Die Geisterinsel, a chamber opera based on Shakespeare's Tempest, reworks an opera with the same title by Johann Rudolph Zumsteeg, a contemporary of Mozart. Ming Tsao transcribes Zumsteeg's music in such a way that 'noise' infiltrates the original music that continually moves between the refined Classical style of Zumsteeg and the noises of the island where The Tempest is set. Tsao's intention is to use noise to create a compact musical space in which irregular rhythmic forces twist and deform the Classical phrasing of progression so that a new kind of lyricism can surface.

Track Listing

• - Steine
• - Blumen
• - Tiefer Ins Leben
• - Schrecken Die Uns Drohn
• - In Der Hulle Dieses Sklaven
• - Fremdling Hore Meinen Willen
• - Vor Des Nahen Sturmes Grimmen
• - Traurige Korallen
• - Where The Bees Sucks
• - Der Sturm
• - Geisterchoral
• - Ich Heibe Caliban
• - Sandfall
• - Serenade
• - If Ears We're All That Were Needed

Additional Details

Label: Kairos

Genre: Classical

Run Time: 65:26 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 02/10/15

UPC: 9120010281983