Tan Dun: Ghost Opera
| Tan Dun: Ghost Opera | ||||
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| Studio album by Kronos Quartet and Wu Man | ||||
| Released | 14 March 1997 | |||
| Recorded | January 1996 | |||
| Genre | contemporary classical | |||
| Label | Nonesuch (#79445) | |||
| Producer | Judith Sherman | |||
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Tan Dun: Ghost Opera is an album by the Kronos Quartet and Wu Man. The album contains five compositions by Chinese composer Tan Dun written in 1994 for string quartet and pipa. As of 2011[update], the composition was still on the Quartet's program.
Track list
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Act I. Bach, Monks, and Shakespeare Meet in Water" | 8:55 |
| 2. | "Act II. Earth Dance" | 6:47 |
| 3. | "Act III. Dialogue with "Little Cabbage"" | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Act IV. Metal and Stone" | 10:10 |
| 5. | "Act V. Song of Paper" | 6:40 |
Personnel
Musicians
- David Harrington – violin, water bowl, bowed gong, vocals, one-stringed lute, cymbals, stones
- John Sherba – violin, paper whistle, vocals, cymbals, stones, one-stringed lute, bowed gong, waterbowl
- Hank Dutt – viola, vocals, cymbals, stones, bowed gong, water bowl
- Joan Jeanrenaud – cello, vocals, bowed gong, water bowl
- Wu Man – pipa, soprano voice, vocals, bowed gong, tam-tam, Tibetan bells, paper
See also
References
- ↑ Winters, Ken (January 26, 2011). "Tan Dun's Ghost Opera is fresh and hauntingly memorable – The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
- ↑ Swed, Mark (June 29, 1997). "A Sound as Magnetic as Hong Kong Itself; 'Symphony 1997' makes the colony's story universal by employing musical styles from around the world". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ McCallum, Peter (January 14, 2011). "Kronos Quartet – Ghost Opera & A Chinese Home". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
