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| Part I: Personal Climate | ||
| 1-1 | Overture (Out Of Body 1)Voice – Randall Wong, Wilbur Pauley |
3:07 |
| 1-2 | Travel Dream SongVoice [Alexandra At 13] – Dina Emerson |
5:07 |
| 1-3 | Home SceneVoice [Father] – Thomas BogdanVoice [Mother] – Wendy Hill |
2:38 |
| 1-4 | Future Quest (The Call)Voice [Alexandra] – Dina EmersonVoice [Father] – Thomas BogdanVoice [Mother] – Wendy Hill |
11:15 |
| 1-5 | Rite Of Passage AVoice – Robert Een, Wayne Hankin |
0:57 |
| 1-6 | Choosing CompanionsVoice [Alexandra From 25–45] – Meredith MonkVoice [Cheng Qing] – Shi-Zheng ChenVoice [Erik Magnussen] – Robert EenVoice [Franco Hartmann] – Stephen Kalm |
7:44 |
| 1-7 | AirportVoice [Airport Attendant] – Wilbur PauleyVoice [Airport Traveller] – Katie Gessinger, Victoria BoomsmaVoice [Alexandra (Explorer #1)] – Meredith MonkVoice [Cheng Qing (Explorer #2)] – Shi-Zheng ChenVoice [Erik Magnussen (Explorer #3)] – Robert EenVoice [Guide] – Allison Easter, Ching Gonzalez |
9:19 |
| Part Il: Night Travel | ||
| 1-8 | Night Travel | 3:15 |
| 1-9 | Guides' DanceVoice [Guide] – Allison Easter, Ching Gonzalez |
1:51 |
| 1-10 | Agricultural CommunityVoice [Alexandra] – Meredith MonkVoice [Cheng Qing] – Shi-Zheng ChenVoice [Community Leader] – Carlos Arévalo, Katie GeissingerVoice [Community] – The Ensemble*Voice [Erik Magnussen] – Robert EenVoice [Franco Hartmann (Explorer #4)] – Stephen KalmVoice [Guide] – Allison Easter, Ching Gonzalez |
14:36 |
| 2-1 | Loss SongVoice [Father] – Thomas BogdanVoice [Mother] – Wendy Hill |
4:15 |
| 2-2 | Campfire / Hungry GhostVoice [Alexandra] – Meredith MonkVoice [Cheng Qing] – Shi-Zheng ChenVoice [Erik Magnussen] – Robert EenVoice [Franco Hartmann] – Stephen KalmVoice [Gwen St.Clair (Explorer #5)] – Dana HanchardVoice [Hungry Ghost] – Janice Brenner* |
7:43 |
| 2-3 | Father's HopeVoice [Father] – Thomas Bogdan |
1:14 |
| 2-4 | Ice DemonsVoice [Franco Hartmann] – Stephen KalmVoice [Ice Demon] – Katie Geissinger, Randall Wong, Victoria Boomsma, Wendy Hill |
6:21 |
| 2-5 | Explorer #5 / Lesson / Explorers' ProcessionVoice [Explorer #1] – Dana HanchardVoice [Explorer #2] – Meredith MonkVoice [Explorer #3] – Robert EenVoice [Explorer #4] – Shi-Zheng ChenVoice [Explorer #5] – Stephen KalmVoice [Guide] – Allison Easter, Ching Gonzalez |
6:05 |
| 2-6 | Lonely SpiritVoice [Alexandra] – Meredith MonkVoice [Lonely Spirit] – Randall Wong |
3:34 |
| 2-7 | Forest QuestionsVoice [Alexandra] – Meredith MonkVoice [Ancient Man] – Robert Osborne Voice [Cheng Qing] – Shi-Zheng ChenVoice [Erik Magnussen] – Robert EenVoice [Forest Dweller] – Carlos Arévalo, Emily Eyre, Janice Brenner*, Katie Geissinger, Randall WongVoice [Franco Hartmann] – Stephen KalmVoice [Gwen St.Clair] – Dana Hanchard |
10:20 |
| 2-8 | Desert TangoVoice [Bedouin Chief] – Carlos ArévaloVoice [Desert Inhabitants] – The Ensemble*Voice [Explorer] – Meredith Monk, Robert Een, Shi-Zheng Chen, Stephen KalmVoice [Gwen St.Clair] – Dana Hanchard |
7:53 |
| 2-9 | Treachery (Temptation)Voice [Erik Magnussen] – Robert Een |
2:12 |
| 2-10 | Possibility Of DestructionVoice [Soldiers, Guides And Explorers] – The Ensemble* |
2:46 |
| Part Ill: Invisible Light | ||
| 2-11 | Out Of Body 2Voice – Randall Wong, Robert Osborne , Victoria Boomsma, Wilbur Pauley |
2:59 |
| 2-12 | Other Worlds RevealedVoice – Members Of The Ensemble* |
1:29 |
| 2-13 | Explorers' JuncturesVoice [Explorer] – Dana Hanchard, Meredith Monk, Shi-Zheng Chen, Stephen KalmVoice [Guide] – Allison Easter, Ching Gonzalez |
2:43 |
| 2-14 | Earth Seen From AboveVoice – The Ensemble* |
7:35 |
| 2-15 | Rite Of Passage BVoice – Robert Een, Wayne Hankin |
1:43 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Polydor K.K.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – ECM Records
- Copyright (c) – 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 (tracks: 2-4)
- Keyboards – Cynthia Powell , 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
- Photography By [Stage Photographers] – Jim Caldwell, Larry Watson
- 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 , Shi-Zheng Chen, Stephen Kalm, Thomas Bogdan, Victoria Boomsma, Wendy Hill, Wilbur Pauley
Notes
Double jewel case packageRecorded June 1992 at Power Station, New York
Mixed at Rainbow Studio, Oslo
An ECM Production
©℗1993 ECM Records
Contains 48-page booklet
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECM 1491/92, 437 773-2 | Meredith Monk | Atlas - An Opera In Three Parts (2xCD, Album) | ECM Records, ECM Records, ECM New Series, ECM New Series | ECM 1491/92, 437 773-2 | Germany | 1993 |
| ECM New Series 1491/92, 78118-21491-2 | Meredith Monk | Atlas (An Opera In Three Parts) (2xCD, Album) | ECM New Series, BMG Classics | ECM New Series 1491/92, 78118-21491-2 | US | 1993 |











