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
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Meredith Monk chronology
Facing North (1992) Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts (1993) Volcano Songs (1997)

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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 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

Production

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