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 DuprÃ©, 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:

Metal Angel, Suite 1 (Excerpts): I. Introduction
Metal Angel, Suite 1 (Excerpts): II. Waiting For
Metal Angel, Suite 1 (Excerpts): III. Gothic Garden
Metal Angel, Suite 1 (Excerpts): IV. Toccata V
Metal Angel, Suite 1 (Excerpts): V. Metal Angel
Metal Angel, Suite 2 (Excerpts): I. Angel's Theme
Metal Angel, Suite 2 (Excerpts): II. Saga I
Metal Angel, Suite 2 (Excerpts): III. Dark Angel
Metal Angel, Suite 2 (Excerpts): IV. Elegy For An Absent Angel
Metal Angel, Suite 2 (Excerpts): V. Falling Angel
Metal Angel, Suite 3 (Excerpts): I. Polina's Song
Metal Angel, Suite 3 (Excerpts): II. Golden Angel
Metal Angel, Suite 3 (Excerpts): III. Archangel
Metal Angel, Suite 3 (Excerpts): IV. Black Angel
Metal Angel, Suite 3 (Excerpts): V. Saga III [Epilogue]

UPC: 5060113444950
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 9.4.20
Format: CD

Idenstam - Metal Angel (CD)