Title: Hymns of Bantu
Artist: Abel Selaocoe
Label: Warner Classics
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 5021732525833
Genre: Classical Vocal Crossover
Release Date: 2025-04-25
Number of Discs: 1

Abel Selaocoe, the innovative South African cellist, composer and vocalist, announces the release of his second album, Hymns of Bantu on Warner Classics on 21st February 2025. Abel follows the acclaimed release of his 2022 debut Where Is Home (Hae ke Kae) with a remarkable new body of work celebrating his South African heritage, and tracing his ancestral path that leads into his vast influences including Western classical repertoire.

Tracks:
1.1 Tsohle Tsohle
1.2 Emmanuele
1.3 Kea Morata
1.4 Tshepo I
1.5 Tshepo II (Rapela)
1.6 Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande (Arr. Thomas for Cello ; String Orchestra)
1.7 Dinaka
1.8 Improv on Marin Marais’ Pices de viole, Livre II, Suite No. 3 en r majeur “Les voix humaines” (Arr. Selaocoe ; Thomas for Vocal and Cello)
1.9 Takamba
1.10 LBFiles: Concerto
1.11 LBFiles: Igiul
1.12 Camagu