Artist: Abel Selaocoe
Album: Where is Home / Hae ke Kae
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2022
Audio Format: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 55:18
Total Tracks: 16
Total Size: 1,08 GB
Tracklist:
2. Abel Selaocoe – Dipolelo/ Recite (00:45)
3. Abel Selaocoe – Zawose (for Hukwe Zawose) (05:03)
4. Abel Selaocoe – Cello Sonata No. 7 in D Major, I. 84: I. Adagio (03:32)
5. Abel Selaocoe – Cello Sonata No. 7 in D Major, I. 84: II. Allegro (02:19)
6. Abel Selaocoe – Cello Sonata No. 7 in D Major, I. 84: III. Largho (02:57)
7. Abel Selaocoe – Cello Sonata No. 7 in D Major, I. 84: IV. Presto (01:28)
8. Abel Selaocoe – Qhawe / Hero (05:45)
9. Abel Selaocoe – Hlokomela / Take care (04:34)
10. Abel Selaocoe – Lerato / Love (04:21)
11. Abel Selaocoe – Seipone / Mirror (03:22)
12. Abel Selaocoe – Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande (03:10)
13. Abel Selaocoe – Invocation (00:46)
14. Abel Selaocoe – Ka Bohaleng / On the Sharp Side (03:59)
15. Abel Selaocoe – Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande (01:54)
16. Abel Selaocoe – Ancestral Affirmations (05:00)
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“As an African cellist, I’ve always been looking for a home. But home is not a geographical space, it’s the places in life that empower you—and these are not always comfortable,” Selacoe said in an interview with The Guardian.
The whole album is just pure joy, from the moving arrangements of traditional African songs (the highlight being “Zawose (for Hukwe Zawose)” among many others) that feature cello melodies as well as Selaocoe’s vocals, to the simply stunning and inventive renditions of the all-too-famous Cello Suites by Bach (specifically “Suites 3 and 5”). A peak moment is Selacoe’s arrangement of Platti’s “Sonata No.7: I. Adagio”, which puts aside the Baroque tradition of solo and continuo (usually another cello, harpsichord or lute) and instead incorporates baroque theorbo, double bass and the traditional West African kora—whose extensive improvisational lines blend sublimely with the organic improvisational nature of Baroque music.
Without a doubt, Abel Selacoe is one of the brightest stars in the musical world right now and will undoubtedly shape the future of classical music to come. The perfect Qobuzissime!