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Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru
Jerusalem
Artists
Labels
Catno
MRI-200
Formats
1x Vinyl LP Album
Country
Release date
Apr 14, 2023
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Styles
2023 release! Piano pieces from Ethiopian composer Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, unreleased or virtually inaccessible until now!
A revelatory new (2023) album of piano pieces from Ethiopian composer Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, unreleased or virtually inaccessible until now.
An Ethiopian nun whose recordings have funded orphanages back home since the early ’60s. Her compositions and unique playing style live somewhere between Erik Satie, Debussy, liturgical music of the Coptic Ethiopian Church, and Ethiopian traditional music. It is some of the most moving piano music you will ever hear.
The record picks up where the last two Mississippi releases left off, with tracks from her 1972 album Hymn of Jerusalem, of which only a handful of copies are known to exist. These include “Home of Beethoven,” “Aurora,” and a true masterpiece that stands amongst her greatest compositions, the moving “Jerusalem.” “Quand La Mer Furieuse” is the first release featuring Emahoy’s singing voice, forshadowing a vocal album planned for fall 2023. The B-Side brings us the artist’s home recordings - tracks like “Farewell Eve,” “Woigaye Don’t Cry Anymore,” and “Famine Disaster 1974” mark a bridge from liturgical work to dark and intense classical material, a new mode.
Newly remastered recordings pressed on 160gm black vinyl, heavy jacket with reproduction of 1972 artwork, song notes by the artist.
$59*
*Taxes included, shipping price excluded
A1
Famine Disaster 1974
A2
The Home Of Beethoven
A3
Jerusalem
A4
Aurora
A5
Quand La Mer Furieuse
B1
Have You Seen Assayehegn?
B2
Movement From Rainbow Sonata
B3
Woigaye, Don't Cry Anymore
B4
Farewell Eve
B5
The Pilgrim Song