Messa di Orfeo

Messa di Orfeo is the twentieth and last album by Popol Vuh. It was originally released in 1999 on Spalax and features music played during an audio-video-light installation as performed in the Labyrinth of Molfetta, Bari, during the Time Zones Festival in 1998.

Messa de Orfeo
Live album by Popol Vuh
Released	1999
Recorded	1998
Label	Spalax Music
Producer	Popol Vuh and Time Zones
Popol Vuh chronology
Shepherd's Symphony – Hirtensymphonie (1997) Messa de Orfeo (1999)

Track listing

All tracks composed by Florian Fricke.

1. "Deep in the Ocean of Love" – 2:50
2. "Strofa 1" – 3:37
3. "Nascita dell' ape" – 7:18
4. "Strofa 2" – 3:45
5. "Dall' origine al divenire" – 2:15
6. "Strofa 3" – 4:05
7. "Strofa 4" – 3:49
8. "Primo movimento" – 13:41
9. "Strofa 5" – 3:48

Personnel

• Florian Fricke – keyboards
• Frank Fiedler – video
• Guillermina De Gennaro – recitation
• Maya Rose – vocals
• Johannes Fricke – artist assistance

Credits

Live recording by Popol Vuh
Studio recording at Tom Tom-Studio, Bari, Italy
Produced by Popol Vuh and Time Zones

Liner notes

The liner notes of the album are in Italian.

Original text in Italian Orfeo, il bardo, fa parte degli argonauti Oiagros, dio del fiume, suo padre Calliope, la musa, sua madre I suoi emblemi sono l'ape e la cicala, animali divini, amici delle muse

Translation in English Orpheus, the bard, part of the Argonauts Oeagrus, god of the river, his father Calliope, the Muse, his mother His emblems are the bee and the grasshopper, divine animals, friends of the Muses

Lyrics

Original in Italian La terra ed io siamo uno i suoi occhi ed i miei occhi sono uno le sue orecchie e le mie orecchie sono uno La terra ed io siamo uno le sue ossa e le mie ossa sono uno La terra ed io siamo uno la sua carne e la mia carne sono uno La terra ed io siamo uno il suo sangue ed il mio sangue sono uno La terra ed io siamo uno il suo respiro ed il mio respiro sono uno La terra mi tiene e mi ama da sempre

Translation in English The Earth and I are one His eyes and my eyes are one His ears and my ears are one The Earth and I are one His bones and my bones are one The Earth and I are one His flesh and my flesh are one The Earth and I are one His blood and my blood are one The Earth and I are one His breath and my breath are one The Earth always holds me and loves me

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20081029050641/http://www.furious.com/perfect/populvuh.html (Comprehensive article & review of every album)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080119183134/http://www.enricobassi.it/popvuhdiscografia90.htm (featuring the original credits)
• http://www.venco.com.pl/~acrux/messa.htm
• "Popol Vuh - Messa Di Orfeo (CD, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09.