Christopher Tin: Calling All Dawns
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CHRISTOPHER TIN
Christopher Tin: Calling All Dawns
Soweto Gospel Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with Frederica von Stade, Anonymous 4, Sussan Deyhim
[ Decca / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 2 August 2009
This item is only available to us via Special Import.
Twelve songs are featured on the album, each sung in a different language. Many of the lyrics find their sources in important pieces of world literature, including excerpts of long works such as the Hebrew Bible, the Bhagavad Gita, and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and also smaller verses such as the Lord's Prayer, Māori proverbs, and Japanese haiku.
Winner of won two Grammys at the 53rd Grammy Awards for Best Classical Crossover Album and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the song "Baba Yetu", the theme for the 2005 video game Civilization IV.
"Quite frankly Christopher Tin's album is a masterpiece. Every track is of such a high calibre and standard and there is so much unconditional love in each one for the cycle of life that you can't help yourself but join the ride and the day through. It's the first album for a while that works better played as an entirity than as individual tracks and the concept is both refreshing and fulfilled. Put simply "Calling All Dawns" is not just the best world music album of 2009, it's one of the best world music albums of the decade. Pure and absolute musical hedonism." Higher Plain Music
Tracks:
1. "Baba Yetu (feat. Soweto Gospel Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)" Swahili 3:30
2. "Mado Kara Mieru (feat. Lia, Aoi Tada, Kaori Omura)" Japanese 4:45
3. "Dao Zai Fan Ye (feat. Jia Ruhan)" Mandarin 3:15
4. "Se É Pra Vir Que Venha (feat. Dulce Pontes)" Portuguese 4:14
5. "Rassemblons-Nous" French 4:27
6. "Lux Aeterna" Latin 3:59
7. "Caoineadh (feat. Anonymous 4)" Irish 5:44
8. "Hymn Do Trójcy Świętej (feat. Frederica von Stade)" Polish 6:48
9. "Hayom Kadosh (feat. Cait McWhir[5])" Hebrew 1:45
10. "Hamsáfár (feat. Sussan Deyhim)" Farsi 2:52
11. "Sukla-Krsne" Sanskrit 2:01
12. "Kia Hora Te Marino" Māori 3:18
