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]
Track list
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Title |
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1. | "Act I. Bach, Monks, and Shakespeare Meet in Water" | 8:55 |
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2. | "Act II. Earth Dance" | 6:47 |
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3. | "Act III. Dialogue with "Little Cabbage"" | 3:14 |
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4. | "Act IV. Metal and Stone" | 10:10 |
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5. | "Act V. Song of Paper" | 6:40 |
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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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