First Listen: Tori Amos, ‘Night Of Hunters’ : NPR.

Tori Amos despre Night of Hunters:

„There’s a dark force gathering. And some hunt for power, others to invade childrens’ dreams… Anabelle has come to awaken other forces… to remind [the woman] of her own life force. But Anabelle has to go out into the night even though there are hunters out there. And those, they are hunting for childrens’ dreams…”

„I think Night of Hunters is a compilation of experiences that Mark & I have had for over 16 years… We’re still together, knock on wood. And we work together & we play together. And we’re trying to be parents together. And it’s difficult sometimes when you have to be the grown-ups. … So the song cycle in a way, I would say, I understand the man and woman very well in it. It’s not exactly a play by play of me & Husband, but there is a bit of us in there here & there.”

Toate piesele de pe Night of Hunters se bazează pe teme din muzica cultă. 

1. Shattering Sea
Alkan, Prelude Op. 31 No. 8, The Song of the Mad Woman on the Sea Shore
2. Snowblind
Granados, Añoranza (from 6 Pieces on Spanish Folksongs)
3. Battle of Trees
Satie, Gnossienne No. 1
4. Fearlessness
Granados, Spanish Dance No. 2
5. Cactus Practice
Chopin, Nocturne No. 1 (Op. 9 No. 1)
6. Star Whisperer
Schubert, Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959, 2nd movement, Andantino
7. Job’s Coffin
Mendelssohn/Nautical Twilight
8. Nautical Twilight
Mendelssohn, Venetian Boat Song
9. Your Ghost
Schumann, Theme and Variations in E flat major WoO 24 „Ghost Variations”
10. Edge of the Moon
Bach, Siciliano from Flute Sonata No 2 in E flat major
11. The Chase
Mussorgsky, The Old Castle from Pictures at an Exhibition
12. Night of Hunters
Scarlatti, Sonata in F minor K. 466 + Salve Regina (Gregorian Chant)
13. Seven Sisters
Bach, Prelude in c minor
14. Carry
Debussy, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

La înregistrarea albumului Tori Amos a colaborat cu The Apollon Musagète Quartett: Piotr Skweres – violoncel, Piotr Szumiel – violă, Bartosz Zachlod – vioară, Pawel Zalejski – vioară.

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