Released in 1973, Seligpreisung was, if anything, a complete shock after the gorgeous "religious" rock of Hosianna Mantra.
Gone are the hypnotic Gregorian chants and overtone layers of drone.
In their place is a kind of shimmering, spacy jazz-rock where, despite a few instances of Florian Fricke chant-singing, the effect is one where his piano becomes the steadiest backdrop, playing hypnotic, repetitive chords and phrases while Conny Veit improvises with David Gilmour-like blues guitar phrases over the gently swirling music.
Elsewhere, the rest of the group (the same cats who played on Hosianna Mantra) is heard in classically tinged miniatures that float through the mix with a kind of meandering insistence on instantly recognizable Western thematics and standard conceptions of beauty rather than confrontations -- however subtle -- with the East/West space-time continuum.
This is not to say that Seligpreisung is a disappointment; rather, it is only a shock for its giant step backward into the realm of the conventional.
Perhaps Hosianna Mantra presented an abyss, and as Fricke looked over it musically, he realized that its beauty was unbearable.
For whatever the reason, Seligpreisung is a meditative, generally quiet, and lovely album, but it doesn't go near the precipice.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanz der ChassidimFlorian Fricke | Popol Vuh | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 2 | Selig Sind Die, Die Da Hungern | Popol Vuh | Play | 06:01 | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| 3 | Selig Sind, Die Da Hier Weinen | Popol Vuh | Play | 05:08 | 11 MB | 21 MB |
| 4 | Selig Sind, Die Da Willig Arm Sind | Popol Vuh | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 13 MB |
| 5 | Selig Sind, Die Da Leid Tragen | Popol Vuh | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| 6 | Selig Sind Die Sanftmutigen | Popol Vuh | Play | 02:31 | 5 MB | 11 MB |
| 7 | Selig Sind, Die Da Reinen Herzens Sind | Popol Vuh | Play | 02:33 | 5 MB | 8 MB |
| 8 | Ja, Sie Sollen Gottes Kinder Heissen | Popol Vuh | Play | 02:42 | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| 9 | Be In Love (Bonus Track) | Popol Vuh | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 25 MB |
| 34 mins | 77 MB | |||||
| 34 mins | 159 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altenmarkt | Engineer |
| 2 | Bettina | Photography |
| 3 | Dieter Dierks | Tuning |
| 4 | Robert Eliscu | Group Member, Oboe |
| 5 | Danny Secundus Fichelscher | Congas, Drums, Group Member, Guitar |
| 6 | Daniel Fischelscher | Guitar |
| 7 | Florian Fricke | Arranger, Cembalo, Composer, Group Member, Piano, Producer, Vocals |
| 8 | Kranz | Photography |
| 9 | Reinhard Langowski | Producer |
| 10 | Popol Vuh | Primary Artist |
| 11 | Stommeln | Engineer |
| 12 | Ingo Trauer | Cover Design |
| 13 | Conny Veit | Group Member, Guitar, Guitar (12 String) |
| 14 | Klaus Wiese | Group Member, Tamboura |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |