Laura Ellis - Music for the Testaments Old & New: 99-rank Organ, University of Florida, Gainesville (2017)

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Artist: Laura Ellis
Title: Music for the Testaments Old & New: 99-rank Organ, University of Florida, Gainesville
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Raven
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 2:22:13
Total Size: 580 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

Disc 1
1. The Burning Bush (09:38)
2. King David's Dance (07:04)
3. Praise: I. …with blasts of the shofar (04:03)
4. Praise: II. …with harp and lyre (02:26)
5. Praise: III. …with timbrel and dance (03:41)
6. Praise: IV. …with lute and pipe (05:40)
7. Praise: V. …with crashing cymbals …with loud crashing cymbals (04:11)
8. The Transformation of Jeremiah (11:17)
9. The Three Festivals (Shalosh Regalim): I. Sukkoth (Tabernacles), Leviticus 23:39 (04:02)
10. The Three Festivals (Shalosh Regalim): II. Passover, Exodus 15:20 (04:41)
11. The Three Festivals (Shalosh Regalim): III. Shabuoth (Pentecost), Exodus 20:18 (06:04)
12. A Prophecy (03:43)

Disc 2
1. Incarnation Suite: I. Prelude (02:36)
2. Incarnation Suite: II. Cantilena (02:34)
3. Incarnation Suite: III. Meditation (03:53)
4. Incarnation Suite: IV. Postlude (03:31)
5. Annunciation (05:56)
6. Meditation on Luke 2:21 (04:55)
7. Contemplations on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross: I. First Word (Luke 23:34) (03:29)
8. Contemplations on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross: II. Second Word (03:55)
9. Contemplations on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross: III. Third Word (03:48)
10. Contemplations on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross: IV. Fourth Word (04:51)
11. Contemplations on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross: V. Fifth Word (04:34)
12. Contemplations on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross: VI. Sixth Word (03:07)
13. Contemplations on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross: VII. Seventh Word (06:41)
14. Resurrection (10:05)
15. Behold a Pale Horse (11:38)

Laura Ellis plays recent music inspired by events in the Bible, *three of the pieces commissioned for this recording. The music well demonstrates the spectacularly gratifying results of Reuter's 2015 renovation, revoicing, and replacing some ranks of the 99-rank instrument on five manuals, incorporating the remaining ranks of the 1925 E. M. Skinner and much of the subsequent work of Aeolian-Skinner and Möller.

Writes Laura Ellis, "For the past few years, I have been intrigued by contemporary organ compositions which depict or “bring to life” scripture, liturgical actions, and sacred images. Music for the Testaments Old and New highlights works written by composers active in the United States from the mid-twentieth century to the current day."

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