Initial verdicts on Michael Ellison’s newly released Invocation (Innova Recordings 766, Distributed by Naxos) are in:
Glen Hall, from Exclaim! Canada’s Music Authority, describes Elif (2003) as “an amazing synthesis of a master hafiz (a reciter of the Quran) and new music. The result is otherworldly, a mystical atmosphere of devotion and its transformation of consciousness. Invocation illustrates the depth of Ellison’s commitment to absorbing Turkish spiritual music and the Sufi quest for transcendence and union with the beloved.”
François Couture, of Monsieur Délire, calls Ellison’s solo flute work Invocation-Meditation-Allegro “Puis un très beau triptyque pour flûte solo –Helen Bledsoe, tout à fait convaincante (A beautiful triptych for solo flute–Helen Bledsoe, totally convincing).” Read the rest of this entry »
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