Maxwell Davies' Vesalii Icones

From a 1970s LP (and added to by a few other short works), we have a creepy depiction of the flailing of a human body, as reinterpreted through the life of Christ.

The "Vesalii Icones" are a series of depictions of a stripped-down human body by Andreas Wessels in the 1500s.

Vesalii Icones

for Cello, Small Instrumental Group & Dancer, J. 85

1      Prima Musculorum

Tabula The Agony In The Garden 5:32

2  Secunda Musculorum

Tabula The Betrayal of Judas 2:33

3 Tertia Musculorum Tabula Christ And Pilate 2:35

4 Quarta Musculorum Tabula The Flagellation 2:04

5 Quinta Musculorum Tabula Christ Condemned To Death 3:51

6 Sexta Musculorum Tabula The Mocking of Christ 2:57

7 Septima Musculorum Tabula Christ Receives The Cross 1:58

8 Octava Musculorum Tabula St. Veronica Wipes His Face 2:52

9 Nona Musculorum Tabula Christ Prepared For Death 1:05

10 Decima Musculorum Tabula Christ Nailed To The Cross 1:58

11 Undecima Musculorum Tabula The Death Of Christ 4:42

12 Duodecima Musculorum Tabula The Descent From The Cross 2:45

13 Deceimateria Musculorum Tabula The Entombment Of Christ 3:00

14 Decimaquarta Musculorum Tabula   The Resurrection - Antichrist 1:50

The Bairns of Brugh

for instrumental ensemble,

J. 176

15 The Bairns of Brugh Runes from a Holy

Island 6:00

Runes from a

Holy Island

for instrumental ensemble, J. 148

16 Runes from a Holy Island First Movement 2:37

17 Runes from a Holy Island Second Movement 0:56

18 Runes from a Holy Island Third Movement 1:58

19 Runes from a Holy Island Fourth Movement 3:58

20 Runes from a Holy Island Fifth Movement 1:36

You can read more about the music, and the artist who inspired it, here.

Here is the Discogs page, including sleeve & disc images from the LP.

It's Track 14 that deliciously chills me the most, the concept that at the Resurrection, out pops ... the Anti-Christ!  (You've GOT to have a sense of humor here.)

Chill yourself.  Or, alternately.