{{Infobox album | name = Aquilonis | type = Studio | artist = Trio Mediæval | cover = Aquilonis.png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2014|11|21}} | recorded = June 2014 | venue = | studio = Propstei Sankt Gerold<br>Sankt Gerold, Austria | genre = Choral, medieval classical music and Norwegian folk music<ref>{{cite news | title=''Aquilonis'' (Rate Your Music page)| url =https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/trio-mediaeval/aquilonis-1/| publisher = Rate Your Music | accessdate = June 24, 2017}}</ref> | length = {{Duration|h=01|m=00|s=52}} | label = ECM New Series 2416 | producer = Manfred Eicher | prev_title = A Worcester Ladymas | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Rímur | next_year = 2017 }}
{{Album ratings | rev1 = ''All Music'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite news | title=''Aquilonis'' (All Music Review)| url =http://www.allmusic.com/album/aquilonis-mw0002759481| publisher = All Music | accessdate = June 24, 2017}}</ref> }}
'''''Aquilonis''''' (Latin "of the North Wind") is a classical and choral studio album by the Swedish trio Trio Mediæval recorded in June 2014 and released on the ECM New Series November that same year.<ref name="ecmrecords">{{cite news | title=''Aquilonis''| url =https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038752911/aquilonis-trio-mediaeval| publisher = ECM New Series | accessdate = June 24, 2017}}</ref>
==Composition== The album is named after a Swedish North Wind. On this album the trio sings Icelandic chant and Italian sacred songs, with performing custom arrangements from old Norwegian folk melodies. The trio also sings some 15th-century English carols, as well as contemporary works by Anders Jormin, William Brooks and Andrew Smith. It's the first time that the trio also plays instruments with their voice on a record.<ref name="ecmrecords"/>
==Reception== James Manheim in his review for All Music says that "This certainly isn't an authentic performance of medieval music." but, he add that "In a way, it gets listeners closer than almost anybody else to the time when vertical sonorities in European music were new, and for those who have never heard it, it's time to begin."<ref name="allmusic"/>
In The New York Times' ''Classical Top Music Recordings of 2014'', James R. Oestreich says that "So varied are the sources that it is hard to find a theme or even a common thread. But the enchanting vocal style and sonority that the female trio has evolved unifies the whole beautifully."<ref>{{cite news | title=''Classical Critics Pick the Top Music Recordings of 2014''| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/arts/music/classical-critics-pick-the-top-music-recordings-of-2014.html| publisher = The New York Times | accessdate = June 24, 2017}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = 1:00:52 | title1 = Vespers Reponsory | writer1 = ''Anonymous'' | length1 = 2:44 | title2 = Ama | writer2 = Anders Jormin | length2 = 2:47 | title3 = Ave rex angelorum | writer3 = ''Anonymous'' | length3 = 2:15 | title4 = Ecce quod natura mutat sua jura | writer4 = ''Anonymous'' | length4 = 4:42 | title5 = Ave Maris Stella | writer5 = Andrew Smith | length5 = 2:32 | title6 = Vespers Antiphon and Psalm I, II, III | writer6 = ''Anonymous'' | length6 = 7:12 | title7 = Ioseph fili David | writer7 = Andrew Smith | length7 = 2:37 | title8 = Ave Regina caelorum | writer8 = Andrew Smith | length8 = 1:35 | title9 = Alleluia: A Newë Work | writer9 = ''Anonymous'' | length9 = 4:47 | title10 = Morgonljos | writer10 = Linn Andrea Fuglseth & Anna Maria Friman | length10 = 1:19 | title11 = Vespers Antiphon and Psalm IV, V | writer11 = ''Anonymous'' | length11 = 3:32 | title12 = Fammi cantar l'amor | writer12 = ''Anonymous'' | length12 = 2:49 | title13 = Gud unde oss her al leve så | writer13 = ''Traditional'' | length13 = 1:56 | title14 = Benedicti e llaudati | writer14 = ''Anonymous'' | length14 = 4:40 | title15 = Klokkeljom | writer15 = Berit Opheim, Anna Maria Friman & Linn Andrea Fuglseth | length15 = 0:47 | title16 = Special Antiphon | writer16 = ''Anonymous'' | length16 = 1:55 | title17 = Ingen vinner frem til den evige ro | writer17 = ''Traditional'' | length17 = 5:04 | title18 = Fryd dig, di Kristi brud | writer18 = ''Traditional'' | length18 = 3:34 | title19 = I hamrinum | writer19 = Berit Opheim & Anna Maria Friman | length19 = 1:00 | title20 = Vale, dulcis amice | writer20 = William Brooks | length20 = 3:05 }}
==Personnel==
=== Trio Mediæval === *Anna Maria Friman – voice, Hardanger fiddle, melody chimes *Linn Andrea Fuglseth – voice, portable organ, melody chimes *Berit Opheim – voice, melody chimes
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