Philip Glass & Robert Wilson - The CIVIL warS: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down. Act V - The Rome Section Album

Tracklist

1	Scene B - Robert Wilson, Denyce Graves; Choir	21:15
2	Scene A - Giuseppe Sabbatini; Choir	15:23
3	Prologue - Denyce Graves, Sondra Radvanovsky, Zheng Zhou	19:40
4	Scene C - Laurie Anderson, Stephen Morscheck, Sondra Radvanosky; Choir	22:10

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
79487-2	Philip Glass & Robert Wilson	Philip Glass & Robert Wilson - The CIVIL warS: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down. Act V - The Rome Section ‎(CD)	Nonesuch	79487-2	US	1999

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Abraham Lincoln] – Zheng Zhou (tracks: 1)
• Bass Vocals [Hercules] – Stephen Morscheck (tracks: 4)
• Choir – The Morgan State University Choir
• Composed By – Philip Glass
• Conductor – Dennis Russell Davies
• Engineer [Additional Recording Engineering] – John Billingsley, Martin Stumpf, Tim Conklin
• Engineer [Assistant] – Ryoji Hata, Steef Van De Gevel, Tony DiCarlo
• Engineer [Mix Engineer] – Tucker Burnes
• Engineer [Recording] – Rich Costey
• Executive Producer – Robert Hurwitz
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Earth Mother, Mrs. Lincoln] – Denyce Graves (tracks: 1,3)
• Narrator [Robert E. Lee] – Robert Wilson
• Narrator [Young Mrs. Lincoln] – Laurie Anderson (tracks: 4)
• Orchestra – American Composers Orchestra
• Producer – Kurt Munkacsi, Michael Riesman
• Producer [Nonesuch] – Karina Beznicki
• Soprano Vocals [Snow Owl, Alcmene] – Sondra Radvanovsky (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
• Technician [Technical Engineer] – Jamie Mereness
• Tenor Vocals [Garibaldi] – Giuseppe Sabbatini (tracks: 2)
• Text By, Libretto By – Maita Di Niscemi, Robert Wilson (tracks: 3)

Notes

Recorded 1995-1999 at The Looking Glass Studios, Electric Lady Studios, and Sorcerer Sound, New York.
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York.

the CIVIL warS was commissioned by Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; première March 1984, at Teatro dell'Opera, Rome, Italy.

Presented in a cardboard slip case (see images), including a 44-page booklet, with texts in English as well as Libretto in Latin/Italian/English and English translation.

Made in Germany

Barcodes

• Barcode: 0 7559 79487 2 1
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L011
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 0511
• Matrix / Runout: 755979487-2 04/99
• Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
• Label Code: LC 00286
• Price Code (on back slipcase and CD): WE 810

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Nonesuch
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Nonesuch
• Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc.
• Manufactured By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe

Video

Album

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