Search - Popol Vuh :: Sing for Song Drives Away the Wolves

Musically updated version of Coeur du Verre soundtrack

09/17/1998

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Nowhere in all of Popol Vuh's releases is East Indian fusion more apparent, and more wonderful, than on this album and its earlier incarnation. On this release, however, some of the purity of that earlier vision has been lost and the tracks overlaid with keyboard harmonics that I personally feel detract from -- rather than add to -- the beauty of the compositions themselves.These are dancing pieces (not pieces to dance to necessarily) full of worshipful wonder for the mysteries of Nature.It gets 4 stars rather than 5 because this is a remastered, updated, rocked-up re-release of the killer Popol Vuh soundtrack album for Werner Herzog's Coeur de Verre.On the other hand, it does contain a bonus track from Einsjager & Sebensjager.The Coeur de Verre soundtrack is subtitled "Singet, denn der gesang vertreisst die wolfe." The tracks on the Coeur de Verre are Engel der Gegenwart; Blatter aus dem buch der kuhnheit; Das lied von den hohen bergen; Huter der schwelle; Der ruf; Singet, denn der gesang vertreisst die wolfe; and Gemeinschaft.This CD's tracks are Song of the high mountains; Pages from the book of daring; Dance of the Chassidim; Keepers of the threshold; Sing, for song drives away the wolves; Little warrior; Sweet repose; and You shouldn't awake your beloved before it pleases her. My recommendation is to buy the Coeur de Verre soundtrack in preference to this CD.At 43:04 it is about average length for a Popul Vuh CD, thanks to the addition of the track from Einsjager (which accounts for 19:26 of the total)."