Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts

Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts
Studio album by
Meredith Monk
ReleasedJune 1993
RecordedJune 1992 (1992-06)
GenreModern classical, minimalism
Length128:27
LabelECM New Series
ECM 1491/92
ProducerManfred Eicher
Meredith Monk chronology
Facing North
(1992) 		Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts
(1993) 		Volcano Songs
(1997)

Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts is the ninth studio album and first double album by Meredith Monk, recorded in June 1992 and released on the ECM New Series a year later, consisting a full-length recording of Monk's 1991 opera Atlas.

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Track listing

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All tracks are written by Meredith Monk.

Disc one
I: Personal Climate
No.TitleLength
1."Overture (Out of Body)"3:07
2."Travel Dream Song"5:07
3."Home Scene"2:38
4."Future Quest (The Call)"11:15
5."Rite of Passage A"0:57
6."Choosing Companions"7:44
7."Airport"9:19
II: Night Travel
No.TitleLength
8."Night Travel"3:14
9."Guides' Dance"1:51
10."Agricultural Community"14:36
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Loss Song"4:14
2."Campfire/Hungry Ghost"7:43
3."Father's Hope"1:13
4."Ice Demons"6:20
5."Explorer #5/Lesson/Explorers' Procession"6:04
6."Lonely Spirit"3:33
7."Forest Questions"10:19
8."Desert Tango"7:52
9."Treachery (Temptation)"2:11
10."Possibility of Destruction"2:46
III: Invisible Light
No.TitleLength
11."Out of Body 2"2:58
12."Other Worlds Revealed"1:28
13."Explorers' Junctures"2:42
14."Earth Seen from Above"7:34
15."Rite of Passage B"1:42

Personnel

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Musicians

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  • Carlos Arévalo – vocals
  • Thomas Bogdan – vocals
  • Victoria Boomsma – vocals
  • Janis Brenner – vocals
  • Kathleen Carroll – viola
  • Shi-Zheng Chen – vocals
  • John Cipolla – bass clarinet
  • Allison Easter – vocals
  • Robert Een – vocals
  • Diana Emerson – vocals
  • Dina Emerson – vocals
  • Emily Eyre – vocals
  • Emily K. Eyre – vocals
  • Arthur J. Jr. Fiacco – cello
  • Katie Geissinger – vocals
  • Ching Gonzalez – vocals
  • Dana Hanchard – vocals
  • Wayne Hankin – conductor, shawm, sheng, vocals
  • Bill Hayes – glass harmonica
  • Wendy Hill – vocals
  • Susan Iadone – violin
  • Stephen Kalm – vocals
  • Darryl Kubian – violin
  • Steve Lockwood – orchestration, keyboards
  • David Meschter – sampler
  • Meredith Monk – vocals, cello
  • Bobby Osborne – vocals
  • Robert Osborne – vocals
  • Wilbur Pauley – vocals
  • Anthony Pirollo – cello
  • Cynthia Powell – keyboards
  • Thad Wheeler – percussion
  • James F. Wilson – French horn
  • Randall K. Wong – vocals

Technical personnel

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  • Manfred Eicher – production
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer
  • James Farber – engineer
  • Carol Bokuniewicz – design
  • Jim Caldwell – photography
  • Peter Moore – photography
  • Larry Watson – photography

References

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  1. ^ Allender, Mark W.B. "Atlas: An Opera in 3 Parts". Allmusic. Retrieved June 30, 2013.


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