
Mississippi Records
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - Jerusalem (Black Vinyl)
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From
beloved
composer
Emahoy
Tsege
Mariam
Gebru,
a
revelatory
new
album
of
piano
pieces,
unreleased
or
virtually
inaccessible
until
now!
Emahoy
Tsege
Mariam
Gebru
is
a
true
original
–
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.
This
is
the
first
archival
release
of
the
great
composer’s
recordings
since
the
Éthiopiques
series
reintroduced
her
music
to
the
world
in
2006.
Drawn
from
original
master
tapes
and
a
nearly
impossible-to-find
vinyl
release,
Jerusalem
unveils
profound
new
facets
of
Emahoy
Gebru’s
performance
and
compositions.
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
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.
This
album
is
released
in
celebration
of
Emahoy
Gebru’s
99th
birthday
on
December
12,
2022.
Mississippi
is
honored
to
work
with
the
Emahoy
Tsege
Mariam
Music
Publisher
to
continue
to
introduce
this
visionary
composer
to
the
world.
Newly
remastered
recordings
pressed
on
160gm
black
vinyl,
heavy
jacket
with
reproduction
of
1972
artwork,
song
notes
by
the
artist.
Tracklisting:
Side
A
01.
Famine
Disaster
1974
02.
Home
of
Beethoven
03.
Jerusalem
04.
Aurora
05.
Quand
La
Mer
Furieuse
Side
B
01.
Have
You
Seen
Assayehegn?
02.
Extract
from
Rainbow
Sonata
03.
Woigaye,
Don’t
Cry
Anymore
04.
Farewell
Eve
05.
The
Pilgrim
Song
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