Morton Feldman – Rothko Chapel / Why Patterns?

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Label:	New Albion – NA039CD
Format:	CD, Album, Reissue
Country:	US
Released:
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Contemporary

Tracklist

	Rothko Chapel	(24:01)
1	I	9:07
2	II	4:35
3	III	2:57
4	IV	4:38
5	V	2:44
6	Why Patterns? Flute – Dorothy Stone Glockenspiel – Arthur Jarvinen Performer – The California EAR Unit* Piano – Gaylord Mowrey* Producer – Foster Reed, Joan La Barbara Producer [Assisting] – Mike Wilpizeski, Phyllis Oyama, Tricia Skennion	29:26

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – New Albion Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – New Albion Records, Inc.
Published By – Universal Edition (London) Ltd.
Published By – European American Music Corporation
Recorded By – Skywalker Sound
Pressed By – Disque Americ

Credits

Alto Vocals – Carolyn Albiston (tracks: 1 to 5), Catherine Watson (tracks: 1 to 5), Claire Bolfing (tracks: 1 to 5), Damon E. Brown (tracks: 1 to 5), Dana Lewenthal (tracks: 1 to 5), Deborah Dietrich (tracks: 1 to 5), Francoise Debreu (tracks: 1 to 5), Leslie Mackenzie Blackie (tracks: 1 to 5), Linda Corum (tracks: 1 to 5), Ruth Mayeda (tracks: 1 to 5), Sharon Entwistle (tracks: 1 to 5), Wendy Zukas (tracks: 1 to 5)
Art Direction – Todd Reamon
Bass Vocals – Alan Lewis (tracks: 1 to 5), Alex Fordyce (tracks: 1 to 5), Doug Strickler (tracks: 1 to 5), Greg Salmon (tracks: 1 to 5), Jeff Phillips (4) (tracks: 1 to 5), Joseph Spencer (tracks: 1 to 5), Michel Galante (tracks: 1 to 5), Simon Andrews (tracks: 1 to 5), Stephen Meyer (tracks: 1 to 5), Steve Baron (tracks: 1 to 5), Takeshi Oda (tracks: 1 to 5), Victor Gavenda (tracks: 1 to 5)
Celesta – Karen Rosenak (tracks: 1 to 5)
Chorus – University Of California Berkeley Chamber Chorus (tracks: 1 to 5)
Commissioned By [Partially Funded By] – Thendara Foundation
Composed By – Morton Feldman
Cover – Mark Rothko
Directed By [Chorus, Assistant] – Victor Gavenda (tracks: 1 to 5)
Directed By [Chorus] – Philip Brett (tracks: 1 to 5)
Edited By – Mark Waldrep, Tom Lazarus
Engineer – Tom Lazarus
Executive-Producer – Foster Reed
Liner Notes – Morton Feldman, Walter Zimmermann
Percussion, Timpani, Bass Drum, Vibraphone, Wood Block, Gong, Chimes, Temple Block, Drum [Tenor Drum] – William Winant (tracks: 1 to 5)
Producer – Foster Reed (tracks: 1 to 5)
Soprano Vocals – Ann Millikan (tracks: 1 to 5), Clena Benzoni (tracks: 1 to 5), Elise Mills (tracks: 1 to 5), Elizabeth Ronan (tracks: 1 to 5), Jean Spencer (tracks: 1 to 5), Johanna O'Dell (tracks: 1 to 5), Katherine Peters (tracks: 1 to 5), Kristie Foell (tracks: 1 to 5), Mary Freeman (tracks: 1 to 5), Susan Hedges (tracks: 1 to 5), Torey Bookstein (tracks: 1 to 5), Verna Van Solkema (tracks: 1 to 5)
Soprano Vocals [Soloist] – Deborah Dietrich (tracks: 1 to 5)
Tenor Vocals – Adam Blankman (tracks: 1 to 5), Ching Chang (tracks: 1 to 5), Daniel Kotin (tracks: 1 to 5), Daniel Rosler (tracks: 1 to 5), John Bradley (2) (tracks: 1 to 5), John Young (4) (tracks: 1 to 5), Kai Behrend (tracks: 1 to 5), Mark Richards (4) (tracks: 1 to 5), Mitchell Morris (tracks: 1 to 5), Trevor Weston (tracks: 1 to 5), Tyler Cutforth (tracks: 1 to 5)
Viola – David Abel (tracks: 1 to 5)

Notes

Rothko Chapel, 1971.
First performed April 1972, the Rothko Chapel, Houston, Texas.

Why Patterns?, 1978.
First performed October 1978, San Francisco.

Recording services provided by Skywalker Sound, a division of LucasArts Entertainment Company, Marin County, California, October 1990.

Partially funded by the Thendara Foundation.

Cover: #207 (Red over Dark Blue on Dark Gray), 1961, courtesy of University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley.

All music published by Universal Edition London/EAM, BMI.

Total time: 53:37.

©℗ 1991 New Albion Records, Inc.

For a later Disque Americ pressing with SID codes see: Rothko Chapel | Why Patterns?.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 22551-0039-2 7
Barcode (Scanned): 022551003927
SPARS Code: DDD
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout: [Disque Americ logo] DISQUE AMERIC 05VU2<1124>NA039
Mastering SID Code: none
Mould SID Code: none

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Rothko Chapel / Why Patterns? (CD, Album)	New Albion	NA039CD	US	1991
New Submission	Rothko Chapel (CDr, Album)	Ioda	none	US	2013
New Submission	Rothko Chapel / Why Patterns ? (Cassette, Unofficial Release, C60)	Keep Tapes Alive	No. 16	US	2015
New Submission	Rothko Chapel / Why Patterns? (CD, Album, Repress)	New Albion	NA039CD	US	Unknown
Recently Edited	Rothko Chapel / Why Patterns? (CD, Reissue, Stereo, Rainbo Pressing)	New Albion	NA039CD	US	Unknown