Buddha passion / Tan Dun.



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Title from disc labels. Passion. Program notes and lyrics in English and Chinese in booklet (54 pages : colour illustrations, portrait) laid in container. Recorded live. 2019 June 20. Shanghai Oriental Art Center Concert Hall. Recording producer Tan Dun. Tan Dun, conductor ; Orchestre national de Lyon ; Internationale Chorakademie ; Shenyang, baritone ; Huiling Zhu, mezzo-soprano ; Chuanyue Wang, tenor ; Sen Guo, soprano ; Weiwei Tan, indigenous female singer ; Batubagen, indigenous male singer, dunhuang xiqin ; Yinning Chen, Sunhuang Gantan pipa, Dunhuang dance. Sung in Sanskrit and Chinese.

Title
Buddha passion / Tan Dun.
Artist
Shenyang, 1984- singer. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjqW9T6R44BmJkVT4JQMMX.
Subjects
Language
Sanskrit, Chinese, English
Type
Sound Recording
Abstract
This work "involving massed choirs, large orchestra, six percussionists and an array of soloists including indigenous singers, traditional Chinese instruments and a dancing pipa player, is the first such 'Passion' on a Buddhist rather than Christian narrative. Set at the foot of the Himalayas and inspired by Chinese and Sanskrit texts, the story follows a little prince as he finds enlightenment and becomes Buddha, meeting an array of characters before reaching Nirvana. The life-affirming score fuses the ancient wisdom of Buddhism with the musical tradition of JS Bach's Passions, featuring hypnotic orchestral textures and Eastern vocal techniques."--Publisher's website.
Year
2023
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