Lost & Found

by Sean Shibe

Overview

The electric guitar meets the avant-garde in the recordings of Sean Shibe, who has to do less arranging than one might think. Here, he concedes that "[t]he composers and pieces on this album might not immediately stand out as having very much in common; this album is less portraiture than a journey that revels in eclecticism." Though he concedes, "If an image did come to mind, it would be something like an overflowing toybox." It is true; with materials from Hildegard of Bingen to the young composer Shiva Feshareki, Shibe might seem to be taking on an unruly collection of pieces, but they share a certain mood and, above all, a certain spirituality that makes the program click. Sample the pieces by Moondog, to whom Shibe has already devoted an entire album. They bounce nicely off the works from the mainstream 20th century avant-garde and also the jazz pieces by Chick Corea. Shibe also does well to include pieces by new discoveries, not only Feshareki but also Oliver Leith, represented by Pushing my thumb through a plate (the longest work on the album) and the tragic avant-gardist Julius Eastman, who is thankfully being rescued from obscurity. If one wants to start exploring the work of Shibe, an undoubted original, there is no better place than here. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	08/26/2022
Label:	Pentatone / Pentatone Classics
UPC:	0827949098864
Rank:	118620

Tracks

1. O Viridissima Virga
2. Children's Songs~No. 1
3. Continuance
4. Children's Songs~No. 4
5. Sea Horse
6. Pastoral II
7. High on a Rocky Ledge
8. Children's Songs~No. 2
9. Pushing my thumb through a plate
10. Nightfall
11. Peace Piece
12. O Sacrum Convivium!
13. VENUS/ZOHREH
14. O Choruscans Lux Stellarum
15. Buddha

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sean Shibe   Primary Artist,Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Benjamin Poore   Liner Notes
Chick Corea   Composer
Meredith Monk   Composer
Moondog   Composer
Kasper van Kooten   Design,Product Manager
William Blake   Cover Image
Bill Evans   Composer
Olivier Messiaen   Composer
Forbes Henderson   Arranger
Sean Hickey   Managing Director
Julius Eastman   Composer
Lucia Ghielmi   Cover Design
Renaud Loranger   A&R
Shiva Feshareki   Arranger,Composer
Daniel Kidane   Composer
Sean Shibe   Arranger,Liner Notes,Executive Producer
Kate Rockett   A&R,Executive Producer
Silvia Pietrosanti   Marketing
David Lloyd   Recording Producer
Iga Gozdowska   Cover Photo,Photography
Oliver Leith   Composer
Hildegard von Bingen   Composer,Liner Notes