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01. KAY HOFFMAN - Iste Mundus
02. KAY HOFFMAN - Floret Silva
03. KAY HOFFMAN - Exorcismus
04. KAY HOFFMAN - Intermezzo (Chume, Chume)
05. KAY HOFFMAN - Ich Will Truren
06. KAY HOFFMAN - Rondo
07. KAY HOFFMAN - Mai Tanz
08. KAY HOFFMAN - Quot Sunt Horae
09. KAY HOFFMAN - Tot
10. KAY HOFFMAN - Sonus Dulcis Lyrae
11. KAY HOFFMAN - Ouverture Zum Fest
12. KAY HOFFMAN - Intermezzo (Fagott Sommer Nacht Promenade)
13. KAY HOFFMAN - Tempus Instat
14. KAY HOFFMAN - Langueo (Vacillantis)
15. KAY HOFFMAN - Chume, Chume
16. KAY HOFFMAN - Nummus
17. KAY HOFFMAN - Post Communio Sancti Cyrilli
ARTIST
TITLE
Floret Silva
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
ROBOT 034CD ROBOT 034CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
12/11/2015

2006 reissue. 1977 progressive avant-folk masterpiece from minimalist composer Kay Hoffman. Includes collaborative performances from Jacqueline Darby and Gaio Chiocchio, members of the legendary Italian progressive group Pierrot Lunaire. Originally slated for release on RCA/IT (Italy) in '78, the album was later rejected due to recording deadlines, release schedules, and requests by RCA for other artistic/musical considerations. However, many years later, Floret Silva did end up surfacing on a very different shore. Copies of the masters found their way to the highly eclectic Japanese label Belle Antique, whose musical director had heard rumors about the early project in the mid-1980s. As a result, Floret Silva was finally released eight years after the completed sessions in 1985 in a limited but very well-received LP edition. Apparently, not many copies of the record were exported outside Japan. This merely created even more mystery surrounding the recordings as well as rumors associated with a Pierrot Lunaire-related project. The recordings were based on Carmina Burana, a collection of medieval poetry written by various authors of which little is known. Floret Silva was an attempt to find a voice for these anonymous authors in the late 1970s in Florence. Available for the first time on CD with remastered sound, including a 12-page booklet with full lyrics and English translations. A lost (but now reclaimed) gem from the Italian progressive underground.