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Illuminations (Erik Friedlander album)

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Released
  
April 21, 2015

Illuminations(2015)
  
Oscalypso(2015)

Release date
  
21 April 2015

Label
  
SkipStone Records

Recorded
  
April 14, 2014

Artist
  
Erik Friedlander

Producer
  
Erik Friedlander

Studio
  
Let 'Em In Studios, Brooklyn, NY

Genres
  
Avant-garde, Contemporary classical music, Americana

Similar
  
Broken Arm Trio, Oscalypso, Block Ice & Propane, Nighthawks, Bonebridge

Illuminations prelude scriptorium


Illuminations is a solo album by cellist Erik Friedlander which was released in 2015 on the Skipstone label. The music was commissioned by the Jewish Museum in New York City to commemorate an exhibit of ancient Arabic, Latin and Hebrew books from Oxford University's Bodleian Collection.

Contents

Illuminations madrigal siddur


Reception

Writing for All About Jazz, Enrico Bettinello said "this little gem, in its apparent simplicity, has the merit of going to the heart of sound and the gesture itself. Very exciting".

Track listing

All compositions by Erik Friedlander.

  1. "Invocation - Seshat" 2:40
  2. "Prelude - Scriptorium" - 6:16
  3. "Madrigal - Siddur" - 4:40
  4. "Chant - Illuminations" - 3:51
  5. "Cham - Hypnotique" - 3:08
  6. "Tarantella - The Serpent" - 4:49
  7. "Fantasia - Zodiac" - 3:46
  8. "Chant - Kaddish" - 4:20
  9. "Madrigal - The Virgin & The Unicorn" - 4:07
  10. "Pavan - Hildegard" - 4:35

Personnel

  • Erik Friedlander – cello

    • Songs

    1Invocation - Seshat2:41
    2Prelude - Scriptorium6:16
    3Madrigal - Siddur4:41

    References

    Illuminations (Erik Friedlander album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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