180 Gram Double Vinyl! Tori's All-Acoustic Deutsche Grammophon Debut Features 21st Century Songs Inspired By Classical Music Themes Spanning Over 400 Years!
Night of Hunters is a 21st century song cycle that finds Tori Amos drawing on themes from Satie, Granados, Chopin and other great composers. It tells a modern love story that is only unraveled after a journey to Ireland's mythic past.
The album is an all-acoustic work with guests including esteemed players The Apollon Musagete Quartet and the Berlin Philharmonic clarinet soloist Andreas Ottensamer.
With more than 12 million albums sold and multiple Grammy nominations, Tori Amos is one of the most successful and influential artists of her generation. A pioneer across multiple platforms, she was the first major label artist to offer a single for download, has had her songs turned into graphic novels, and has produced pioneering videos throughout her career. She is renowned for her passionate and broad fan-base, her critically and commercially successful tours, and her ever evolving live show.
The latest addition to Amos' series of ground-breaking recordings, Night of Hunters is her twelfth studio album and her first for Deutsche Grammophon. The 21st-century song cycle takes its inspiration from classical pieces spanning the last 400 years by composers ranging from Bach and Schubert to Granados and Satie, and marks the return of Amos' piano to center stage. It is also her first studio album exclusively involving acoustic instruments. The songs are arranged for string quartet and flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bassoon and contrabassoon in various formations. For the recording, Amos has put together an ensemble of outstanding performers from the classical world, including the award-winning young Polish string quartet Apollon Musagete and Berlin Philharmonic principal clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer.
With Night of Hunters, which she wrote and produced, Tori Amos carries on the tradition of variations on a theme to create a bold new work while paying tribute to the mastery of the original compositions. In her own words, "I have used the structure of a classical song cycle to tell an ongoing, modern story. The protagonist is a woman who finds herself in the dying embers of a relationship. In the course of one night she goes through an initiation of sorts that leads her to reinvent herself, allowing the listener to follow her on a journey to explore complex musical and emotional subject matter. One of the main themes explored on this album is the hunter and the hunted and how both exist within us."
Features:
180 Gram 2LP Set
Gatefold Jacket
Musicians:
Tori Amos, Bosendorfer piano, vocals
Natashya Hawley, vocals (SnowBlind, Cactus Practice, Job's Coffin, The Chase)
Kelsey Dobyns, vocals (Night Of Hunters)
Laura Lucas, flute, alto flute
Nigel Shore, oboe, English horn
Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet
Peter Whelan, bassoon
Luke Whitehead, contra bassoon
Apollon Musagete Quartet:
Pawel Zalejski, violin
Bartosz Zachlod, violin
Piotr Szumiel, viola
Piotr Skweres, cello
Selections:
LP1 - Side I:
1. Shattering Sea
2. SnowBlind
3. Battle of Trees
LP1 - Side II:
1. Fearlessness
2. Cactus Practice
3. Star Whisperer
LP2 - Side III:
1. Job's Coffin
2. Nautical Twilight
3. Your Ghost
4. Edge of the Moon
LP2 - Side IV:
1. The Chase
2. Night of Hunters
3. Seven Sisters
4. Carry
Night of Hunters is a 21st century song cycle that finds Tori Amos drawing on themes from Satie, Granados, Chopin and other great composers. It tells a modern love story that is only unraveled after a journey to Ireland's mythic past.
The album is an all-acoustic work with guests including esteemed players The Apollon Musagete Quartet and the Berlin Philharmonic clarinet soloist Andreas Ottensamer.
With more than 12 million albums sold and multiple Grammy nominations, Tori Amos is one of the most successful and influential artists of her generation. A pioneer across multiple platforms, she was the first major label artist to offer a single for download, has had her songs turned into graphic novels, and has produced pioneering videos throughout her career. She is renowned for her passionate and broad fan-base, her critically and commercially successful tours, and her ever evolving live show.
The latest addition to Amos' series of ground-breaking recordings, Night of Hunters is her twelfth studio album and her first for Deutsche Grammophon. The 21st-century song cycle takes its inspiration from classical pieces spanning the last 400 years by composers ranging from Bach and Schubert to Granados and Satie, and marks the return of Amos' piano to center stage. It is also her first studio album exclusively involving acoustic instruments. The songs are arranged for string quartet and flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bassoon and contrabassoon in various formations. For the recording, Amos has put together an ensemble of outstanding performers from the classical world, including the award-winning young Polish string quartet Apollon Musagete and Berlin Philharmonic principal clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer.
With Night of Hunters, which she wrote and produced, Tori Amos carries on the tradition of variations on a theme to create a bold new work while paying tribute to the mastery of the original compositions. In her own words, "I have used the structure of a classical song cycle to tell an ongoing, modern story. The protagonist is a woman who finds herself in the dying embers of a relationship. In the course of one night she goes through an initiation of sorts that leads her to reinvent herself, allowing the listener to follow her on a journey to explore complex musical and emotional subject matter. One of the main themes explored on this album is the hunter and the hunted and how both exist within us."
Features:
180 Gram 2LP Set
Gatefold Jacket
Musicians:
Tori Amos, Bosendorfer piano, vocals
Natashya Hawley, vocals (SnowBlind, Cactus Practice, Job's Coffin, The Chase)
Kelsey Dobyns, vocals (Night Of Hunters)
Laura Lucas, flute, alto flute
Nigel Shore, oboe, English horn
Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet
Peter Whelan, bassoon
Luke Whitehead, contra bassoon
Apollon Musagete Quartet:
Pawel Zalejski, violin
Bartosz Zachlod, violin
Piotr Szumiel, viola
Piotr Skweres, cello
Selections:
LP1 - Side I:
1. Shattering Sea
2. SnowBlind
3. Battle of Trees
LP1 - Side II:
1. Fearlessness
2. Cactus Practice
3. Star Whisperer
LP2 - Side III:
1. Job's Coffin
2. Nautical Twilight
3. Your Ghost
4. Edge of the Moon
LP2 - Side IV:
1. The Chase
2. Night of Hunters
3. Seven Sisters
4. Carry
