Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts

Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts
Studio album by Meredith Monk
Released	June 1993
Recorded	June 1992 (1992-06)
Genre	Modern classical, minimalism
Length	128:27
Label	ECM New Series ECM 1491/92
Producer	Manfred 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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Review scores
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Track listing

All tracks are written by Meredith Monk.

Disc one
I: Personal Climate

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
8.	"Night Travel"	3:14
9.	"Guides' Dance"	1:51
10.	"Agricultural Community"	14:36

Disc two

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

Musicians

• 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

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

References

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