I know this is a little late, but while reading the "Cetology" chapter, it kept reminding me of something I'd heard before. Finally found it:

Tavener's composition was based on the story of Jonah, but the first three minutes seem to have a real Melville flavor. Or perhaps this is just one of my own "Extracts."
     Fun fact: this album was re-released at the dawn of punk in 1977 on Ringo Starr's financial disaster of a label, "Ring O'Records."