Tori Amos: HEREINMYHEAD.COM

Tracks

1. Shattering Sea 5:38
2. SnowBlind 3:14
3. Battle of Trees 8:42
4. Fearlessness 6:31
5. Cactus Practice 4:27
6. Star Whisperer 9:53
7. Job’s Coffin 3:32
8. Nautical Twilight 3:16
9. Your Ghost 5:38
10. Edge of the Moon 4:51
11. The Chase 3:02
12. Night of Hunters 5:32
13. Seven Sisters 2:44
14. Carry 4:07

Album Art

Description

Night of Hunters marks Tori’s 12th studio album, set to release on September 20, 2011(US), and her first with classical music label Deutsche Grammophon. The album kicked off when Deutsche Grammophon approached Tori to write a 21st-century song cycle based on classical themes. She carries on the classical tradition of variations on a theme: taking inspiration from classical forms to create a bold new work while paying tribute to the mastery of the original compositions. Tori enlisted the the help of the Apollon Musagète Quartett and her daughter, Tash, to record it.

The deluxe edition includes a bonus DVD and containing a 13 minute documentary, plus 2 music clips (Carry + Nautical Twilight).

Quotes

It’s a 21st century song cycle inspired by classical music themes spanning over 400 years. I have used the structure of a song cycle to tell an ongoing, modern story. The protagonist is a woman who finds herself in the dying embers of a relationship. In the course of one night she goes through an initiation of sorts that leads her to reinvent herself allowing the listener to follow her on a journey to explore complex musical and emotional subject matter. One of the main themes explored on this album is the hunter and the hunted and how both exist within us.
– Tori Amos, Tori Amos Newsletter

On Night of Hunters, which she wrote and produced, Amos comments “I have used the structure of a classical song cycle to tell an ongoing, modern story. The protagonist is a woman who finds herself in the dying embers of a relationship. In the course of one night she goes through an initiation of sorts that leads her to reinvent herself allowing the listener to follow her on a journey to explore complex musical and emotional subject matter. One of the main themes explored on this album is the hunter and the hunted and how both exist within us,”.
– Universal Music Nyheter Klassisk

I decided when Deutsche Grammophon approached me to write a 21st-century song cycle, the hitch was that it would be based on classical themes. I looked at their doctor of musicology and thought This is not a small task. And she said, “I know you’ve been working on the musical, so you should be able to apply narrative to this project.” And I said, “Well, yeah, I think I can do that, but the worrying thing is messing with the masters! That’s more disconcerting.” So I decided to take it to a place that I understood and a place that has mythology, because good song cycles — there’s a level of otherworldliness — that’s why it works. To me, if it doesn’t have a poetic subtext going on, and the characters don’t come in that take us on some kind of spiritual quest, then I don’t think it will last for 50 years or 100 years. It has to transcend time in a way — and yet reflect the time you’re in.
– Out Magazine, Catching Up with Tori Amos (August 11, 2011)