Terje Rypdal - Lux Aeterna, 2002 ECM Records
Terje Rypdal has been releasing some excellent albums over the past 20 years and yet still remains one of the unknown greats IMHO. Lux Aeterna is a beautiful album with orchestral richness and a music depth that will touch your soul deeply.
On this album Rypdal presents a piece commissioned for the annual Molde
Jazz festival in Norway in celebration for the newly installed "state of the art" organ in the Molde Domkirke. (back in 2002)
The first movement (`Luminous galaxy') is a sensational track and my pick for the watermark of the album ! Opens with the Bergen Chamber Ensemble..then Palle
Mikkelborg bleeds in with some rich contrasting trumpet and then about 10 mins in we hear this new organ in action played masterfully by Iver
Kleive (brother of Audun Kleive, the drummer for Terje's band The
Chasers). At 13:oo Mins in someone sneezes ......which I love that they left in tact and on this album making it feel so real. It must have been that the organ and orchestra part was so convincing that nothing should be altered. This is why I LOVE ECM ! Oh yeah and on this opening song Terje conducts and of course wrote the score.
Rypdal brings in his guitar of course on later tracks and fans of David Gilmour's style (Pink Floyd) will love this guy. Powerful yet very controlled guitar solo's put over lush orchestrations best represented on the 2nd Movement called "Fjelldapen". Gotta love violin and guitar trills !
Symphonic ....lush and absolutely the perfect album to sit , have a glass of wine and just get into......
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Rypdal brings in his guitar of course on later tracks and fans of David Gilmour's style (Pink Floyd) will love this guy. Powerful yet very controlled guitar solo's put over lush orchestrations best represented on the 2nd Movement called "Fjelldapen". Gotta love violin and guitar trills !
Symphonic ....lush and absolutely the perfect album to sit , have a glass of wine and just get into......
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