The Best Thing Wim has done!
Raymond Benson | Illinois, USA | 10/10/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"If you like Wim Mertens' ensemble work, you will LOVE this 3-CD set... it's simply the best work he has ever done. While the single disk "Integer Valor" is really a "highlights" album, the "Integrale" set is the complete thing. Complex, melodic, always interesting. Outstanding."
A masterpiece
Raymond Benson | 06/13/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This work is a true masterpiece. Three hours of wonderful and powerful music; just like a travel into a dream. A musical story composed by one of the most talented composer of this century. Songs like "Au fond, la mer" or "Hors-nature", for instance, seem to be written from a brilliant mind. Try it and your life will change..."
INTEGER VALOR INTEGRALE IS DEPTH,BREADTH, BRILLIANCE
Joe A. Stokes | Dallas | 05/19/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Integer Valor Integrale is three hours of some of the most astonishing music you are likely to hear. Wim Mertens is niether "new age" nor "minimalist" but a contempory composer like no other. This album is written for an ensemble containing horns, tuba,strings,harp, guitar,keyboard.Wim Mertens consistently compresses beauty into compositions that are uniquely his own. He is not well known despite nearly twenty years of composing prolificly,because he records for an obscure independent lable in Belgium which has been poorly distributed and promoted.That should change soon.Thank-you AMAZON for making this music available. I think he will be recognized as one of the greatest composers of this century.INTEGER VALOR INTEGRALE is a good place to start experiencing his genius because it is immense in depth and breadth. For a "sampling" of selections from his many albums you can try BEST OF."
Track Listings (24) - Disc #1