Album Journey Of Life

Join us on a musical journey through our Slovenian home country and abroad as we explore life from perspective of its different stages.

Following the opening cosmic dance in the eternal cycle of the universe, we will relive youthful exuberance, falling in love for the first time, finding a soulmate, pursuing happiness, maturnig and becoming aware of our own transience. This anthology of our favorite folk songs and popular tunes celebrates our growth through the past decade since the founding of the ensemble and highlights our creative passion for vocal music.

This is our way to live and love.

Zemlja pleše (Mojmir Sepe, Gregor Strniša, arr. Samo Ivačič)

Jnjen čeua jti gna’ (Folk Song from Resia, arr. Pavle Merku)

Marko skače (Folk Song from Prekmurje, arr. Lajko Milisavljevič)

Zrejlo je žito (Folk Song from Prekmurje, arr. Blaž Strmole)

Slovenske dežele (Slovenian Folk Song Medley, arr. Blaž Strmole)

Dessus le Marché d’Arras (Orlando di Lasso)

Hello Mary Lou (Gene Pitney & Cayet Mangiaracina, arr. David Wright)

Krokodilčki (Jože Potrebuješ, arr. Blaž Strmole)

This Marriage (Eric Whitacre, Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Kabir Helminski)

Dan ljubezni (Tadej Hrušovar, Dušan Velkaverh, arr. Blaž Strmole)

Dajte, dajte (Folk Song from Istria, arr. Aldo Kumar)

Kako kratek je ta čas (Folk Song from Carinthia, arr. Lojze Lebič)

Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, arr. Blaž Strmole)

Time to Say Goodbye (Francesco Sartori, Lucio Quarantotto, arr. Blaž Strmole

My Way (Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Paul Anka, arr. Blaž Strmole)

Album Ingenium

In January 2014 the debut album “Ingenium” of Ingenium Ensemble has been released. The CD was recorded in Slovenia in cooperation with Barnaby Smith, the artistic director of the renowned British vocal group VOCES8, who was in charge of both recording and production. The final phase of making the album was made in the Abbey Road studios in London.

The album represents a selection of different types of music that represents the variety of their repertoire: Italian Madrigal with a combination of love and military theme (Giovanni Gastoldi: Amor Vittorioso, Giaches de Wert: M’ha punt’ Amor), exotic Portuguese villancico (Gaspar Fernandes: Pois con tanta Graça), German protestant motet (Heinrich Schütz: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes) Latin motet by Slovenian composer (Damijan Močnik: Verbum supernum prodiens), Orthodox piece (Stevan Mokranjac: Njest svjat), English romantic song (Robert Pearsall: Light of My Soul), arrangement of the French medieval song (Blaž Strmole: L’homme armé), Slovenian folk song and arrangements on folk tunes (France Cigan: Domov v slovenski kraj, Hilarij Lavrenčič: Petelinček je zapiel, Matija Krečič: Vöra bije) and the arrangement of contemporary popular song (Billy Joel, arr. Phillip Lawson: Lullaby (Goodnight My Angel).

1. Amor Vittorioso (Giovanni Gastoldi) – 1:02

2. Petelinček je zapiel (Hilarij Lavrenčič) – 2:20

3. Pois con tanta graca (Gaspar Fernandes) – 3:28

4. Verbum supernum (Damijan Močnik) – 2:17

5. Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes (Heinrich Schütz) – 3:57

6. Njest svjat (Stevan Mokranjac) – 2:40   

7. M’ha punt’ Amor (Giaches de Wert) – 1:25

8. Domov v slovenski kraj (France Cigan) – 2:32

9. L’homme armé (French medieval tune; arr. Blaž Strmole) – 2:20

10.Light of my soul (Robert Lucas de Pearsall) – 2:19

11. Lullaby (Goodnight My Angel) (Billy Joel; arr. Phillip Lawson) – 3:48

12. Vöra bije (Matija Krečič) – 3:16