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[1] for string quartet and pipa.[2] As of 2011[update], the composition was still on the Quartet's program.[3]
| 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 | |||
| Kronos Quartet and Wu Man chronology | ||||
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Track list
edit| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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
editMusicians
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Winters, Ken (26 January 2011). "Tan Dun's Ghost Opera is fresh and hauntingly memorable – The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ Swed, Mark (29 June 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. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ McCallum, Peter (14 January 2011). "Kronos Quartet – Ghost Opera & A Chinese Home". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 March 2012.