Grammy Award-winning Christopher Tin’s new album, The Drop That Contained the Sea, which features Angel City Chorale (ACC) on 7 of 10 tracks, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Traditional Classical chart! Tin’s album, which ACC is excited to be performing LIVE in June, entered the top spot on the chart after its first week of release. It is also in the top charts for World Album and Classical Album.
The ten-part song-cycle, in ten languages, explores the theme of water in its different forms, with vocal performances by ACC alongside Grammy winners the Soweto Gospel Choir and Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, as well as early music superstars Anonymous 4, Mongolian pop star Nominjin, world-renowned fadista Dulce Pontes, Grammy-nominated choir Schola Cantorum, and others. Christopher Tin composed and conducted the album with music performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The album is available at ChristopherTin.com.
Says Tin of his ongoing collaboration with ACC, in a recent interview in Game Music Online, “I love working with ACC! They’re one of my favorite choirs and particularly well-suited to singing my music. They’re non-traditional (sort of like myself); their repertoire will encompass anything from classical to show tunes to gospel… and I love that about them. Their director, Sue Fink, is a really passionate teacher of all things voice, and I’ve never been disappointed with any of their renditions of my music.”
The new recording follows Tin’s debut album, Calling All Dawns, which won the Grammy for Best Classical Crossover Album in 2011 and contained the hugely popular song “Baba Yetu,” which was the theme song for video game Civilization IV and won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists (the first piece of video game music to win a Grammy).
The Drop That Contained the Sea Tracklist:
Works on the Theme of ‘Water’
1. Water Prelude (feat. Angel City Chorale) (Proto-Indo-European)
2. Haktan Gelen Şerbeti – “The Drink from God” (feat. Kardeş Türküler) (Turkish)
3. Temen Oblak – “Dark Clouds” (feat. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares) (Bulgarian)
4. Iza Ngomso – “Come Tomorrow” (feat. Soweto Gospel Choir) (Xhosa)
5. Tsas Narand Uyarna – “The Heart of Snow” (feat. Nominjin) (Mongolian)
6. Passou o Verão – “Summer Has Gone” (feat. Dulce Pontes) (Portuguese)
7. Devipravaha – “Goddess River” (feat. Roopa Mahadevan) (Sanskrit)
8. Seirenes – “Sirens” (feat. Anonymous 4) (Ancient Greek)
9. Haf Gengr Hriðum – “The Storm-Driven Sea” (feat. Schola Cantorum) (Old Norse)
10. Waloyo Yamoni – “We Overcome the Wind” (feat. Soweto Gospel Choir) (Lango)
– Composed and Conducted by Christopher Tin
– Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Drop That Contained the Sea received its World Premiere performance, which featured over 100 ACC members on stage, to a sold-out Carnegie Hall on April 13, 2014. The new work will receive its West Coast premiere at ACC’s upcoming Elements concerts on June 7 and 8, 2014 at the Wilshire United Methodist Church in Los Angeles.
“Once again, Christopher Tin’s work is absolutely phenomenal,” says ACC Founder and Artistic Director Sue Fink, “We are thrilled to be part of this very special new album.”
