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Album · 1991

Songs My Children Taught Me

by Mark Isham

Released
12 March 1991
Label
Windham Hill Records
Catalogue no.
WD-1101
Tracklist
39 tracks
Length
1:12:05
Country
US

“Songs My Children Taught Me” is an album by Mark Isham, released in 1991 on Windham Hill Records. The original release has 39 tracks with a running time of 1:12:05. The line-up features Mark Isham (arranger, producer), Kurt Wortman (percussion), Charlie Haden (double bass), Peter Maunu (guitar) and Charlie Bisharat (violin).

Who played on Songs My Children Taught Me

  • Mark Isham arranger, producer, electronic instruments all tracks
  • Kurt Wortman percussion on 24 tracks
  • Charlie Haden double bass on 10 tracks
  • Peter Maunu guitar on 10 tracks
  • Charlie Bisharat violin on 7 tracks

Tracklist

  1. 1 The Doors of Life Unveiled 4:02
  2. 2 Love Song to a Ballerina 2:27
  3. 3 A Nocturnal Waltz 1:34
  4. 4 Entering the Kingdom of Nature 2:28
  5. 5 Journey Through the Poem of a Tempestuous Sea 4:44
  6. 6 Love's Ash Dissolves 1:21
  7. 7 A Spangled Heart - Belonging to All Time and Earth 2:28
  8. 8 In China, You Know, the Emperor Is Chinese 4:12
  9. 9 Travellers From Foreign Lands 2:17
  10. 10 A Journey to the Edge of the Sea 2:14
  11. 11 The Nightingale at Court 1:25
  12. 12 High Imperial Bedsidetablesinger (Firstclass on the Left) 2:00
  13. 13 Awaiting the Angel of Death 1:05
  14. 14 A Visitation 2:05
  15. 15 The Nightingale Returns 2:27
  16. 16 The Emperor and the Nightingale 2:13
  17. 17 Thumbelina 2:59
  18. 18 The Son of Mrs. Toad 0:56
  19. 19 Butterflies Frolic and Junebugs Despair 1:29
  20. 20 In the Forest of Life 1:13
  21. 21 Invitation From a Field Mouse 2:08
  22. 22 Mr. Mole - Of the Grey Coat 1:13
  23. 23 To Step From the Border of Death 1:06
  24. 24 The Landscape of Summer Comes to an End 1:12
  25. 25 The Swallow's Song 1:14
  26. 26 Home to the Sunny Countries 2:13
  27. 27 Alina 3:26
  28. 28 An Imperial Praeludium 2:35
  29. 29 Here Come the Weavers 0:37
  30. 30 Quatracinium (Opus 87) 0:23
  31. 31 A Faithful Old Minister 0:59
  32. 32 A Complicated Fish Motif (Woven) 0:45
  33. 33 Fanfare for the Imperial Portrait 0:29
  34. 34 A Trusted Official 0:20
  35. 35 The Emperor's Dream 1:00
  36. 36 An Imperial Inspection 0:35
  37. 37 The Weaver's Nocturne 0:52
  38. 38 The Imperial Fitting 1:01
  39. 39 The Emperor's Procession - An Imperial Postludium 4:17

Production

  • Stephen Krause recording
  • Ben Rogers recording
  • Rusty Striff recording
  • Fred Vogler recording
  • Larry Mah recording
  • Gary Barlough programming
  • Mark Birmingham programming

More albums by Mark Isham

Point Break / Never Cry Wolf · Pacific Vapor Drawings 1983 · Windham Hill Records Film Music 1985 · Windham Hill Records Trouble in Mind 1986 · Antilles The Emperor and the Nightingale 1987 · Rabbit Ears Productions We Begin 1987 · BMG Classics The Beast 1988 · A&M Records The Moderns (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1988 · Virgin Castalia 1988 · Virgin Tibet 1989 · Windham Hill Records Everybody Wins 1990 · Virgin The Emperor's New Clothes 1990 · Windham Hill Records

Frequently asked questions

Who played on Songs My Children Taught Me?

The line-up of Songs My Children Taught Me includes Mark Isham (arranger, producer), Kurt Wortman (percussion), Charlie Haden (double bass), Peter Maunu (guitar) and Charlie Bisharat (violin).

Which label released Songs My Children Taught Me?

Songs My Children Taught Me was released in 1991 on Windham Hill Records (WD-1101).

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