Songs of Ascension

by Meredith Monk

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 May 2011
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:07:37
  • Community rating: 3.28/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The pioneering avant-garde vocalist and composer returns with an incredibly meditative, spiritually driven choral suite. Designed specifically for performance within an eight-story tower by Ann Hamilton, 'Songs of Ascension' relies on hypnotic, wordless vocal polyphonies and delicate string quartet accompaniment.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde

Tracklist

  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 (2:28)
  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)

Credits

  • Yomo Toro - primary artist, cuatro
  • Ruben Figueroa - bass
  • Angel Luis Cabrera - bongos
  • Daniel Ponce - congas, guest
  • Orlando Silva - drums
  • Cali Rivera - guiro, lead vocals
  • Dalia Silva - lead vocals
  • Steve Sandberg - synthesizer

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