Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music CD + MP3 Bundle

Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music CD + MP3 BundlePeter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music is nine songs written by Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman) and Nico Muhly plus three gamelan transcriptions by ethnomusicologist Colin McPhee, which inspired the new songs. Bartlett and Muhly play pianos and keyboards on the album, and Bartlett sings, joined by other musicians on strings and metallic pitched percussion. McPhee recorded a suite of Balinese ceremonial music with Benjamin Britten in 1941. Muhly says:

"The return of one of the most original bands of this century

and piano and Cooder on vocals

and a live ensemble improvised a response

drawing from original sources to explore the final hours leading up to the first atomic bomb explosion at the Alamagordo test site in New Mexico in July 1945

The English trio The Staves and NYCbased ensemble yMusic join forces for The Way Is Read

along with Amidon's other frequent collaborators

With a cast of legendary Chicano musicians

Elijah Fox

She brilliantly adapts the works of such poets as Edward Lear

Cory Chisel

featuring original Redman compositions from the RoundAgain recording sessions

smart and incredibly moving