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Meredith Monk – Atlas - An Opera In Three Parts

Name: Meredith Monk - Atlas - An Opera In Three Parts
Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)

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Label:	ECM Records – ECM 1491/92, ECM New Series – ECM 1491/92, ECM Records – 437 773-2, ECM New Series – 437 773-2
Format:	2 x CD, Album
Country:	Germany
Released:	1993
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Opera, Contemporary

Tracklist

	Part I: Personal Climate
1-1	Overture (Out Of Body 1) Voice – Randall Wong, Wilbur Pauley	3:07
1-2	Travel Dream Song Voice [Alexandra At 13] – Dina Emerson	5:07
1-3	Home Scene Voice [Father] – Thomas Bogdan Voice [Mother] – Wendy Hill	2:38
1-4	Future Quest (The Call) Voice [Alexandra] – Dina Emerson Voice [Father] – Thomas Bogdan Voice [Mother] – Wendy Hill	11:15
1-5	Rite Of Passage A Voice – Robert Een, Wayne Hankin	0:57
1-6	Choosing Companions Voice [Alexandra From 25–45] – Meredith Monk Voice [Cheng Qing] – Shi-Zheng Chen Voice [Erik Magnussen] – Robert Een Voice [Franco Hartmann] – Stephen Kalm	7:44
1-7	Airport Voice [Airport Attendant] – Wilbur Pauley Voice [Airport Traveller] – Katie Gessinger, Victoria Boomsma Voice [Alexandra (Explorer #1)] – Meredith Monk Voice [Cheng Qing (Explorer #2)] – Shi-Zheng Chen Voice [Erik Magnussen (Explorer #3)] – Robert Een Voice [Guide] – Allison Easter, Ching Gonzalez	9:19
	Part Il: Night Travel
1-8	Night Travel	3:15
1-9	Guides' Dance Voice [Guide] – Allison Easter, Ching Gonzalez	1:51
1-10	Agricultural Community Voice [Alexandra] – Meredith Monk Voice [Cheng Qing] – Shi-Zheng Chen Voice [Community Leader] – Carlos Arévalo, Katie Geissinger Voice [Community] – The Ensemble* Voice [Erik Magnussen] – Robert Een Voice [Franco Hartmann (Explorer #4)] – Stephen Kalm Voice [Guide] – Allison Easter, Ching Gonzalez	14:36
2-1	Loss Song Voice [Father] – Thomas Bogdan Voice [Mother] – Wendy Hill	4:15
2-2	Campfire / Hungry Ghost Voice [Alexandra] – Meredith Monk Voice [Cheng Qing] – Shi-Zheng Chen Voice [Erik Magnussen] – Robert Een Voice [Franco Hartmann] – Stephen Kalm Voice [Gwen St.Clair (Explorer #5)] – Dana Hanchard Voice [Hungry Ghost] – Janice Brenner*	7:43
2-3	Father's Hope Voice [Father] – Thomas Bogdan	1:14
2-4	Ice Demons Voice [Franco Hartmann] – Stephen Kalm Voice [Ice Demon] – Katie Geissinger, Randall Wong, Victoria Boomsma, Wendy Hill	6:21
2-5	Explorer #5 / Lesson / Explorers' Procession Voice [Explorer #1] – Dana Hanchard Voice [Explorer #2] – Meredith Monk Voice [Explorer #3] – Robert Een Voice [Explorer #4] – Shi-Zheng Chen Voice [Explorer #5] – Stephen Kalm Voice [Guide] – Allison Easter, Ching Gonzalez	6:05
2-6	Lonely Spirit Voice [Alexandra] – Meredith Monk Voice [Lonely Spirit] – Randall Wong	3:34
2-7	Forest Questions Voice [Alexandra] – Meredith Monk Voice [Ancient Man] – Robert Osborne (2) Voice [Cheng Qing] – Shi-Zheng Chen Voice [Erik Magnussen] – Robert Een Voice [Forest Dweller] – Carlos Arévalo, Emily Eyre, Janice Brenner*, Katie Geissinger, Randall Wong Voice [Franco Hartmann] – Stephen Kalm Voice [Gwen St.Clair] – Dana Hanchard	10:20
2-8	Desert Tango Voice [Bedouin Chief] – Carlos Arévalo Voice [Desert Inhabitants] – The Ensemble* Voice [Explorer] – Meredith Monk, Robert Een, Shi-Zheng Chen, Stephen Kalm Voice [Gwen St.Clair] – Dana Hanchard	7:53
2-9	Treachery (Temptation) Voice [Erik Magnussen] – Robert Een	2:12
2-10	Possibility Of Destruction Voice [Soldiers, Guides And Explorers] – The Ensemble*	2:46
	Part Ill: Invisible Light
2-11	Out Of Body 2 Voice – Randall Wong, Robert Osborne (2), Victoria Boomsma, Wilbur Pauley	2:59
2-12	Other Worlds Revealed Voice – Members Of The Ensemble*	1:29
2-13	Explorers' Junctures Voice [Explorer] – Dana Hanchard, Meredith Monk, Shi-Zheng Chen, Stephen Kalm Voice [Guide] – Allison Easter, Ching Gonzalez	2:43
2-14	Earth Seen From Above Voice – The Ensemble*	7:35
2-15	Rite Of Passage B Voice – Robert Een, Wayne Hankin	1:43

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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ECM Records
Copyright © – ECM Records
Recorded At – Power Station
Mixed At – Rainbow Studio

Credits

Cello – Anthony Pirollo, Arthur J. Fiacco Jr.*
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – John Cipolla
Composed By – Meredith Monk
Coordinator [Production Coordination] – Tina Pelikan
Design [Cover Design] – Carol Bokuniewicz*
Engineer [Mixing] – Jan Erik Kongshaug
Engineer [Recording] – James A. Farber*
French Horn – James F. Wilson
Glass Harmonica – Bill Hayes (2) (tracks: 2-4)
Keyboards – Cynthia Powell (2), Steve Lockwood
Layout – Barbara Wojirsch
Liner Notes – Max Loppert, Meredith Monk, Tilman Urbach
Orchestrated By – Meredith Monk, Steve Lockwood (tracks: 2-7), Wayne Hankin
Percussion – Thad Wheeler
Photography By [Recording Session Photographer] – Peter Moore (9)
Photography By [Stage Photographers] – Jim Caldwell, Larry Watson (4)
Producer – Manfred Eicher
Shawm, Sheng, Recorder, Conductor [Orchestra] – Wayne Hankin
Sound Designer [Sampler And Synthesizer Sound Design] – David Meschter
Viola – Kathleen Carroll
Violin – Darryl Kubian, Susan Iadone
Voice – Allison Easter, Carlos Arévalo, Ching Gonzalez, Dana Hanchard, Dina Emerson, Emily Eyre, Janis Brenner, Katie Geissinger, Meredith Monk, Randall Wong, Robert Een, Robert Osborne (2), Shi-Zheng Chen, Stephen Kalm, Thomas Bogdan, Victoria Boomsma, Wendy Hill, Wilbur Pauley

Notes

Double jewel case package

Recorded June 1992 at Power Station, New York
Mixed at Rainbow Studio, Oslo

An ECM Production

©℗1993 ECM Records

Contains 48-page booklet

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 28943 77732 2
Rights Society: GEMA
Label Code: LC 2516
SPARS Code: DDD
Other (Catalog Number Disc 1): ECM 1491
Other (Catalog Number Disc 1): 437 774-2
Other (Catalog Number Disc 2): ECM 1492
Other (Catalog Number Disc 2): 437 775-2
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): 437 774-2 01 /
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): 437 775-2 01 >

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Atlas (An Opera In Three Parts) (2×CD, Album)	BMG Classics, ECM New Series	78118-21491-2, ECM New Series 1491/92	US	1993
New Submission	Atlas - An Opera In Three Parts (2×CD, Album)	ECM Records, ECM New Series, ECM Records, ECM New Series	POCC-1014/5, 437 773-2	Japan	1993
New Submission	Atlas - An Opera In Three Parts (2×CD, Album, Reissue)	ECM Records, ECM New Series, ECM Records, ECM New Series	ECM 1491/92, 437 773-2	Germany	Unknown