Introit - Tibi dixit cor meum

Meeting of Angels is a collaborative studio album released in 1996 under the Amiata Records label. The recording features sitarist Nishat Khan and the early music vocal ensemble Gilles Binchois, directed by Dominique Vellard. The album explores the fusion of North Indian classical music with medieval European sacred vocal traditions, presenting a cross-cultural dialogue through instrumental and choral compositions.

The eighth track, Introit: Tibi dixit cor meum, runs for 6 minutes and 27 seconds. The piece integrates Khan’s sitar improvisations with the ensemble’s polyphonic chant, drawing from the Gregorian Introit for the Feast of St. John the Evangelist. The composition reflects the album’s central theme of merging distinct musical languages, with Khan’s alaap-style phrasing interwoven with the ensemble’s liturgical vocal lines.

The album was issued on compact disc in 1996. Production details emphasize acoustic clarity, capturing the resonance of the sitar alongside the ensemble’s unaccompanied voices. No additional editions, remasters, or alternate formats have been documented. The liner notes, where present, provide context on the historical and technical aspects of the collaboration, though specific contributors to the text remain uncredited in available sources.

Critical reception and commercial performance of Meeting of Angels are not extensively archived. The recording stands as a documented example of late 20th-century experimental fusion between Indian classical and Western early music traditions. Further details on recording locations, session musicians beyond the credited artists, or subsequent live performances of the material are not publicly verified.