Philip Glass - Dennis Russell Davies, The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus* – Akhnaten

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Label:	CBS Masterworks – M2K 42457, CBS Masterworks – 42457
Format:	2 x CD, Album, Stereo Box Set
Country:	Europe
Released:	1987
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Minimal, Opera, Modern, Contemporary

Tracklist

	Act I: Year 1 Of Akhnaten's Reign ● Thebes
1-1	Prelude: Refrain, Verse 1, Verse 2	10:44
1-2	Prelude: Verse 3	0:40
1-3	Scene 1: Funeral Of Amenhotep III	8:59
1-4	Scene 2: The Coronation Of Akhnaten	17:15
1-5	Scene 3: The Window Of Appearances	9:03
	Act II: Year 5 To 15 ● Thebes And Akhenaten
1-6	Scene 1: The Temple	12:47
1-7	Scene 2: Akhnaten And Nefertiti	10:10
2-1	Scene 3: The City ● Dance (Beginning)	2:30
2-2	Scene 3: The City ● Dance (Conclusion)	5:10
2-3	Scene 4: Hymn	13:35
	Act III: Year 17 And The Present ● Akhenaten
2-4	Scene 1: The Family	11:36
2-5	Scene 2: Attack And Fall	7:43
2-6	Scene 3: The Ruins	7:28
2-7	Scene 4: Epilogue	10:37

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Distributed By – CBS Records
Distributed By – CBS Disques S.A.
Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Published By – Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc.
Recorded At – Kirche der Karlshöhe, Ludwigsburg
Recorded At – Tonstudio Bauer
Recorded At – The Living Room (2)
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Remixed At – The Living Room (2)

Credits

Alto Vocals [Nefertiti] – Milagro Vargas
Alto Vocals [The Daughters Of Akhnaten] – Angelika Schwarz, Christina Wächtler, Geraldine Rose
Baritone Vocals [Horemhab] – Tero Hannula
Bass Vocals [Aye] – Cornelius Hauptmann
Chorus – The Stuttgart State Opera Chorus*
Chorus Master – Ulrich Eistert
Conductor – Dennis Russell Davies
Conductor [Assistant] – Anton Zapf
Countertenor Vocals [Akhnaten] – Paul Esswood
Creative Director [Opera Director] – Achim Freyer
Design [Costume Desgin] – Achim Freyer, Ilona Freyer
Design [Cover And Booklet Design] – Georgina Lehner
Engineer – Carlos Albrecht, Johannes Wohlleben, Martin Wieland
Engineer [Digital Egineer] – Paul Cameron (3)
Engineer [The Living Room Egineer] – Miles Green
Engineer [The Living Room Engineer] – Don Christensen
Libretto By – Philip Glass
Libretto By [In Association With] – Richard Riddell, Robert Israel, Shalom Goldman
Lighting – Hanns-Joachim Haas
Liner Notes – Philip Glass, Shalom Goldman
Liner Notes [Translation] – Wolfgang Steuhl
Management [Location Manager] – Eva Bauer Oppelland*
Mastered By – Bill Kipper
Music By – Philip Glass
Narrator [Scribe] – David Warrilow
Orchestra – The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Horst Huber (3)
Producer – Kurt Munkacsi, Michael Riesman
Score Editor [Score Analysis] – Martin Goldray
Set Designer – Achim Freyer, Ilona Freyer
Soprano Vocals [Queen Tyre] – Melinda Liebermann
Soprano Vocals [The Daughters Of Akhnaten] – Lynne Wilhelm-Könige, Maria Koupilová-Ticha, Victoria Schneider
Technician [Location Equipment] – Reiner Oppelland
Tenor Vocals [Amon High Priest] – Helmut Holzapfel
Text By [Vocal Text Drawn From Original Sources] – Shalom Goldman

Notes

Total Time: CD1: 69:49, CD2: 58:48
An opera in three acts for orchestra, chorus and soloists.
Recorded at Karlshöhe Church and Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany.
Additional Recording and Remix: The Living Room, New York, NY.
Record mastered at Masterdisk, New York, NY.
World premiere - Stuttgart State Opera, March 3, 1984

© 1987 CBS Inc./℗ 1987 CBS Inc.
Printed In The Netherlands, Box Made In West Germany, CD's Made In Austria.

Cardboard boxset includes a two-chamber CD jewel case and a 100-page booklet.
Cat no. appears as 42457 only on booklet.

The word "Karlshöhe" appears in two different versions as printed on the back covers of the box and back cover inlay card:
1) Box: "Karlshohe" without umlaut on letter "o"
2) Back cover inlay card: "Karshöhe" with specially added umlaut on letter "o" (by hand before the actual printing)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (text): 5 099704 245720
Barcode (scan): 5099704245720
Label Code (on box): LC-0149
Label Code (on discs): LC 0149
Matrix / Runout (CD 1 - Variant 1): 1-CDM2K 42457 21A1 +++++
Matrix / Runout (CD 1 - Variant 2): 1-CDM2K 42457 21A4 +++++
Matrix / Runout (CD 2 - Variant 1): 2-CDM2K 42457 11A3 +++++
Matrix / Runout (CD 2 - Variant 2): 2-CDM2K 42457 11A1 +++++
Price Code (on box only): CB 783
SPARS Code: DDD
Other (CBS Code): 01-042457-10

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Akhnaten (2×CD, Album, Box Set, )	CBS	M2K 42457	US	1987
Recently Edited	Akhnaten (3×LP, Album, Stereo, Box Set, )	CBS	M3 42457	USA, Canada & Europe	1987
New Submission	Akhnaten (3×Cassette, Album)	CBS	M3T 42457	Europe	1987
Recently Edited	Akhnaten (2×CD, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release)	ArsNova	AN-2125	Russia	2000
Recently Edited	Akhnaten (2×CD, Album, Reissue)	Sony Classical	SM2K 91141	USA & Europe	2003