Ignis is the fourth album by Swiss violinist Paul Giger recorded in 1998 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Ignis
Studio album by Paul Giger
Released	2000
Recorded	June 1998
Genre	Medieval music/Contemporary classical music
Length	72:41
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Paul Giger chronology
Schattenwelt (1993) Ignis (2000) Vindonissa (2003)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Mark W. B. Allender awarded the album 4 stars stating "the pieces on Ignis form a body of old-world sacred music with an avant-garde sensibility".[2] In 2011, Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer used samples of Ignis as the basis for the track "Reshadub" on the remix album Re:ECM.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Giger except as indicated

1. "Organum" (Anonymous) - 6:26
2. "Karma Shadub" - 21:01
3. "Tropus" (Notker Balbulus, Tuotilo) - 14:00
4. "Alleluja" (Notker Balbulus, Tuotilo) - 3:31
5. "O Ignis" (Hildegard von Bingen) - 27:43

• Recorded at Niguliste Church, Tallinn in Estonia in June 1998

Personnel

• Paul Giger - violin, viola d'amore
• Marius Ungureanu - viola (tracks 1 & 3-5)
• Beat Schneider - cello (tracks 1 & 3-5)
• Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste (tracks 2-5)

References