Mimi Goese & Ben Neill - Songs For Persephone

• Design, Layout – Chris Eselgroth
• Drums – Jim Mussen (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 to 10)
• Electric Bass – John Conte (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 to 10)
• Engineer – Art Labriola, Ben Neill, Eric Calvi, John Pace, Marlan Barry, Max Bogdanov
• Mastered By – Alan Douches
• Mixed By – Ben Neill
• Photography By [Unique Scanner Pictures] – Mimi Goese
• Producer – Ben Neill, Mimi Goese
• Trumpet [Mutantrumpet], Electronics, Programmed By [Programming] – Ben Neill
• Vocals – Mimi Goese
• Written-By – Ben Neill, Mimi Goese, Sean Haberle (tracks: 4)

Tracks 7 and 8 are listed the other way 'round in the back cover. In gatefold cardboard packaging.

Music is based on fragments of works by Berlioz, Schumann, Bruckner, Grieg, Donizetti, Gabrieli, Beethoven and Strauss.

The music theater work Persephone was comissioned by and premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival and Virginia Tech University.

• Barcode: 6 26570 61360 2

Album 2011 10 Songs. Songs for Persephone Mimi Goese. Ben Neill, Mimi Goese. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Songs for Persephone. Your Rating. Overview . Mimi Goese and Ben Neill discuss the ideas behind their upcoming CD release Songs for familiar with Mimi Goeses previous workthe two gorgeous albums recorded with art-rockers Hugo Largo, her collaborations with Moby, and her lush solo recordwill know what to expect: dramatic mini-operas featuring Goeses other-worldly soprano and quietly reflective lyrics. The album closer, appropriately titled Worlds End ends clamorously, abruptly, followed by the almost imperceptible, a capella line Alls quiet, encapsulating in one brief instant the beautiful contrasts that mark Romantic art in general and Goeses oeuvre specifically. Ben Neill. American Songwriter review Mimi Goese & Ben Neill September 5, 2011 At 8:26 pm. Listen free to Mimi Goese & Ben Neill Songs for Persephone Roma, Stargazer and more. 10 tracks 51:42. 1 Career. In 2006, Goese collaborated and performed onstage with the mutantrumpeter Ben Neill on a project called XIX. In 2010, the duo collaborated on a musical theater piece titled Persephone, which was premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 2010 Next Wave Festival. Goese and Neill were commissioned by BAM to create the staged work co-starring actress Julia Stiles with multimedia company Ridge Theater. An album featuring music from the project, Songs for Persephone, was released by Ramseur Records in August 2011. Songs for Persephone, 2011. Mimi Goese. Roma, 05:01. If You Lie Awake, 04:32. Cusp, 05:43. Now playing . Mimi Goese & Ben Neill Artist Format: Audio CD. So, the combination of Mimi and Ben produces an album which is, honestly, one of the best things i've heard in a long time. if you need a reference point for that, here it is: i've been a musician performing and playing for since i was 13. i remember when the Beatles first came to America, i saw people. According to the web site associated with these Songs for Persephone, this music was originally written for a music theater piece commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It was part of last year's BAM Next Wave Festival