The Death of Don Juan

by Elodie Lauten

The Death of Don Juan cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Cat Collectors
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 51:57
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The avant-garde composer blends post-minimalist structures with operatic vocals and early sampler technology like the Fairlight CMI. 'The Death of Don Juan' functions as a surreal, contemporary chamber opera, exploring themes of mortality and ego through dense, hypnotic electronic and acoustic layers.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, sampling, death, operatic, electronic, synthesizers, ensemble

Tracklist

  1. Overture (5:59)
  2. Vision (5:09)
  3. Death as a Shadow (8:22)
  4. Don Juan Enlightened (5:50)
  5. Prelude (2:36)
  6. Death as a Woman (3:04)
  7. Duel (6:18)
  8. Despair (6:50)
  9. Despair Postlude (1:48)
  10. Kyrie (5:56)

Credits

  • Arthur Russell - cello
  • John Massey Stewart - cover
  • Bill Raynor - guitar
  • Peter Zummo - trombone
  • Barry Diament - editor

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