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Released
  
1983

Length
  
37:24

Artist
  
Meredith Monk

Label
  
ECM New Series

Recorded
  
1983

Turtle Dreams(1983)
  
Do You Be(1987)

Release date
  
1983

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Genre
  
Contemporary classical music

Producers
  
Collin Walcott, Manfred Eicher

Similar
  
Dolmen Music, Book of Days, Do You Be, Facing North, Our Lady of Late

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Turtle Dreams is an album by American composer and vocalist Meredith Monk recorded in 1983 and released on the ECM New Series label.

Contents

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with Ted Mills calling it "A daring display of vocal gymnastics and a journey back to childhood when all sounds were wondrous".

Track listing

All compositions by Meredith Monk
  1. "Turtle Dreams (Waltz)" - 17:52
  2. "View 1" - 10:13
  3. "Engine Steps" - 2:03
  4. "Ester's Song" - 1:14
  5. "View 2" - 6:02
  • Recorded in New York City (tracks 1 & 2), at Hanford Mills Museum, East Meredith in New York (track 3), and at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany (track 4 & 5)

    • Personnel

  • Meredith Monk — voice, piano, synthesizer, organ
  • Collin Walcott — didgeridoo (tracks 2-5), organ (track 1)
  • Julius Eastman — organ (track 1)
  • Steve Lockwood — organ (track 1)
  • Andrea Goodman — voice (track 1)
  • Paul Langland — voice (track 1)
  • Robert Een — voice (track 1)

    • Songs

    1Turtle Dreams (waltz)17:58
    2View 110:14
    3Engine Steps2:00

    References

    Turtle Dreams Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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