Et Lux

Et Lux
Studio album by Wolfgang Rihm
Released	March 27, 2015
Recorded	February 2014
Studio	Augustinus Muziekcentrum in Antwerp, Belgium
Genre	Classical Music, Chamber Music, Choral
Length	1:01:30
Label	ECM New Series ECM 2404 NS
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Wolfgang Rihm chronology

Et Lux is a classical and choral studio album by German composer Wolfgang Rihm, and played by an orchestra with the Huelgas Ensemble with the Minguet Quartett. This album was released in the label ECM New Series in March 2015.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[1]

Composition

Like the Rihm's part on the Requiem of Reconciliation, this album is a rework of the Roman Catholic mass for the dead. In Et Lux he used few part of the mass, especially the one used to pray for eternal light for the deceased. On the album, the conductor, Paul Van Nevel, doubled the vocal part.[2]

Reception

In The Guardian, Kate Molleson gave this album four stars and says that "this music treads the line of tangibility, with sudden rushes of anger or fondness and the messy half-memories that come with grief" and Molleson add that "Conductor Paul van Nevel doubles the vocal parts to create broad, generous textures that sound lovely and lush against the strings' icy clarity – all qualities that ECM's engineers are expert at capturing"[1].
In Gramophone, Arnold Whittall says that "while some of the more austere episodes might strain the listener's concentration, they are set against eruptive, even melodramatic passages that demonstrate Rihm's special ability to make something distinctively edgy out of meditation and reflection."[3]

Track listing

ECM New Series – ECM 2404 NS.[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Et Lux"	Wolfgang Rihm	1:01:30

Personnel

Huelgas Ensemble – choir
Minguet Quartett – choir
Axelle Bernage – soprano
Sabine Lutzenberger – soprano
Terry Wey – tenor
Achim Schulz – tenor
Stefan Berghammer – tenor
Matthew Vine – tenor
Tim Whitheley – bass
Guillaume Orly – bass
Ulrich Isfort – violin
Annette Reisinger – violin
Aroa Sorin – viola
Matthias Diener – violoncello
Paul Van Nevel – conductor

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References

"Et Lux (The Guardian Review)". The Guardian. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
"Et Lux". ECM New Series. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
"Et Lux (Gramophone Review)". Gramophone. Retrieved May 20, 2017.

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[theguardian-1] "Et Lux (The Guardian Review)". The Guardian. Retrieved May 20, 2017.

[ecmrecords-2] "Et Lux". ECM New Series. Retrieved May 20, 2017.

[3] "Et Lux (Gramophone Review)". Gramophone. Retrieved May 20, 2017.