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Earth and the great weather a sonic geography of the Artic
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Title
Earth and the great weather [sound recording] : a sonic geography of the Artic / John Luther Adams.
Published
New York, N.Y. : New World Records, p1994.
Physical Description
1 sound disc (76 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Notes
"Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc."
Compact disc.
Natural sounds with vocal & instrumental music (using just intonation) to evoke "the physical, cultural and spiritual geography of the Gwich'in Athabascan people"--Notes, p. 6.
Program notes by the composer & texts in Inupiaq, Gwich'in, English & Latin with English translations inserted in container.
Texts chiefly from Gwich'in & Inupiat names of plants, places, weather & seasons, also including Latin scientific names of plants and animals.
Recorded Mar. 8-11, 1993, Charles W. Davis Concert Hall, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Variant and related titles
Sonic geography of the Arctic
Format
Audio
Language
English; Gwich'in; Inuktitut; Latin
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Performers
Robin Lorentz, violin & percussion ; Ron Lawrence, viola ; Michael Finckel, violoncello & conductor ; Robert Black, doublebass & percussion ; Amy Knoles, percussion ; John Luther Adams, percussion & conductor ; featuring Inupiat Eskimo (James Nageak & Doreen Simmonds) & Gwich'in Indian (Lincoln Tritt & Adeline Peter Raboff) performers & Dave Hunsacker, Latin voice.
Contents
The place where you go to listen
Drums of winter
Pointed mountains scattered all around
The circle of suns and moons
The circle of winds
Deep and distant thunder
River with no willows
One that stays all winter
Drums of fire, drumws of stone
Where the waves splash, hitting again and again.
Issue number
80459-2 New World Records
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Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.
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