Faust Mutationes.Petr Eben Petr Eben (b. 22 January 1929 in Žamberk) is one of the leading contemporary composers in the Czech Republic. His Life Eben spent his youth in Český Krumlov. There he studied the piano, and later the cello and organ. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Faust, Mutationes Gunther Rost--organ. Production: not stated. Text: Ger., Eng. Recorded: 27.-29. 11. 2001, St. Martin St. Martin in midwinter, gave his cloak to a freezing beggar. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewer Dictionary] See : Kindness , Memmingen. Released: 2002. TT: 64:13. DDD DDD Direct Distance Dialing DDD Digital/Digital/Digital (audio CD format, recording/mixing/mastering) DDD Degenerative Disc Disease DDD Domain Driven Design DDD Data Display Debugger (GNU Project) . 1 CD Ursina Motette 12911. Petr Eben is without doubt one of the most important contemporary Czech composers, not only in the field of sacred music, but above all in music for organ. He has drawn international interest and won world-wide acclaim for his deeply individual work, and for the most part it is foreign recording companies that have been producing CDs of his entire organ output. This most recent version comes from Germany. The challenge has been taken up the young organist Gunther Rost, a pupil of the celebrated masters G. Kaunzinger and Marie-Clair Alain. With his fresh performance, lightness of touch and "insouciance in·sou·ci·ance n. Blithe lack of concern; nonchalance. insouciance lack of care or concern; a lighthearted attitude. — insouciant, adj. See also: Attitudes Noun 1. " he is persuasive on all counts. Precise technique, virtuosity, precision of rhythm, clarity of articulation, feeling and a sense for optimal registering, i.e. for changing the colour of the sound for each piece and its various parts. In short, it is an achievement deserving of superlatives, and an overarching musical understanding and musicianship set the seal on it. Few people could be left cold either by Eben's music itself or by Gunther Rost's performance of it. The story of Faust and the polarity of good and evil that it involves is expressed by the organ in classical stylisation Noun 1. stylisation - the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style stylization normalisation, normalization, standardisation, standardization - the imposition of standards or regulations; "a committee was appointed to recommend on the one hand and the trivial orchestrion or·ches·tri·on also or·ches·tri·na n. A large mechanical instrument resembling a barrel organ that produces sound in imitation of an orchestra. [orchestr(a) + (melod)eon.] sound on the other. Mutationes for two organs can be played on just one instrument, as in the case in the next recording on the first CD in the complete set. The second CD contains only one composition, the major philosophical cycle Job. Emphasis on the meaning of human suffering is characterised by the harsh sound of the organ, but also by the tender flute registers. The organist is excellent in the way he always separates out themes, citation of plainsongs and Czech sacred songs from the flow of the music. The words of a narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. , who quotes from the Old Testament Book of Job between the different sections, is part of the cycle. The last CD contains the next two cycles--Sunday Music and Laudes, and also |
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