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Metal Angel / Gunnar Idenstam
Toccata

Metal Angel / Gunnar Idenstam

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Composer
IDENSTAM, GUNNAR
Artist
Gunnar Idenstam
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Sep 04, 2020
Catalog #
TOCC0495
UPC
5060113444950

About

Metal Angel is a collection of eighteen pieces and a Symphonic Sonata for organ by Gunnar Idenstam, born in Swedish Lappland in 1961; this album presents fifteen of these pieces in a series of three suites. Written between 2013 and 2019, they exploit the full range of the modern symphonic organ to give musical expression to the idea of angels in a Gothic fantasy world. Idenstam’s distinctive musical language blends the physical energy of symphonic rock and metal and the modal cast of Scandinavian folk-music with an approach to the organ in the French cathedral tradition of such composers as Dupré, Vierne and Widor. This recording presents some of the most fiercely exciting organ music of recent years, in high-voltage performances by the composer himself.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Introduction 04:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Introduction
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  2. 2 II. Waiting for 02:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Waiting for
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  3. 3 III. Gothic Garden 07:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Gothic Garden
    Duration
    07:59
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  4. 4 IV. Toccata V 05:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Toccata V
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  5. 5 V. Metal Angel 03:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Metal Angel
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  6. 6 I. Angel's Theme 03:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Angel's Theme
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  7. 7 II. Saga One 04:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Saga One
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  8. 8 III. Dark Angel 03:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Dark Angel
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  9. 9 IV. Elegy for an Absent Angel 06:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Elegy for an Absent Angel
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  10. 10 V. Falling Angel 04:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    V. Falling Angel
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  11. 11 I. Polina's Song 06:14
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Polina's Song
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  12. 12 II. Golden Angel 04:59
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Golden Angel
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  13. 13 III. Archangel 05:09
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Archangel
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  14. 14 IV. Black Angel 02:52
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Black Angel
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam
  15. 15 V. Saga III: Epilogue 07:53
    Track
    15
    Title
    V. Saga III: Epilogue
    Duration
    07:53
    Composer
    Gunnar Idenstam
    Performer
    Gunnar Idenstam