Songs of Ascension
Songs of Ascension is the thirteenth album by Meredith Monk, released on May 13, 2011, by ECM New Series.
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Released | May 13, 2011 | |||
Recorded | November 2009 at Academy of Arts and Letters, New York. | |||
Genre | Minimalism | |||
Length | 67:27 | |||
Label | ECM New Series | |||
Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Meredith Monk, except "Vow" co-written with Mieke van Hoek and "Clusters 3" co-written with Bohdan Hilash.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Clusters 1" | 3:17 |
2. | "Strand (Gathering)" | 1:55 |
3. | "Winter Variation" | 1:51 |
4. | "Cloud Code" | 3:31 |
5. | "Shift" | 1:51 |
6. | "Mapping" | 2:07 |
7. | "Summer Variation" | 3:16 |
8. | "Vow" | 3:12 |
9. | "Clusters 2" | 2:27 |
10. | "Falling" | 2:54 |
11. | "Burn" | 4:16 |
12. | "Strand (Inner Psalm)" | 3:12 |
13. | "Autumn Variation" | 2:48 |
14. | "Ledge Dance" | 1:50 |
15. | "Traces" | 1:20 |
16. | "Respite" | 5:56 |
17. | "Mapping Continued" | 1:29 |
18. | "Clusters 3" | 2:09 |
19. | "Spring Variation" | 4:03 |
20. | "Fathom" | 4:37 |
21. | "Ascent" | 9:26 |
Personnel
- Musicians
- Sasha Bogdanowitsch – vocals
- Heather J. Buchanan – conductor
- Sidney Chen – vocals
- Emily Eagen – vocals
- Ellen Fisher – shruti box, vocals
- Katie Geissinger – shruti box, vocals
- Ching Gonzalez – shruti box, vocals
- Bohdan Hilash – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, khene, shruti Box
- John Hollenbeck – percussion, shruti box, vocals
- Ha-Yang Kim – cello, vocals
- Meredith Monk – shruti box, vocals, mixing
- Holly Nadal – vocals
- Toby Newman – vocals
- Courtney Orlando – violin, vocals
- Bruce Rameker – shruti box, vocals
- Todd Reynolds – violin
- Peter Sciscioli – vocals
- Nadia Sirota – viola, vocals
- Allison Sniffin – shruti box, vocals
- Production
- Manfred Eicher – production, mixing
- James A. Farber – engineering, mixing
- Marion Gray – photography
- Sascha Kleis – design
- Paul Zinman – engineering
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References
- Eddins, Stephen. "Meredith Monk: Songs of Ascension". Allmusic. Archived from the original on Sep 23, 2013.
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