- Artist:
- Nick Cave & Nicholas Lens
L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S. (2LP)
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Perhaps best-known for his distinctive vocal style, Australian polymath Nick Cave here steps into the spotlight as librettist rather than performer, for a second operatic project with Belgian composer Nicholas Lens. Having collaborated on Shell Shock in 2014, they joined forces again during the global lockdown to create a new work, L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S.. At Lens’s request, Cave penned 12 litanies – “petitions to a divine maker” – simple, moving texts which the composer then wove into what he calls a “modest chamber opera of sleeping dreams”.
Tracklist
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Litany of Divine Absence | 5:30 |
| 2 | Litany of the First Encounter | 4:49 |
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Litany of Blooming | 5:43 |
| 2 | Litany of the Sleeping Dream | 6:26 |
| 3 | Litany of the Yearning | 5:04 |
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Litany of Fragmentation | 6:19 |
| 2 | Litany of the Forsaken | 3:46 |
| 3 | Litany of Gathering Up | 4:11 |
| 4 | Litany of Transformation | 5:23 |
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Litany of Godly Love | 4:45 |
| 2 | Litany of the Unnamed | 5:21 |
| 3 | Litany of Divine Presence | 5:25 |