Tan Dun: Ghost Opera

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Tan Dun: Ghost Opera
Studio album by
Kronos Quartet and Wu Man
Released14 March 1997 (1997-03-14)
RecordedJanuary 1996
Genrecontemporary classical
LabelNonesuch (#79445)
ProducerJudith Sherman
Kronos Quartet and Wu Man chronology
Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
(1997) 		Tan Dun: Ghost Opera
(1997) 		Early Music (Lachrymæ Antiquæ)
(1997)

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, the composition was still on the Quartet's program.[3]

Track list

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No.TitleLength
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

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Musicians

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ McCallum, Peter (14 January 2011). "Kronos Quartet – Ghost Opera & A Chinese Home". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
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