Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - Church of Kidane Mehret (2025)
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - Church of Kidane Mehret (2025)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 292 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 143 MB
1:01:43 | Classical, Folk, Spirituals, Romantic, Organ, Drone, Field Recording | Label: Mississippi Records
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 292 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 143 MB
1:01:43 | Classical, Folk, Spirituals, Romantic, Organ, Drone, Field Recording | Label: Mississippi Records
Deeply resonant spiritual music transmitted via piano, organ, and harmonium by beloved composer and Ethiopian Orthodox nun Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru. Church of Kidane Mehret collects all the musical work from Emahoy’s 1972 private press album of the same name, alongside two additional unreleased piano recordings, exploring Emahoy’s take on “Ethiopian Church Music.” Recording herself in churches throughout Jerusalem, Emahoy engages directly with the Ethiopian Orthodox musical liturgy. For the first time, we hear Emahoy on harmonium and massive, droning pipe organ, alongside some of her most moving piano work. “Ave Maria” is one of our favorite pieces Emahoy ever recorded, her chiming piano reverberating against ancient stone walls. Her familiar melodic lines take on new resonance when played through the harmonium on “Spring Ode - Meskerem.” Two towering organ performances comprise the B Side, combining Emahoy’s classical European training with her lifelong study of Ethiopian religious music.
Nowhere is Emahoy’s unique combination of influences more apparent than on “Essay on Mahlet,” a meditative slow burner in which Emahoy interprets the free verse of the Orthodox liturgy note for note on the piano. This revelatory piece, alongside the dramatic piano composition “The Storm,” comes from another self-released album, 1963’s Der Sang Des Meeres. Only 50 copies were ever produced (and no cover). One of the only known copies was saved from the trash and shared with Mississippi by a fellow nun at Emahoy’s monastery when we visited for Emahoy’s funeral in March of 2023.
We are proud to work with the Emahoy Tsege Mariam Music Foundation to bring you these rare spiritual recordings in what would have been the artist’s 102nd year.
Available in black and clear vinyl editions. Old-school tip-on jacket with metallic silver foil stamping along with a 12-page booklet featuring extensive liner notes from scholar and pianist Thomas Feng
Tracks 1,2 & 5-10 originally released on Church of Kidane Mehret - Yet My King Is From Old, 1972, Hed Arzi Ltd., PRT 14318
Tracks 3 & 4 originally released on Der Sang Des Meeres, 1963, self-released
Tracklist
1 Ave Maria
2 Spring Ode – Meskerem
3 The Storm
4 Essay On Mahlet, The Prayer Of Saint Yared
5 Via Dolorosa, XIth Station Of The Cross
6 Prayer For Peace. Ps. 122 (Kyrie Eleison)
7 Mesbak, Yet My King Is From Old (Ps. 74:12-13)
8 From Thy Side
9 Behold The Cross
10 Believe In Me
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EAC extraction logfile from 27. May 2025, 19:45
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru / Church of Kidane Mehret
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Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru / Church of Kidane Mehret
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4 | 17:39.36 | 4:00.26 | 79461 | 97486
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