Eben: Velvet Revolution Complete Organ Music Vol.1 (3CD)

Petr Eben 1929-2007

Velvet Revolution

Complete Organ Music, volume 1

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                71’39

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness – Works of the Young Composer

Musica Dominicalis (1958)

1. Fantasia I 7’39
2. Fantasia II 9’20
3. Moto Ostinato 5’46
4. Finale 12’01

Laudes for Organ (1964)

5. I. (Largo - Con moto - Largo) 6’27
6. II. (Lento - Allegro solenne - Poco più mosso) 4’14
7. III. (Fantastico - Agitato - Più mosso) 6’04
8. IV. (Gravemente - Allegro - Vivace fermo) 7’51

Fantasia Corale I (1972)

9. “O Grosser Gott” (Allegro risoluto – Più moderato - Largemente) 6’21

Fantasia Corale II (1972)

10. “Svatý Václav”

(Agitato appassionato)                                                                                                                                                  5’49

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                62’10

The Devil is in the Details – Faust for Organ

1. Prolog 4’44
2. Mysterium 7’40
3. Lied des Leiermannes (Song of the Beggar with the Barrel Organ) 1’48
4. Osterchöre (Easter Choirs) 6’55
5. Studentenlieder (Student Songs) 4’06
6. Gretchen 6’36
7. Requiem 6’06
8. Walpurgisnacht

(Walpurgis Night)                                                                                                                                                          8’30

9. Epilog 5’26

Versetti (1982)

10. I. Ad offertorium super

“Pueri Hebraeorum”                                                                                                                                                     4’37

11. II. Ad Communionem super “Adoro Te” 5’37

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                68’34

God’s Reward – Job for Organ

1. Job for Organ: Destiny 4’25
2. Narration: The Book of Job, Chapter 1, verses 1-3, 6-21 4’08
3. Job for Organ: Faith 4’29
4. Narration: The Book of Job, Chapter 2, verses 1-10 2’02
5. Job for Organ:

Acceptance of Suffering                                                                                                                                                6’13

6. Narration: The Book of Job, Chapter 3, verses 1-2,

11-13, 20-23                                                                                                                                                                  1’09

7. Job for Organ:

Longing for Death                                                                                                                                                          6’01

8. Narration: The Book of Job, Chapter 7, verses 16-21 1’29
9. Job for Organ:

Despair and Resignation                                                                                                                                               5’46

10. Narration: The Book of Job, Chapter 38, verses 1-12, 33, 35 2’01
11. Job for Organ:

Mystery of Creation                                                                                                                                                      5’30

12. Narration: The Book of Job, Chapter 4, verses 1-6 1’04
13. Job for Organ: Penitence and Realisation 7’52
14. Narration: The Book of Job, Chapter 42, verses 10,

12-13, 15-17                                                                                                                                                                  1’01

15. Job for Organ: God’s Reward 8’09

Narrators: Julie Fishell and Irwin Appel

16. 16. Kleine Choralpartita on “O Jesu, all mein Leben bist Du” 7’10

Janette Fishell organ

at the Maidee H. and Jackson A. Seward Organ, C. B. Fisk, Op.135 in Indiana University Jacobs School of Music’s Auer Hall, Simon Music Center.

Recording: CD1: October 24 & 31, 2020, CD2: September 27 & November 1, 2021, CD3: June 15 & 16, 2021

Auer Hall, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA