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John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano
The Death Of Klinghoffer

Album US 1992 on Elektra Nonesuch label
Classical (Opera, Contemporary)

Recorded April and July, 1991, at Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyon, France Compact disc 1 / 62:53 Compact disc 2 / 72:20 ℗ & © 1992 Elektra Entertainement, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States Jewelcase comes in a cardboard slipcase that also includes a 172-page booklet with liner notes and full libretto

     
Musicians
PortraitJohn Adams voc, p, *1947 US
album by
PortraitAlice Goodman , *1958 CN
libretto by, album by
PortraitOrchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon ,
orchestra, album by
PortraitKent Nagano voc, *1951 US
conductor, album by
PortraitLondon Opera Chorus , GB
chorus
PortraitJohn Newton , GB
engineer, balance
PortraitSanford Sylvan , *1953 US
vocals, leon klinghoffer
PortraitEugene Perry voc,
vocals, mamoud
PortraitSheila Nadler voc,
vocals, marilyn klinghoffer
PortraitThomas Young voc,
vocals, molqi
PortraitStephanie Friedman voc,
vocals, omar
PortraitJanice Felty voc,
vocals, swiss grandmother / austrian woman / british dancing girl
PortraitJames Maddalena voc, *1954 CN
vocals, the captain
PortraitThomas Hammons voc,
vocals, the first officer / " rambo "
Producers
Richard Cooke chorus master
Kathryn King coordinator, production coordinator
John Heiden design
Henk Jansen engineer, recording
Everett Porter edited by, engineer, recording
Robert Hurwitz executive-producer
Michael Steinberg liner notes
Joel Meyerowitz photography by, cover
John McClure producer
Composers
John Adams
Album Tracks   
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1PrologueJohn Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano
2Chorus Of Exiled PalestiniansJohn Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano8:33
3Chorus Of Exiled JewsJohn Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano8:33
4Act I, Scene 1John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano
5The Captain: "It Was Just After One Fifteen"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano8:09
6Swiss Grandmother: "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano5:10
7Molqi: "Give These Orders"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano2:01
8Swiss Grandmother: "So I Said To My Grandson"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1:19
9Mamoud: "We Are Sorry For You"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1:17
10 Ocean ChorusJohn Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano5:43
11 Act I, Scene 2John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano
12 Mamoud: "Now It Is Night"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano6:58
13 The Captain: "I Think If You Could Talk Like This"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano1:12
14 The Captain: "I Have Often Reflected That This Is No Ship"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano2:29
15 Austrian Woman: "I Kept My Distance"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano3:09
16 Mamoud: "Those Birds Flying Above Us"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano4:21
17 Night ChorusJohn Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano3:33
18 Act IIJohn Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano
19 Hagar ChorusJohn Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano5:24
20 Act II, Scene 1John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano
21 Molqi: "Come Here. Look."John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano3:57
22 Leon Klinghoffer: "I've Never Been A Violent Man"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano3:28
23 Rambo: "You Are Always Complaining Of Your Suffering"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano5:12
24 British Dancing Girl: "I Must Have Been Hysterical"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano4:43
25 Omar: "It Is As If Our Earthly Life Were Spent Miserably"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano6:45
26 Desert ChorusJohn Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano5:01
27 Act II, Scene 2John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano
28 Marylin Klinghoffer: "My One Consolation"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano5:24
29 Klinghoffer's DeathJohn Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano3:23
30 Mamoud: "Every Fifteen Minutes, One More Will Be Shot"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano5:10
31 Aria Of The Falling Body (Gymnopédie)John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano7:21
32 Day ChorusJohn Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano4:30
33 Act II, Scene 3John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano
34 The Captain: "Mrs. Klinghoffer, Please Sit Down."John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano3:53
35 Marylin Klinghoffer: "You Embraced Them!"John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano7:46

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