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

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

Musicians

See also

References

  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. 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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