Originally commissioned and premiered at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2000, Amelia has since undergone a series of readjustments and live additions. This studio version is worth the wait.
Rooted in Amelia Earhart's diaries and telegrams, it charts the US aviator's last flight in 1937, when she vanished over the Pacific while attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate the Earth.
Anderson narrates the journey from Earhart's imagined perspective, with guests including Czech orchestra Filharmonie Brno, guest vocalist Anohni and guitarist Marc Ribot.
The continuous tone gives the drama an unobtrusive flow, as Earhart leaves California full of optimism, crossing the equator on banks of strings, before setting course for India And On Down To Australia against a softly kinetic rhythm.
As the fateful day approaches, Anderson deftly alternates between diary entries and fragmented memories, while Earhart's own voice - pulled from a 1935 radio broadcast - emerges on This Modern World. A wondrous, absorbing study of ambition and adventure by someone who's made a musical career of both.
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