Joan Jeanrenaud
Metamorphosis
NA120

In 1999, after twenty years as cellist of the Kronos Quartet, I chose to leave the group and began a metamorphosis of sorts in my musical development as a solo artist. During residencies in Hawaii and San Francisco, I was able to freely explore the directions my interests were leading me at this pivotal point in my career. During this time I continued working with composers. I began to improvise, arrange and compose music myself, as well as research, produce and present muti-media and performance arts. I became interested in not only the visual and conceptual presentation of music but also the sound world my instrument could inhabit. Increasingly I became fascinated with the layering of sound and the versatility of the cello in this exploration. 'Metamorphosis' is much of the music that resulted from this phase, being the soundtrack to the staged musical theatrical production of the same name.

--Joan Jeanrenaud

Track List

1. Cairn (1994) 5:11

Steven Mackey
for cello and looped celli
2. Escalay (1967/2000) 17:08

Hamza El Din
for cello and looped celli
3. Altar Piece (2000-01) 9:18

Joan Jeanrenaud
for cello and looped celli
4. The Song of Songs (1996) 8:16

Karen Tanaka
for cello and electronics
5. Metamorphosis Four (1988/1999) 6:57

Philip Glass
for four celli
6. Blood Red (2000) 15:39

Mark Grey
for cello and computer

Total: 62:34

$15.00

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