Lux Aeterna (Terje Rypdal album)

Lux Aeterna
Studio album by Terje Rypdal
Released	2002
Recorded	July 2000
Genre	Jazz
Length	60:43
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Terje Rypdal chronology
Double Concerto / 5th Symphony (1999) Lux Aeterna (2000) Vossabrygg (2005)

Lux Aeterna is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 2000 and released on the ECM label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "There is nothing remotely cold about this work; it is warm and dark and stunning in its stark presentation that is so deceptively complex. By the time the fifth and title movement commences, the listener has been to many worlds within the sonorous terrains of the heart... Terje Rypdal is making the greatest music of his life".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Terje Rypdal

1. "1st Movement: Luminous Galaxy" - 15:51
2. "2nd Movement: Orchestral Interlude" - 11:28
3. "3rd Movement: Fjelldåpen" - 7:22
4. "4th Movement: Organ Interlude" - 10:44
5. "5th Movement: Lux Aeterna" - 15:20

Personnel

• Terje Rypdal — electric guitar
• Palle Mikkelborg — trumpet
• Iver Kleive — church organ
• Åshild Stubø Gundersen — soprano
• Bergen Chamber Ensemble conducted by Kjell Seim
  • Double Bass – Adam Kieszek
  • Cello – Bodil Erdal & Gunn Berit Kleiveland
  • Percussion – Ellen Bredesen-Vestby & Ivar Kolve
  • Piano – Thorstein Tellnes
  • Viola – Anders Rensvik, Hans Gunnar Hagen & Nils Olav Solberg
  • First Violin – Elise Båtnes (leader), Annar Follesø, Ellisiv Sollesnes, Harald Blø & Jon Flølo
  • Second Violin – Elisabeth Svanes, Elna Føleide Selle, Geir Atle Stangenes & Gunnvor Holtlien

Notes

• Recorded live July 19, 2000, at Molde Domirke during the Molde Jazzfestival

References

1. ECM discography accessed November 7, 2011
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2011