Composer: Carlos Simon
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Decca
Catalogue: 4852939
Release: 2022
Size: 1.02 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Requiem for the Enslaved
01. I. invocation
02. II. lord have mercy (let us go)
03. kyrie
04. interlude (Issac ran away)
05. to be in that number
06. III. we all found heaven
07. IV. grant them rest
08. interlude (i got shoes)
09. remember me (spoken word interlude)
10. V. remember me
11. light everlasting interlude
12. VI. light everlasting
13. deliver me (spoken word interlude)
14. VII. deliver me
15. VIII. gloria
16. IX. shine upon them
17. X. in paradisium (into paradise) ashé
18. light everlasting (solo piano version)
19. in paradisium (instrumental version)
20. we all found heaven (instrumental version)
American composer Carlos Simon presents a multi-genre work, Requiem for the Enslaved. This work is a musical tribute to commemorate the stories of 272 enslaved men, women and children sold in 1838 by Georgetown University. Described as a “rap opera,” Carlos infuses his original compositions with African American spirituals and familiar Catholic liturgical melodies.