Eben: Velvet Revolution, Complete Organ Music, Vol. 1 / Fishell

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
October 28, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Petr Eben
    • PERFORMER
      Janette Sue Fishell
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 28, 2022
    • UPC
      5028421963129
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96312
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Fantasia No. 1

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    2. II. Fantasia No. 2

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    3. III. Moto ostinato

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    4. IV. Finale

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    5. I. Largo - Con moto - Tempo I

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    6. II. Lento - Allegro solenne

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    7. III. Fantastico

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    8. IV. Gravemente - Allegro - Vivace fermo

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    9. Fantasia Corale No. 1

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    10. Fantasia Corale No. 2

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    11. I. Prologue

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    12. II. Mysterium

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    13. III. Song of the Beggar with the Hurdy-Gurdy

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    14. IV. Easter Choirs

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    15. V. Student Songs

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    16. VI. Gretchen

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    17. VII. Requiem

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    18. VIII. Walpurgis Night

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    19. IX. Epilogue

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    20. I. Moderato con spirito

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    21. II. Moderato fluente

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    22. Job: I. Destiny

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    23. Book of Job: Chapter 1, Verses 1-3, 6-21

    24. Job: II. Faith

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    25. Book of Job: Chapter 2, Verses 1-10

    26. Job: III. Acceptance of Suffering

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    27. Book of Job: Chapter 3, Verses 1-2, 11-13, 20-23

    28. Job: IV. Longing for Death

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    29. Book of Job: Chapter 7, Verses 16-21

    30. Job: V. Despair and Resignation

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    31. Book of Job: Chapter 38, Verses 1-12, 33, 35

    32. Job: VI. Mystery of Creation

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    33. Book of Job: Chapter 4, Verses 1-6

    34. Job: VII. Penitence and Realization

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    35. Book of Job: Chapter 42, Verses 10, 12-13, 15-17

    36. Job: VIII. God's Reward

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell

    37. Kleine Choralpartita über O Jesu, all mein Leben bist du

      Composer: Petr Eben

      Performer: Janette Fishell


Petr Eben (1929 – 2007) was born in Žamberk, northeastern Bohemia. The son of two teachers, he studied music from an early age, becoming “conscripted” as organist when the men from his town were away at war. Eben was raised in his mother’s Catholic faith but because of his father’s Jewish heritage he was captured and imprisoned by the Nazis in Buchenwald, remaining there for the duration of the war. After the war he was admitted to the Prague Academy for Music, and there he studied piano with František Rauch and composition with Pavel Borkovec. A rising star, he refused to join the Czech Communist Party and continued openly attending church, thus forfeiting many career advancements before 1989. After the Communist government crumbled, however, he was given several important appointments and awards, among them presidency of the Prague Spring Festival (1989). In 1991, Eben was awarded the title of Knight of the French Ministry of Culture, Arts and Letters, evidence of his manifold international contributions to the art of music and cause of artistic freedom.

Over more than half a century Eben produced music in diverse genres. He wrote numerous vocal, choral, symphonic, piano, and chamber works, but it was organ music which remained his greatest love and in which he was most prolific. Stylistically, Eben was uncompromising when others were willing to write politically correct music. Eben was considered a master at improvisation on the organ and his music has been widely performed and recorded since about 1980, with his popularity still apparently on the rise. Janette Fishell is Professor of Organ and Chair of the Organ Department at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, where she teaches Applied Organ and Organ Pedagogy.