“蒙克繪製了一個藝術史上從未存在過的世界。她的作品發自內心,既原始又真實,她摒棄了城市生活中的虛假與複雜,揭開了另一種地下文明,和對永恆力量的沉思。”~亞歷克斯.羅斯《紐約客》
梅芮迪斯.蒙克(Meredith Monk)1942年11月20日出生於紐約,是作曲家、歌手、導演/編舞家,也創作了許多歌劇、音樂劇、電影和裝置作品。她被公認是最獨特和最有影響力的當代藝術家之一。《梅芮迪斯.蒙克錄音作品全集》,收錄了迄今為止所有梅芮迪斯.蒙克在ECM New Series新系列的專輯,並在她在80歲生日之際發行。
收錄的專輯包含Dolmen Music、Turtle Dreams、Do You Be、Book of Days、Facing North、ATLAS、Volcano Songs、Mercy、Impermanence、Songs of Ascension、Piano Songs和On Behalf of Nature,每張專輯都有不同的啟示。
這套設計精美的套裝CD,內含了一本300頁的書,列出了最原始的內頁筆記及新的內文和採訪紀錄。書本內還包括Frank J. Oteri的介紹文章《梅芮迪斯.蒙克的世界》及梅芮迪斯自傳《靈魂的信使》(The Soul’s Messenger),以及未曾發表過的照片和Manfred Eicher的序言。
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | Gotham Lullaby |
| 2. | Travelling |
| 3. | The Tale |
| 4. | Biography |
| 5. | Overture And Men's Conclave / Wa-Ohs / Rain / Pine Tree Lullaby / Calls / Conclusion |
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | Turtle Dreams (Waltz) |
| 2. | View 1 |
| 3. | Engine Steps |
| 4. | Ester's Song |
| 5. | View 2 |
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | Scared Song |
| 2. | I Don't Know |
| 3. | Window In 7's |
| 4. | Double Fiesta |
| 5. | Do You Be |
| 6. | Panda Chant I |
| 7. | Memory Song |
| 8. | Panda Chant II |
| 9. | Quarry Lullaby |
| 10. | Shadow Song |
| 11. | Astronaut Anthem |
| 12. | Wheel |
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | Early Morning Melody |
| 2. | Travellers 1, 2, 3 |
| 3. | Dawn |
| 4. | Travellers 4 / Curchyard Entertainment |
| 5. | Afternoon Melodies |
| 6. | Fields/Clouds |
| 7. | Dusk |
| 8. | Eva's Song |
| 9. | Evening |
| 10. | Travellers 5 |
| 11. | Jewish Storyteller/Dance/Dream |
| 12. | Plague |
| 13. | Madwoman's Vision |
| 14. | Cave Song |
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | Northern Lights 1 |
| 2. | Chinook |
| 3. | Long Shadows 1 |
| 4. | Keeping Warm |
| 5. | Northern Lights 2 |
| 6. | Chinook Whispers |
| 7. | Arctic Bar |
| 8. | Hocket |
| 9. | Long Shadows 2 |
| 10. | Epic |
| 11. | Fire Dance |
| 12. | Little Epiphany/Sybil Song |
| 13. | Mill |
| 14. | Boat Song |
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | Overture (Out of Body 1) |
| 2. | Travel Dream Song |
| 3. | Home Scene |
| 4. | Future Quest (The Call) |
| 5. | Rite of Passage A |
| 6. | Choosing Companions |
| 7. | Airport |
| 8. | Night Travel |
| 9. | Guides' Dance |
| 10. | Agricultural Community |
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | Loss Song |
| 2. | Campfire/Hungry Ghost |
| 3. | Father's Hope |
| 4. | Ice Demons |
| 5. | Explorer #5/Lesson/Explorers' Procession |
| 6. | Lonely Spirit |
| 7. | Forest Questions |
| 8. | Desert Tango |
| 9. | Treachery (Temptation) |
| 10. | Possibility of Destruction |
| 11. | Out of Body 2 |
| 12. | Other Worlds Revealed |
| 13. | Explorers' Junctures |
| 14. | Earth Seen From Above |
| 15. | Rite of Passage B |
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | Walking Song |
| 2. | Lost Wind |
| 3. | Hips Dance |
| 4. | Cry #1 |
| 5. | New York Requiem |
| 6. | Offering |
| 7. | Boat Man |
| 8. | Skip Song |
| 9. | Old Lava |
| 10. | Cry #2 |
| 11. | St. Petersburg Waltz |
| 12. | Three Heavens and Hells |
| 13. | Click Song #1 |
| 14. | Click Song #2 |
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | braid 1 and leaping song |
| 2. | braid 2 |
| 3. | urban march (shadow) |
| 4. | masks |
| 5. | line 1 |
| 6. | doctor / patient |
| 7. | line 2 |
| 8. | woman at the door |
| 9. | line 3 and prisoner |
| 10. | epilogue |
| 11. | shaking |
| 12. | liquid air |
| 13. | urban march (light) |
| 14. | core chant |
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | last song |
| 2. | maybe 1 |
| 3. | little breath |
| 4. | liminal |
| 5. | disequilibrium |
| 6. | particular dance |
| 7. | between song |
| 8. | passage |
| 9. | maybe 2 |
| 10. | skeleton lines |
| 11. | slow dissolve |
| 12. | totentanz |
| 13. | sweep 1 |
| 14. | rocking |
| 15. | sweep 2 |
| 16. | mieke's melody #5 |
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | clusters 1 |
| 2. | strand (gathering) |
| 3. | winter variation |
| 4. | cloud code |
| 5. | shift |
| 6. | mapping |
| 7. | summer variation |
| 8. | vow |
| 9. | clusters 2 |
| 10. | falling 11. burn |
| 11. | strand (inner psalm) |
| 12. | autumn variation |
| 13. | ledge dance |
| 14. | traces |
| 15. | respite |
| 16. | mapping continued |
| 17. | clusters 3 |
| 18. | spring variation |
| 19. | fathom |
| 20. | ascent |
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | Obsolete Objects |
| 2. | Ellis Island |
| 3. | Folkdance |
| 4. | urban march (shadow) |
| 5. | Tower |
| 6. | Paris |
| 7. | Railroad (Travel Song) |
| 8. | Parlour Games |
| 9. | St. Petersburg Waltz |
| 10. | Window in 7’s |
| 11. | totentanz |
| 12. | Phantom Waltz |
| 編號 | 曲名 |
|---|---|
| 1. | Dark/Light 1 |
| 2. | High Realm |
| 3. | Fractal Activity |
| 4. | Environs 1 |
| 5. | Eon |
| 6. | Duet with Shifting Ground |
| 7. | Environs 2 |
| 8. | Pavement Steps |
| 9. | Evolution 10. Ritual Zone |
| 10. | Water/Sky Rant |
| 11. | Memory Zone |
| 12. | Environs 3 |
| 13. | Harvest |
| 14. | Dark/Light 2 |
| 15. | High Realm Reprise |
| 16. | Fractal Mirror |
| 17. | Ringing |
| 18. | Spider Web Anthem |