The Drop That Contained the Sea

The Drop That Contained the Sea is a classical crossover album by Christopher Tin released in 2014. It premiered on April 13, 2014 at Carnegie Hall^[1] and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Albums chart on May 24.^[2]

The Drop That Contained the Sea
Studio album by Christopher Tin
Released	8 May 2014 (2014-05-08)
Genre	World
Length	57:24
Label	Tin Works
Christopher Tin chronology
Calling All Dawns (2009) The Drop That Contained the Sea (2014) To Shiver the Sky (2020)

The album consists of 10 commissioned works based on the theme of water, each sung in a different language.^[3] All tracks are composed and conducted by Christopher Tin and performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The Angel City Chorale performed for many of the tracks.

Track listing

No.	Title	Language	Length
1.	"Water Prelude (feat. Angel City Chorale)"	Proto-Indo-European	1:34
2.	"Haktan Gelen Şerbeti (feat. Kardeş Türküler)"	Turkish	3:57
3.	"Temen Oblak (feat. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares)"	Bulgarian	7:11
4.	"Iza Ngomso (feat. Soweto Gospel Choir)"	Xhosa	4:07
5.	"Tsas Narand Uyarna (feat. Nominjin)"	Mongolian	4:01
6.	"Passou o Verão (feat. Dulce Pontes)"	Portuguese	6:28
7.	"Devipravaha (feat. Roopa Mahadevan)"	Sanskrit	4:39
8.	"Seirenes (feat. Anonymous 4)"	Ancient Greek	8:47
9.	"Haf Gengr Hriðum (feat. Schola Cantorum)"	Old Norse	4:27
10.	"Waloyo Yamoni (feat. Soweto Gospel Choir)"	Lango	12:13

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Traditional Classical Albums (Billboard)[2]	1
US World Albums (Billboard)[4]	6
US Classical Albums (Billboard)[5]	2
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[6]	18