tracks

Il Y A Des Jours
Non Sta
The Sirens
Ove È Dunque
Les Inachevés
Tanz Der Derwische / Emplie De
In The 19th Century
Triumphal March
Homme-Bombe
Schlachtenbeschreibung
Well Anyway
Did It Really Happen?
Kehna Hi Kya
Et C’est Toujours
Il Y A Des Jours
La Fronde À Hommes
Just Like That
Bild Der Städte
Ich Leugne Nicht Die Unterscheidung
Krieg Der Städte
On The Road
And We Said Good Bye
On The Radio
Different Nations
Out Where The West Begins / Train Travelling
Je Ne Voyage Plus / Freight Train
Principes

notes

Opera for soloists, choir and ensemble with texts by Gertrude Stein, Giordano Bruno, Henri Michaux, T. S. Eliot, Leonardo da Vinci and Nicolas Poussin

Co-production ECM Records, Ensemble Modern, SWR Baden-Baden

Recorded live October 2004
Théâtre des Amandiers, Nanterre, Paris

℗ 2007 ECM Records GmbH
© 2007 ECM Records GmbH
Printed in Germany

credits

Alto Vocals – Annette Kohler-Welge, Paul Gerhardt Adam
Baritone Vocals – Georg Nigl
Bass Vocals – Ekkehard Abele, Michael Albert (2)
Bassoon, Voice – Barbara Kehrig
Cello, Cello [Table Cello] – Michael M. Kasper,
Cello, Voice – Eva Böcker
Choir – Deutscher Kammerchor
Clarinet [Clarinets] – Roland Diry
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Wolfgang Stryi
Composed By – Heiner Goebbels
Conductor – Franck Ollu
Design – Sascha Kleis
Double Bass, Bass Guitar – Hans-Joachim Tinnefeld
Engineer [Tonmeister] – Max Federhofer
Ensemble – Ensemble Modern
Executive-Producer – Manfred Eicher
Flute, Flute [Alto Flute], Flute [Chinese Bamboo Flute] – Dietmar Wiesner
Harpsichord, Piano, Harp – Ueli Wiget
Lyrics By – Arthur Chapman (tracks: 25), Gertrude Stein (tracks: 3, 7, 11, 12, 17, 21, 23 to 25), Giordano Bruno (2) (tracks: 2, 4, 19), Henri Michaux (tracks: 6, 9, 14 to 16, 26), Leonardo da Vinci (tracks: 10), Mehboob (2) (tracks: 13), Nicolas Poussin, T. S. Eliot (tracks: 8), Traditional (tracks: 26)
Mixed By – Heiner Goebbels, Max Federhofer
Music By – Allah Rakha Rahman, (tracks: 13), Estelle Philleo (tracks: 25), Heiner Goebbels (tracks: 1 to 12, 14 to 24, 26, 27)
Oboe, Musette, Voice – Catherine Milliken
Percussion [Ngara], Daf, Guitar [Table Guitar], Drums – Rainer Römer
Photography By – Wonge Bergmann
Piano, Sampler, Accordion – Hermann Kretzschmar
Soprano Vocals – Cornelia Winter, Gundula Anders
Tenor Vocals – Bernhard Scheffel, Friedemann Büttner
Trombone – Uwe Dierksen
Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet – Sava Stoianov
Trumpet, Trombone – Valentin Garvie
Vibraphone, Percussion – Rumi Ogawa,
Viola, Voice – Susan Knight
Violin, Voice – Jagdish Mistry, Swantje Tessmann
Voice – David Bennent

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – ECM Records GmbH
Copyright (c) – ECM Records GmbH
Made By – EDC, Germany
Recorded At – Théâtre Des Amandiers

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