Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts

Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts
Studio album by Meredith Monk
Released June, 1993
Recorded June 1992
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 songs written and composed 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

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References

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