Illuminations (Erik Friedlander album)

Illuminations
Studio album by Erik Friedlander
Released	April 21, 2015
Recorded	April 14, 2014
Studio	Let 'Em In Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Genre	Avant-garde, jazz, Americana, contemporary classical music
Label	Skipstone SSR020
Producer	Erik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander chronology
Nighthawks (2014) Illuminations (2015) Oscalypso (2015)

Illuminations is a solo album by cellist Erik Friedlander which was released in 2015 on the Skipstone label. ^[1] The music was commissioned by the Jewish Museum in New York City to commemorate an exhibit of ancient Arabic, Latin and Hebrew books from Oxford University's Bodleian Collection.

Reception

Writing for All About Jazz, Enrico Bettinello said "this little gem, in its apparent simplicity, has the merit of going to the heart of sound and the gesture itself. Very exciting". ^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Erik Friedlander.

1. "Invocation - Seshat" - 2:40
2. "Prelude - Scriptorium" - 6:16
3. "Madrigal - Siddur" - 4:40
4. "Chant - Illuminations" - 3:51
5. "Cham - Hypnotique" - 3:08
6. "Tarantella - The Serpent" - 4:49
7. "Fantasia - Zodiac" - 3:46
8. "Chant - Kaddish" - 4:20
9. "Madrigal - The Virgin & The Unicorn" - 4:07
10. "Pavan - Hildegard" - 4:35

Personnel

• Erik Friedlander – cello

References

1. Eric Friedlander discography accessed April 27, 2016
2. Bettinello, E. All About Jazz Review, June 15, 2015.