Description
Title: Oblivion
Artist: Nina Guo
Label: New Focus
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 690277901201
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023-09-22
Number of Discs: 1
John Aylward”s chamber opera Oblivion tackles questions of memory; self-knowledge; and meaning through it”s rich; colorful score for four voices; viola; cello; double bass; electric guitar; and electronics. Inspired by the writings of Dante and Joseph Campbell; Aylward grapples with self-inquiry; crafting a fantastical tale that prompts timeless existential conundrums that we all face.
Tracks:
1.1 Prologue – [04:12]
1.2 Scene 1: In a Great… a Great… in a Great Battle (Bound Man, Hunter, First Wanderer) [06:28]
1.3 Scene 2: But for Now… for Now… You Are Blind (Bound Man, First Wanderer, Second Wanderer, Hunter) [08:21]
1.4 Scene 3: Are You Sleeping? (Second Wanderer, First Wanderer, King) [06:05]
1.5 Scene 4: The Passageway Is Endless (Second Wanderer, First Wanderer, Bound Man, King) [12:47]
1.6 Scene 5: I Remember More (First Wanderer, Second Wanderer, King) [12:18]
1.7 Scene 6: My Dear Hunter, We Have Returned! (King, Hunter, First Wanderer, Second Wanderer) [14:19]
