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John Adams, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Renée Fleming, Karl Dent, Victor Ledbetter - Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Harmonium / The Bells

Album US 1996 on Telarc Digital label
Classical (Contemporary, Romantic)

Total Playing Time [73:52] Recorded in Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia, November 4-5, 1995. Microphones: Schoeps MK-2L, MK-2S, MK-21, 221-B / MK-5 (vacuum tube); Sennheiser MKH-40 On-Stage Microphone Preamplifiers: Millenia Media HV-3 Console: Ramsa WR-S824B, custome engineered by John Windt Digital Recording Processor: Telarc / UltraAnalog Tandem 20-bit ADC, custom engineered by Kenneth Hamann and Gary Gomes Digital Recorder: Mitsubishi X-86E 20-bit Digital Recorder Microphone, Interconnecting & Speaker Cables: This recording utilized the latest in cable technology including Monster Cable M1500, M1.5, Series I & III Prolink and Music Interface Technologies Proline with Balanced Terminators and MH-750 CVT Shotgun Terminators Monitor Speakers: Waveform Mach 10 (bi-amplified) by Waveform Monitored Through: Krell "Studio" 20-bit DAC Power Amplifiers: Bryston 4B PNB with Bryston Custom Crossover Control Room and Stage Acoustic Treatment: RPG Diffusors & Abffussors Digital Editing: Sonic Solutions 20- to 16- bit Encoding: Apogee UV-1000 Super CD Encoder Cover Painting: Shorebreak, © Scott Sandell 1996, courtesy of John Szoke Graphics Inc., New York ℗© 1996 TELARC Made in U.S.A. Printed in U.S.A. CD comes packaged in a standard plastic jewel case, and includes a 36-page booklet with notes and lyrics in English, German and French.

Musicians

	John Adams voc, p, *1947 US album by
	Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff p, 1873-1943 RU album by
	Renée Fleming voc, *1959 US album by, soprano vocals
	Karl Dent voc, album by, tenor vocals
	Victor Ledbetter voc, album by, baritone vocals
	Robert Shaw zth, 1916-1999 US conductor, album by
	Atlanta Symphony Orchestra , US orchestra, album by
	Atlanta Symphony Chorus , choir, album by
	Amy Whittington voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Ann Bennett voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Becky Kurtz voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Brenda Pruitt voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Carol Clements voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Carol Schwartz voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Carole Jacobsen voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Charlotte Goldman voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Cynthia Martin voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Cynthia Prichard voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Deborah Lewis voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Diane Woodard voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Evelyn Craig voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Janet Hubler voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Joyce Culpepper voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Judy Young voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Kay Newman voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Kelly Jackson dr, alto vocals, alto ii
	Kristina Wilson voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Lori Patterson voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Madlen Batchvarova voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Marion Gray voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Melissa Sexton voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Nancy Deel voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Sara Lane voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Susan Hannah voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Suzanne Logue voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Valerie Cheatham voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Virginia Little voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Virginia Thompson voc, alto vocals, alto ii
	Ann Howard Jones voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Caroline Carson voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Caroline Green voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Cheryl Chaffee voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Christine Lightholder voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Deborah Boland voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Diane Mutti Burke voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Elise Phillips voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Frances McDowell voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Jennifer Hobbs voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Joan Konrad voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Jodi Graham voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Joni Hunnicutt voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Kathleen Warner voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Leanna Fugate voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Linda Derezenski voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Linda Morgan voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Ling Lu voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Norma Raybon voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Pamela Drummond voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Pamela Griffin voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Patricia Dinkins-Matthews voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Patricia Guittar voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Patricia White voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Renée Wilson-Wicker voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Sara McKlin voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Sharon Vrieland voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Suzanne Goodlet voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Suzanne Shull voc, alto vocals, alto i
	Douglas Sommer b, bass
	Gloria Jones b, bass
	Jane Little b, bass
	Michael Kenady b, bass
	Michael Kurth b, DE bass
	Randolph Ujcich b, bass
	Thomas Thoreson b, bass
	Alan Gould voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Brian Brown voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Bruce Paulsen voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Charles Hamilton voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	David Webster voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Dean Gleason voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Eckhart Richter voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Eric Litsey voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Gregory Clemons voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Gregory Whitmire voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Harold Keuper voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Hyun Chul Lee voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Irving Bunron voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	James Rhodes voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Joel Craft voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	John Cooledge voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	John Ruff voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Keith Wyatt voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Lamar Helms voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Larry Webb voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Mark Caprio voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Mark Noel voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Michael Wilks voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Robert Johnston voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Ryan Jinks voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Thomas Miller voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Timothy Gunter voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	William Hornbuckle voc, b, bass vocals, bass ii
	Andrew Gee voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Brent Barnette voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Charles McClellan voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Daniel Davis voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	David Forbes voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	David Hansen voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	David Leonard voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Donald Carson voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Edgie Wallace voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Edward Caldwell voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Edward Watkins voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Franklin Green voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Hank Rhodes voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	J.D. Holmes voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Jack McCord voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Jeffrey Jones voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Jon Gunneman voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Kendric Smith voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Lee Chapman voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Lester McNatt voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Mark Blankenship voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Mark Thomas voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Mark Tschupp voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Richard Brock voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Robert Heritage voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Samuel Marley voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Timothy Solomon voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Vanderius James voc, b, bass vocals, bass i
	Ralph Jones cb, b, bass, principal
	Daniel Dowdakin bsn, bassoon
	Elizabeth Burkhardt bsn, US bassoon
	Z. Mark Smith bsn, bassoon
	Carl Nitchie bsn, bassoon, principal
	Sharon Berenson vn, celesta, celeste
	Daniel Laufer vc, cello
	Dona Vellek Klein vc, cello
	Edmond Basson vc, cello
	Elizabeth Dyson vc, GB cello
	Jere Flint vc, US cello
	Kathleen Kee vc, cello
	Kay Gardner vc, cello
	Larry LeMaster vc, US cello
	Nan Maddox vc, cello
	Paul Warner vc, cello
	Christopher Rex vc, cello, principal
	Douglas Smith cl, bcl, clarinet
	Ted Gurch cl, US clarinet
	William Rappaport cl, clarinet
	Laura Ardan cl, clarinet, principal
	Cecylia Arzewski vn, *1948 PO concertmaster, violin, first violin
	Amy Porter fl, flute
	Carl Hall fl, flute
	Paul Brittain fl, bvoc, g, voc, flute
	Christina Smith fl, flute, principal
	Bruce Kenney alp, frh, french horn
	David Pandolfi , french horn
	Kevin Kozak , french horn
	Richard Deane alp, frh, FR french horn
	Susan Welty alp, frh, french horn
	Thomas Witte alp, frh, *1947 french horn
	Brice Andrus alp, FR french horn, principal
	Elisabeth Remy hrp, harp
	Patricia Dussaux , liner notes, french translation
	Gila Fox , liner notes, german translation
	Joseph Walthall tr, management, personnel manager, trumpet
	Steve Sherrill , music librarian
	Robert O'Brien , music librarian, principal
	Deborah Workman ob, oboe
	Patrick McFarland eh, ob, GB oboe
	Yvonne Powers ob, oboe
	Jonathan Dlouhy ob, oboe, principal
	Eugene Rehm perc, percussion
	John Lawless perc, percussion
	William Wilder perc, percussion
	Jack Bell perc, percussion, principal
	Norman Mackenzie org, piano
	Allison Englert voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Anne Strickert voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Anne-Marie Spalinger voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	B.J. Calloway voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Camilla Springfield voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Carolyn Davis voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Claire Herring voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Debbie Durand voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Denise Meacham voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Donna Weeks voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Eda Mathews voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Ellen Dukes voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Grace Edwards voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Karen Hritz voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Kathy Hanson voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Kirsten Mixter voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Laura Hunnicutt voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Lisa Leiter voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Louise Marshall voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Megan Schaum voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Nancy York voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Nola Frink voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Paige Mathis voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Pamela Barnette voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Paula Snelling voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Phoebe Snow voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Ragina Bunton voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Ruth Marley voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Sally Cox voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Sarah Edman voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Sloan Reach voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Sonia Vrshek voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Sue Ellen Vincent voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Susan McWaters voc, soprano vocals, soprano ii
	Abra Nardo voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Arietha Lockhart voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Brianne Turgeon voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Christina Auston voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Cindy Crapps voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Colleen Kingston voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Constance Rhodes voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Deborah Paden-Mobley voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Donna Ross voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Doris Rivers voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Elizabeth Hiltbold voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Gretchen Longcore voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Janet Estes voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Joneen Kirk voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Juliet Anderson voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Kelly Eggers voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Laura Johnson voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Laura Nowlin voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Leslie Morgan voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Maria Schaefer voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Mindy Ellis voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Nancy Elton voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Olga Espinola voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Pamela Thomas voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Patricia Nealon voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Robin Seagraves voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Sandra Mangum voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Shannon Prince voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Victoria Lawson voc, soprano vocals, soprano i
	Charles Cottingham voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Christopher Boggs voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Danny Lawson voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	David Boyd voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Donald Forrester voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Earl Goodrich voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Eugene Hodges voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Jay Brownstein voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Jeffrey Daniel voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Jonathan Edwards voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Joseph Few voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Kelly Abraham voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Kevin Hearn voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Marc Beasley voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Mark Lamback voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Mark Lester voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Mark Smith voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Michael Webb voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Mike Donehoo voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Nelson Wagener voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Nick Jones voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Paul Buechter voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Robert Cool voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Shawn Eaton voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Todd Beck voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Tony Bernard voc, tenor vocals, tenor ii
	Bennie King voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Clifford Edge voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Daniel Cameron voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Eric Yang voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Howard West voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Jack Caldwell voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	James Russey voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Jeffrey Baxter voc, g, tenor vocals, tenor i
	John Schratwieser voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Keith Ishmael voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Keith Woodfin voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Kevin Johnson voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Mark Warden voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Marshall Macomber voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Nathaniel Hodges voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Paul Brown voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Robert Green voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Russell Longcore voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Samuel Sherrill voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Sean Mayer voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Stephen Reed voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Steven Farrow voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Timothy Gara voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Wayne Gammon voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	William Easterly voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	William Roth voc, tenor vocals, tenor i
	Mark Yancich perc, timpani, principal
	Donald Wells tb, trombone
	Stephen Wilson tb, trombone
	Harry Maddox tb, trombone, principal
	Larry Black tr, trumpet
	Mark Hughes tr, trumpet
	James Thompson cor, tr, trumpet, principal
	Michael Moore tu, US tuba, principal
	Amy Leventha vl, viola
	Ardath Weck vl, viola
	Enid Jones vl, viola
	Heidi Nitchie vl, viola
	John Detrino vl, viola
	Marion Kent vl, viola
	Paul Murphy vl, viola
	Peter Bertolino vl, viola
	Robert Jones vl, viola
	Reid Harris vl, viola, principal
	Alice Anderson Oglesby vn, violin, first violin
	Beth Newdome vn, violin, first violin
	Bruno Eicher vn, FR violin, first violin
	Carol Ramirez vn, violin, first violin
	Carolyn Hancock vn, violin, first violin
	Christopher Pulgram vn, violin, first violin
	David Braitberg vn, violin, first violin
	Denise Berginson-Smith vn, violin, first violin
	Greg Staples vn, violin, first violin
	Juan Ramirez vn, violin, first violin
	Jun-Ching Lin vn, violin, first violin
	Lisa Wiedman Yancich vn, violin, first violin
	Lorentz Ottzen vn, violin, first violin
	Marie Pooler violin, first violin
	Martha Head vn, violin, first violin
	Willard Shull vn, violin, first violin
	David Arenz vn, violin, second violin - principal
	David Dillard vn, violin, second violin
	Ellie Arenz vn, violin, second violin
	Frank Walton vn, violin, second violin
	Jay Christy vn, violin, second violin
	Judith Cox vn, violin, second violin
	Karen Stovall vn, violin, second violin
	Kenn Wagner vn, violin, second violin
	Noriko Clift vn, violin, second violin
	Raymond Leung vn, violin, second violin
	Ronda Respess vn, violin, second violin
	Ruth Ann Little vn, violin, second violin
	Sanford Salzinger vn, violin, second violin
	Sou-Chun Su vn, violin, second violin
	Thomas O'Donnell vn, violin, second violin
	John Donne , 1572-1631 GB text by
	Emily Dickinson , 1830-1886 US text by
	Konstantin Dmitrievich Balmont , RU adapted by (text)
	Edgar Allan Poe , 1809-1849 US text by
	Fanny Susan Copeland , translated by

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