Philip Glass - Akhnaten

Tracklist

Act I: Year 1 Of Akhnaten's Reign. Thebes
1-1	Prelude: Refrain, Verse 1, Verse 2	10:44
1-2	Prelude: Verse 3	0:40
1-3	Scene 1: Funeral Of Amenhotep III	8:59
1-4	Scene 2: The Coronation Of Akhnaten	17:15
1-5	Scene 3: The Window Of Appearances	9:03
Act II: Year 5 To 15. Thebes And Akhenaten
1-6	Scene 1: The Temple	12:47
1-7	Scene 2: Akhnaten & Nefertiti	10:10
2-1	Scene 3: The City. Dance (Beginning): Narration: The City	2:30
2-2	Scene 3: The City. Dance (Conclusion): Dance	5:10
2-3	Scene 4: Hymn	13:35
Act III: Year 17 And The Present. Akhenaten
2-4	Scene 1: The Family	11:36
2-5	Scene 2: Attack & Fall	7:43
2-6	Scene 3: The Ruins	7:28
2-7	Scene 4: Epilogue	10:37

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc. – 0879742000

Credits

• Choir – The Stuttgart State Opera Chorus
• Chorus Master – Ulrich Eistert
• Composed By – Philip Glass
• Conductor – Dennis Russell Davies
• Conductor [Assistant] – Anton Zapf
• Engineer – Carlos Albrecht, Johannes Wohlleben, Martin Wieland
• Engineer [Nyc] – Don Christensen, Miles Green
• Orchestra – The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra
• Producer – Kurt Munkacsi, Michael Riesman
• Voice [Akhnaten] – Paul Esswood
• Voice [Amon High Priest] – Helmut Holzapfel
• Voice [Aye] – Cornelius Hauptmann
• Voice [Horemhab] – Tero Hannula
• Voice [Neferetiti] – Milagro Vargas
• Voice [Queen Tye] – Melinda Liebermann
• Voice [Scribe] – David Warrilow
• Voice [The Daughters Of Akhnaten] – Angelika Schwarz, Christina Wächtler, Geraldine Rose, Lynne Wilhelm-Könige, Maria Koupilová-Ticha, Victoria Schneider
• Written By [Libretto Assistance] – Richard Riddell, Robert Israel, Shalom Goldman
• Written By [Libretto] – Philip Glass

Notes

An opera in three acts for orchestra, chorus and soloists. Vocal text drawn from original sources by Shalom Goldman.
Recorded at Karlshohe Church & Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Additional recording and remix: The Living Room, New York, NY.
World premier: Stuttgart State Opera, March 3, 1984.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 099708 797423
• Rights Society: MCPS/BIEM/SDRM
• Label Code: LC 6868

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
M2K 42457	Philip Glass	Akhnaten ‎(2xCD, Album)	CBS	M2K 42457	US	1987
AN-2125	Philip Glass	Akhnaten ‎(2xCD, Album, Ltd, Unofficial)	ArsNova	AN-2125	Russia	2000
M3T 42457	Philip Glass	Akhnaten ‎(3xCass, Album)	CBS	M3T 42457	US	1987
M3 42457	Philip Glass	Akhnaten ‎(3xLP, Box)	CBS	M3 42457	Netherlands	1987
M2K 42457, 42457	Philip Glass	Akhnaten ‎(2xCD, Album + Box)	CBS Masterworks, CBS Masterworks	M2K 42457, 42457	Europe	1987