A Crimson Grail: For 400 Electric Guitars
by Rhys Chatham
- Type: Album
- Released: 23 January 2007
- Label: Table of the Elements
- Country: United States
- Length: 56:31
- Community rating: 3.51/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
An unbelievably massive undertaking commissioned by the city of Paris, avant-garde composer Rhys Chatham arranged and conducted an orchestra of 400 electric guitarists inside the Sacr茅-C艙ur basilica. The recording captures an overwhelming, deeply resonant drone symphony that utilizes the cavernous acoustics of the church to build a transcendent, harmonic wall of sound.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, atmospheric, instrumental
Tracklist
- A Crimson Grail Part 1 (20:42)
- A Crimson Grail Part 2 (16:00)
- A Crimson Grail Part 3 (19:49)
Credits
- Ernie Brooks - electric bass
- Jonathan Kane - electric guitar, hihat
- Doug Wolf - graphics
- Jon Mueller - graphics
- Kent Condon - leader [section 1]
- Dominique Pichon - leader [section 2]
- Fr茅d茅ric Schadoroff - leader [section 3]
- Jean-Fran莽ois Pauvros - leader [section 4]