Watershed, k.d. lang's first-ever self-produced album and her first collection of new, self-penned tunes since 2000's Invincible Summer, is now available in the Nonesuch Store. Another new addition: Kronos Quartet's recording of composer Terry Riley's The Cusp of Magic, with pipa virtuoso Wu Man; the Los Angeles Times says the piece "brims with joy."
Watershed, k.d. lang's first-ever self-produced album and her first collection of new, self-penned tunes since 2000's Invincible Summer, is now available in the Nonesuch Store. You'll find two versions of Watershed: the full-length album (pictured at left), on which k.d. puts her famous voice "to sunning new effect" (Daily News); and a special, deluxe package with an additional bonus disc of live recordings and video footage. As always in the Nonesuch Store, with every CD purchase, you'll be able to download the album tracks instantly, as audiophile-quality 320 kbps MP3s, at no additional charge.
For more on the record, visit nonesuch.com/watershed, where you can listen to three album tracks---"I Dream of Spring," "Je fais la planche," and "Sunday"---watch all six segments of the video interview series with k.d. recently posted to the Nonesuch Journal, and find information on k.d.'s upcoming tour schedule.
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Another new addition to the Store this week: Kronos Quartet's recording of composer Terry Riley's The Cusp of Magic, with pipa virtuoso Wu Man. Riley wrote the piece, which the Los Angeles Times says "brims with joy," for the Quartet, his longtime musical collaborators, in 2004. Included with the purchase of the CD on the Nonesuch Store, as an exclusive bonus download, is "Tusen Tankar," a traditional Scandinavian folk song arranged and performed by Kronos.
One of the pieces on Kronos Quartet's program in Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall later this month will be the world premiere of a piece by Fernando Otero, who also has a new album available in the Nonesuch Store: his "impressive" and "thoroughly original" (Newsday) Nonesuch debut, Página de Buenos Aires.
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Visit nonesuch.com/store for all the albums now available as CDs with instant MP3 downloads: Pat Metheny's Day Trip, The Magnetic Fields' Distortion, the Sweeney Todd motion picture soundtrack, and Jonny Greenwood's score to the film There Will Be Blood.
