Planetarium
By: Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording] /
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Rock music; Planetariums; Alternative rock music; Songs and music
Description: "A project that began as a commissioned work by the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven for composer Nico Muhly, Planetarium premiered in 2012 but was transformed by the arrival of this collaborative recording five years later. With Muhly, singer/lyricist Sufjan Stevens, the National guitarist Bryce Dessner, and drummer James McAlister receiving equal credit for the music, it also features a string quartet, seven trombonists, a keyboardist, and numerous instrument credits, including synths and programming, by the co-composers. Inspired by the Solar System, Planetarium's 17 tracks are named after celestial objects and related phenomena, with Stevens' often enigmatic lyrics focusing on the subjects of science and Greek and Roman mythology" --Allmusic.com.
Notes: Title from disc label.

Compact disc.

Performed by Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner and James McAlister.
Table of contents: title: Neptune --; title: Jupiter --; title: Halley's comet --; title: Venus --; title: Uranus --; title: Mars --; title: Black energy --; title: Sun --; title: Tides --; title: Moon --; title: Pluto --; title: Kuiper belt --; title: Black hole --; title: Saturn --; title: In the beginning --; title: Earth --; title: Mercury.