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
![]() | John Adams voc, p, *1947 US album by |
![]() | Alice Goodman , *1958 CN libretto by, album by |
![]() | Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon , orchestra, album by |
![]() | Kent Nagano voc, *1951 US conductor, album by |
![]() | London Opera Chorus , GB chorus |
![]() | John Newton , GB engineer, balance |
![]() | Sanford Sylvan , *1953 US vocals, leon klinghoffer |
![]() | Eugene Perry voc, vocals, mamoud |
![]() | Sheila Nadler voc, vocals, marilyn klinghoffer |
![]() | Thomas Young voc, vocals, molqi |
![]() | Stephanie Friedman voc, vocals, omar |
![]() | Janice Felty voc, vocals, swiss grandmother / austrian woman / british dancing girl |
![]() | James Maddalena voc, *1954 CN vocals, the captain |
![]() | Thomas Hammons voc, vocals, the first officer / " rambo " |
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 |
John Adams |
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Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | ![]() | Prologue | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | ||
2 | ![]() | Chorus Of Exiled Palestinians | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 8:33 | |
3 | ![]() | Chorus Of Exiled Jews | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 8:33 | |
4 | ![]() | Act I, Scene 1 | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | ||
5 | ![]() | The Captain: "It Was Just After One Fifteen" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 8:09 | |
6 | ![]() | Swiss Grandmother: "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 5:10 | |
7 | ![]() | Molqi: "Give These Orders" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 2:01 | |
8 | ![]() | Swiss Grandmother: "So I Said To My Grandson" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 1:19 | |
9 | ![]() | Mamoud: "We Are Sorry For You" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 1:17 | |
10 | Ocean Chorus | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 5:43 | ||
11 | Act I, Scene 2 | John 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 Nagano | 6:58 | ||
13 | The Captain: "I Think If You Could Talk Like This" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 1:12 | ||
14 | The Captain: "I Have Often Reflected That This Is No Ship" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 2:29 | ||
15 | Austrian Woman: "I Kept My Distance" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 3:09 | ||
16 | Mamoud: "Those Birds Flying Above Us" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 4:21 | ||
17 | Night Chorus | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 3:33 | ||
18 | Act II | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | |||
19 | Hagar Chorus | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 5:24 | ||
20 | Act II, Scene 1 | John 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 Nagano | 3:57 | ||
22 | Leon Klinghoffer: "I've Never Been A Violent Man" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 3:28 | ||
23 | Rambo: "You Are Always Complaining Of Your Suffering" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 5:12 | ||
24 | British Dancing Girl: "I Must Have Been Hysterical" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 4:43 | ||
25 | Omar: "It Is As If Our Earthly Life Were Spent Miserably" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 6:45 | ||
26 | Desert Chorus | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 5:01 | ||
27 | Act II, Scene 2 | John 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 Nagano | 5:24 | ||
29 | Klinghoffer's Death | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 3:23 | ||
30 | Mamoud: "Every Fifteen Minutes, One More Will Be Shot" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 5:10 | ||
31 | Aria Of The Falling Body (Gymnopédie) | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 7:21 | ||
32 | Day Chorus | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 4:30 | ||
33 | Act II, Scene 3 | John 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 Nagano | 3:53 | ||
35 | Marylin Klinghoffer: "You Embraced Them!" | John Adams, Alice Goodman - Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 7:46 |
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