Gunnar IDENSTAM: Metal Angel

Catalogue No: TOCC0495
EAN/UPC: 5060113444950
Release Date: 2020-09-04
Composer: Gunnar Idenstam
Artists: Gunnar Idenstam

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.

Gunnar Idenstam, organ of Monaco Cathedral

First recordings

1 review for Gunnar IDENSTAM: Metal Angel

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    ‘With the magnificent instrument at the Monaco Cathedral at his disposal Idenstam has all the possibilities in the world to wring the utmost of power and sonorities out of the music. […]

    Broadminded organ lovers are advised to invest in this larger-than-life adventure!’

    —Göran Forsling, MusicWeb International

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