Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face One)
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Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face One) is the fourth album by
Overview
Dead Lovers' Sarabande, as a whole, is a transitory death suite detailing the unnamed protagonist's mourning of her lover and her desire to rejoin him in the afterlife. Major recurring themes in the work include loneliness and the dreadful feeling of loss when someone dear dies. The story of the first part centers around Cantodea assisting her husband in committing suicide; although he is said to be suffering, the exact cause is not mentioned. In "Hades "Pluton"", she attempts to make a deal with otherworldly beings in order to recover her husband but refuses it eventually.
Musically, a shift was made towards
Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face One) was re-released on CD with newly packaged artwork in 2004.
Track listing
All tracks are written by
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Across the Bridge" | 4:44 |
2. | "On Satur(n)days we used to sleep" | 8:58 |
3. | "Hades "Pluton"" | 6:12 |
4. | "Sieh', mein Geliebter, hier hab' ich Gift" ("Here, my love, I have the poison") | 6:22 |
5. | "Ich wollte hinaus in den Garten" ("I wanted to go out into the garden") | 8:32 |
6. | "Gebet: an die glücklichen Eroberer" ("Prayer: The happy conqueror") | 2:49 |
7. | "Lament/Totenklage" ("Lament/Lament for the dead") | 8:18 |
8. | "The Sleeper (by Edgar Allan Poe)" | 11:57 |
9. | "Die Knochenblume" ("The boneflower") | 1:05 |
10. | "Inschrift/Epitaph" ("Inscription/Epitaph") | 3:27 |
11. | "All good Things are Eleven" | 2:49 |
Personnel
- Katrin Ebert: Violin
- Martin Höfert: Cello
- Johannes Knirsch: Double bass
- Eric Santie-Laa: Cor anglais
- Peter Hergert: Trumpet, trombone
- Eugene de la Fontaine: Tuba, oboe
- Martin Hoffman: Guitars
- Anna-Varney Cantodea: Vocals, all other instruments and programming
References
- AllMusic
- ^ Youtube, Dead Lovers' Sarabande promo