Menotti – Apocalypse (Tone poem) (2001)

1 	I. Improperia			11'31".
2 	II. La citta celeste		  4'23".
3	III. Gli angeli militant		  4'59".

Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Richard Hickox – conductor

Most people know only the Apocalypse by St. John the Divine in the last book of the New Testament (Revelation). I have read many different accounts of the Apocalypse, most of which are in the form poetry; this composition is a sort of synthesis or general impression of all the literature on this subject , the best known of which, aside from the writings of St. John, are the versions from Baruch and Enoch. Whereas most of us think of the Apocalypse as a description of a future catastrophe, I found inspiration in the more lyrical, ecstatic and mystical pages of the writings. ---Gian Carlo Menotti

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