composer étienne Perruchon). The word Adiemus itself resembles the Latin word 'adeamus' meaning 'let us approach' (or "let us submit a cause to a referee"),[1] or, as "adiemus," the future tense of the same verb, meaning "we will approach" or "we will take possession.[2] Jenkins has said he was unaware of this.[3] Perhaps even more appropriately, the song title also resembles two forms of the Latin verb 'audire' (to hear), i.e. 'audiemus' (we shall hear) and 'audiamus' (let us hear).
Artist: Adiemus
Title Of Album: Discography
Label: Virgin
Country: UK
Release Date: 1995-2006
Genre: New Age
Quality: FLAC (tracks, image+.cue)
Bitrate: lossless
Total Time: 08:46:22
Total Size: 2,85 GB
Adiemus I: Songs of Sanctuary (1995) FLAC
01. Adiemus (4:00)
02. Tintinnabulum (11:01)
03. Cantus Inaequalis (3:16)
04. Cantus Insolitus (5:38)
05. In Caelum Fero (7:47)
06. Cantus Iteratus (6:40)
07. Amate Adea (5:21)
08. Kayama (7:57)
09. Hymn (2:39)
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Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi (1996) FLAC
01. Cantus: Song of Tears (9:03)
02. Chorale I: Za Ma Ba (1:52)
03. Cantus: Song of the Spirit (6:12)
04. Chorale II: Roosh Ka Ma (1:53)
05. Cantus: Song of the Trinity (6:14)
06. Chorale III: Vocalise (2:22)
07. Cantus: Song of the Odyssey (7:29)
08. Chorale IV: Alame Oo Ya (3:01)
09. Cantus: Song of the Plains (11:29)
10. Chorale V: Arama Ivi (1:23)
11. Cantus: Song of Invocation (8:48)
12. Chorale VI: Sol-Fa/Cantus: Song of Aeolus (5:50)
13. Chorale VII: A Ma Ka Ma (1:19)
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Adiemus III: Dances of Time (1998) FLAC
01. Corrente (Courante) (5:06)
02. Un Bolero Azul (Blue Bolero) (8:38)
03. La La La Koora (Landler) (3:23)
04. Dawn Dancing (3:15)
05. Kaya Kakooya (Rumba) (4:36)
06. Intrada & Pavan (7:28)
07. Minuet (1:25)
08. Rain Dance (4:32)
09. African Tango (8:09)
10. Zarabanda (Saraband) (4:39)
11. Ein Weiner Walzer (A Viennese Waltz) (5:03)
12. Hymn to the Dance (3:53)
13. Dos A Dos (Square Dance) (4:13)
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Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot (2000) FLAC
01. Cu Chullain (6:15)
02. The Eternal Knot (4:05)
03. Palace of the Crystal Bridge (3:42)
04. The Wooing of Etain (5:26)
05. King of the Sacred Grove (6:05)
06. Saint Declan's Drone (3:58)
07. Salm O "Dewi Sant" (4:23)
08. Connla's Well (4:20)
09. The Dagda (7:57)
10. Children of Dannu (3:32)
11. Ceridwen's Curse (4:30)
12. Hermit of the Sea Rock (1:46)
13. Isle of the Mystic Lake (3:16)
14. Math Was a Wizard (2:57)
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Adiemus Live (2001) FLAC
01. Adiemus (3:59)
02. In Caelum Fero (7:14)
03. Kayama (5:59)
04. Cantus Insolitus (5:46)
05. Cu Chullain (5:58)
06. The Wooing of Etain (4:39)
07. Connla's Well (4:14)
08. Hymn (4:41)
09. The Dagda (6:10)
10. Ceridwen's Curse (4:58)
11. Dawn Dancing (3:25)
12. Dos A Dos (4:50)
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The Essential Adiemus (aka The Journey: The Best of Adiemus) (2003) FLAC
01. Adiemus (4:02)
02. Cantus Inaequalis (3:18)
03. Kayama (Radio Edit) (4:03)
04. In Caelum Fero (Radio Edit) (4:44)
05. Hymn (2:44)
06. Cantilena (3:26)
07. Cantus: Song of the Trinity (Edit) (2:46)
08. Cantus: Song of the Plains (Edit) (4:01)
09. Elegia (4:10)
10. Chorale VI: Sol-Fa/Cantus: Song of Aeolus (5:48)
11. Chorale I: Za Ma Ba (1:53)
12. Cantus: Song of Tears (3:57)
13. Rain Dance (Edit) (3:55)
14. Ein Wiener Walzer (A Viennese Waltz) (5:02)
15. Corrente (Courante) (5:06)
16. Zarabanda (Saraband) (4:39)
17. La La La Koora (Landler) (3:23)
18. Beyond the Century (4:56)
19. Adiemus (1999 New Version) (3:55)
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Adiemus V: Vocalise (2003) FLAC
01. Rondo (4:09)
02. The Protector (4:11)
03. Allegrettango (6:01)
04. Dona Nobis Pacem - Part I (2:26)
05. Dona Nobis Pacem - Part II (6:01)
06. Akruzam (4:30)
07. Schwanda the Bagpiper (1:49)
08. Exit Schwanda (1:20)
09. Bendigedig (5:20)
10. Schubert's Dance (3:22)
11. Berceuse pour un Enfant Solitaire (6:12)
12. Aria (5:31)
13. Mysterious Are Your Ways (3:31)
14. Mi Contra Fa, Diabolus in Musica (5:55)
15. Vocalise (4:32)
16. Boogie Woogie Llanoogie (3:30)
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Karl Jenkins & Adiemus - The Essential Collection (2006) FLAC
01. Adiemus (Adiemus I - 1999 Version) (3:57)
02. Pie Jesu (Requiem) (4:33)
03. Hymn Before Action (The Armed Man) (2:38)
04. Cantus: Song of Tears (Adiemus II - Journey Edit) (3:56)
05. Palladio (Diamond Music) [De Beers ad.] (3:45)
06. Lacrimosa (Requiem) (4:46)
07. Cantilena (The Journey) [Cheltenham & Gloucester ad.] (3:23)
08. In Paradisum (Requiem) (5:21)
09. The Exile Song (In These Stones Horizons Sing) (2:33)
10. Agnus Dei (The Armed Man) (3:37)
11. Cantus: Song of the Plains (Adiemus II - Journey Edit) (3:58)
12. Dies Irae (Requiem) (4:38)
13. Allegrettango (Adiemus Vocalise) (6:03)
14. Benedictus (The Armed Man) (7:35)
15. Beyond the Century (The Journey) (4:54)
16. Sanctus (The Armed Man) (6:57)