Tan Dun: Ghost Opera

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Tan Dun: Ghost Opera
Kronos Quartet Ghost Opera cover.jpg
Studio album by Kronos Quartet and Wu Man
Released 14 March 1997 (1997-03-14)
Recorded January 1996
Genre contemporary classical
Label Nonesuch (#79445)
Producer Judith Sherman
Kronos Quartet and Wu Man chronology
Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
(1997)Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind1997
Tan Dun: Ghost Opera
(1997)
Early Music (Lachrymæ Antiquæ)
(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]

Tracklist

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

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