Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts

Studio album by Meredith Monk

Released

June, 1993

Recorded

June 1992

Genre

Modern classical, minimalism

Length

128:27

Meredith Monk chronology

Facing North
(1992)

Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts
(1993)

Volcano Songs
(1997)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts is a full-length recording of Meredith Monk's 1991 opera Atlas. It is the ninth album by Monk and was released in June, 1993 through ECM New Series.

Track listing

All tracks 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

Production

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

References

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

Meredith Monk

Studio albums	Key Our Lady of Late Songs from the Hill/Tablet Dolmen Music Turtle Dreams Do You Be Book of Days Facing North Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts Volcano Songs mercy Impermanence Songs of Ascension

Compilation albums	Beginnings

Compositions	Atlas Possible Sky Stringsongs

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