The Ghost Sonata

Mixing dialogue and musique concrete with both electronic and neo-classical music, ‘The Ghost Sonata’ is a primarily instrumental album that crosses all known boundaries to create possibly one of the most psychedelic symphonies ever waxed.

‘The Ghost Sonata’ is based on the group’s “opera without words” performed in 1982 at the Polverigi Theatre Festival in Italy. Though considered by many to be their best and most ambitious work, the soundtrack had not been released in its entirety until 1990.

Tuxedomoon core members Steven Brown, Blaine Reininger and Peter Principle entirely re-recorded all musical selections of the soundtrack during the latter half of 1990, while the linking narrative and sound-effects are taken from the original 1982 source tapes.

Tuxedomoon - The Ghost Sonata (CBOY 1414)

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1.		Tuxedomoon - The Funeral Of A Friend	1m 9s
2.		Tuxedomoon - The Ghost Sonata	5m 36s
3.		Tuxedomoon - Catalyst	42s
4.		Tuxedomoon - An Affair At The Soiree	3m 39s
5.		Tuxedomoon - Music Number Two (Ghost Sonata Version)	2m 56s
6.		Tuxedomoon - A Drowning	2m 7s
7.		Tuxedomoon - The Cascade	3m 2s
8.		Tuxedomoon - A Mystic Death	2m 16s
9.		Tuxedomoon - Basso Pomade	2m 36s
10.		Tuxedomoon - Licorice Stick Ostinato	2m 19s
11.		Tuxedomoon - The Laboratory	5m 8s
12.		Tuxedomoon - Les Odalisques	4m 10s
13.		Tuxedomoon - An Unsigned Postcard	3m 6s
14.		Tuxedomoon - Music Number Two (Ghost Sonata Version - Reprise)	4m 18s

Tuxedomoon - The Ghost Sonata (CBOY 1414)

CD Album

1.		Tuxedomoon - The Funeral Of A Friend
2.		Tuxedomoon - The Ghost Sonata
3.		Tuxedomoon - Catalyst
4.		Tuxedomoon - An Affair At The Soiree
5.		Tuxedomoon - Music Number Two (Ghost Sonata Version)
6.		Tuxedomoon - A Drowning
7.		Tuxedomoon - The Cascade
8.		Tuxedomoon - A Mystic Death
9.		Tuxedomoon - Basso Pomade
10.		Tuxedomoon - Licorice Stick Ostinato
11.		Tuxedomoon - The Laboratory
12.		Tuxedomoon - Les Odalisques
13.		Tuxedomoon - An Unsigned Postcard
14.		Tuxedomoon - Music Number Two (Ghost Sonata Version - Reprise)

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