Ghost opera : (1994) : for string quartet and pipa with water, stones, paper, and metal

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Ghost opera : (1994) : for string quartet and pipa with water, stones, paper, and metal

music, text, and installation by Tan Dun

Nonesuch , Distributed by Warner Music Japan, p1997

Musical Sound Recording(Compact Audio Disc)

Other Title

鬼戯

ゴースト・オペラ

Uniform Title

譚, 盾 (1957-) -- Ghost opera

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For pipa and string quartet ; all performers also provide vocals and play various percussion instruments

Words sung or spoken in Chinese and English

Title from leaflet

Title on leaflet: 鬼戯

Title on leaflet: ゴースト・オペラ

Wu Man, pipa, soprano voice, bowed gong, tam-tam, Tibetan bells, paper ; Kronos Quartet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, water bowls, bowed gongs, vocals, one-stringed lutes, cymbals, stones, paper whistle

Recorded: January 1996 at Skywalker Ranch, Nicasio, California

Compact disc

Program notes in English, French, German, and in Japanese

Libretto in Chinese (Romanized) and English with Japanese translation

Nonesuch: WPCS-5076

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