Ubi caritas ola gjeilo sheet music
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It begins with “Ubi Caritas,” one of Gjeilo’s choral works. Piano Improvisations contains eighteen pieces, and there isn’t a weak link anywhere. The music and the piano sound on this album are nothing short of breathtaking. The album was recorded at Sofienberg Church in Oslo, Norway in Pure Audio Blu-Ray surround sound by 2L, a company that records in spacious acoustic venues and has won numerous awards for its surround sound. Gjeilo’s music conveys the freedom of pure improvisation while remaining melodic and cohesive. Three tracks are piano improvisations on original choral works. It is especially interesting that three of the tracks are for three pianos and one is for two with Gjeilo improvising all of the parts as they are layered. With chops that enable him to do anything he desires at the piano, Gjeilo can coax a whisper from the grand as well as sending it soaring with a swirling dance. Norwegian born and raised, Gjeilo has studied classical music, jazz, and composition since childhood, continuing for two years at London’s Royal College of Music, and going on to earn his Master’s Degree at Juilliard in 2006. “Enchanting” and “captivating” are two words that come to mind to describe this album, and even those words pale to the beauty and power of this music. Where most of the tracks on Stone Rose were composed or at least sketched out in advance, Piano Improvisations is completely in the moment, Gjeilo’s favorite way to create music at the piano. Piano Improvisations is the follow-up to Ola Gjeilo’s 2007 debut, Stone Rose, one of my very favorite albums for 2008.