Almost Human (Beiser)
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Almost Human is a 2006 album by cellist Maya Beiser
. The album features composer Eve Beglarian
's setting of Henri Michaux
's prose poem "I am writing to you from a far-off country" and Joby Talbot
's Motion Detector and Falling
Maya Beiser
Maya Beiser is an American cellist who lives in New York City. She has an international career as a performer and recording artist. She was raised on a kibbutz in Israel by her French mother and Argentine father, and graduated from Yale University School of Music...
. The album features composer Eve Beglarian
Eve Beglarian
Eve Beglarian is a contemporary American composer, performer and audio producer of Armenian descent...
's setting of Henri Michaux
Henri Michaux
Henri Michaux was a highly idiosyncratic Belgian-born poet, writer, and painter who wrote in French. He later took French citizenship. Michaux is best known for his esoteric books written in a highly accessible style, and his body of work includes poetry, travelogues, and art criticism...
's prose poem "I am writing to you from a far-off country" and Joby Talbot
Joby Talbot
Joby Talbot is a British composer.Born in Wimbledon, London, Talbot studied composition at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Brian Elias and Simon Bainbridge....
's Motion Detector and Falling
Eve Beglarian
- I am writing to you from a far off country One - Two
- I am writing to you from a far off country Three
- I am writing to you from a far off country Four
- I am writing to you from a far off country Five - Seven
- I am writing to you from a far off country Eight - Nine
- I am writing to you from a far off country Ten
- I am writing to you from a far off country Eleven
- I am writing to you from a far off country Twelve