Ana Maria Martinez, soprano ; Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano ; Michael Schade, tenor ; Eric Owens, baritone ; Albert Dohmen, bass-baritone ; Morgan State University Choir ; Hungarian Radio Children's Choir ; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Title from container.
Ed. recorded: Dunvagen Music.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Phillip Glass with text source information (16 p.) included in CD case booklet ; CD case and 12 separate inserts with the texts of each movement housed in box.
Recorded in Vienna and New York, Apr.-May and July, 2000.
Sung in English; texts translated from various Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and indigenous language sources.
Before the Creation (6:56) -- Creation of the cosmos (6:36) -- Creation of sentient beings (7:41) -- Creation of human beings (7:27) -- Love and joy (8:23) -- Evil and ignorance (5:56) -- Suffering (8:29) -- Compassion (9:14) -- Death (8:38) -- Judgment and Apocalypse (8:52) -- Paradise (8:32) -- Dedication of merit (10:03)