Collecting works by Canadian composer and flutist Derek Charke, Tundra Songs includes two works commissioned for the Kronos Quartet – the title track (with Tanya Tagaq) and Cercle Du Nord III, as well as excerpts from 22 Inuit Throat Song Games. The album attempts to capture the sonic environment of the Canadian far north, with inspiration found (and many of the field recordings made) in locations in and around Inuvik in the Northwest Territories and Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut.

SELECT CREDITS

Kronos Quartet
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello

with
Tanya Tagaq, throat singing
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, storytelling

Produced by Kronos Quartet and Derek Charke

Producer for Centrediscs: Allegra Young