The Recordings

Compilation by Meredith Monk

Released 11 November 2022

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Dolmen Music
  • 1
    Gotham Lullaby
    4:19
  • 2
    Travelling
    6:18
  • 3
    The Tale
    2:51
  • 4
    Biography
    9:32
  • 5
    Dolmen Music: A. Overture and Men’s Conclave / B. Wa‐Ohs / C. Rain / D. Pine Tree Lullaby / E. Calls / F. Conclusion
    23:39
  • CD 2: Turtle Dreams
  • 1
    Turtle Dreams
    17:58
  • 2
    View 1
    10:14
  • 3
    Engine Steps
    2:00
  • 4
    Ester’s Song
    1:15
  • 5
    View 2
    6:02
  • CD 3: Do You Be
  • 1
    Scared Song
    6:09
  • 2
    I Don't Know
    3:36
  • 3
    Window in 7's
    2:18
  • 4
    Double Fiesta
    5:27
  • 5
    Do You Be
    4:09
  • 6
    Panda Chant 1
    2:00
  • 7
    Memory Song
    6:43
  • 8
    Panda Chant 2
    1:39
  • 9
    Quarry Lullaby
    2:05
  • 10
    Shadow Song
    2:00
  • 11
    Astronaut Anthem
    4:56
  • 12
    Wheel
    3:40
  • CD 4: Book of Days
  • 1
    Early Morning Melody
    1:34
  • 2
    Travellers 1, 2, 3
    2:32
  • 3
    Dawn
    3:20
  • 4
    Travellers 4 Churchyard Entertainment
    6:46
  • 5
    Afternoon Melodies
    4:54
  • 6
    Fields/Clouds
    2:22
  • 7
    Dusk
    2:37
  • 8
    Eva's Song
    0:50
  • 9
    Evening
    2:52
  • 10
    Travellers 5
    1:57
  • 11
    Jewish Storyteller/Dance/Dream
    5:00
  • 12
    Plague
    3:14
  • 13
    Madwoman's Vision
    7:43
  • 14
    Cave Song
    3:49
  • CD 5: Facing North
  • 1
    Northern Lights 1
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    1:59
  • 2
    Chinook
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    4:45
  • 3
    Long Shadows 1
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    2:29
  • 4
    Keeping Warm
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    4:17
  • 5
    Northern Lights 2
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    2:58
  • 6
    Chinook Whispers
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    0:34
  • 7
    Arctic Bar
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    4:38
  • 8
    Hocket
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    4:26
  • 9
    Long Shadows 2
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    5:47
  • 10
    Epic
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    9:30
  • 11
    Fire Dance
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    2:01
  • 12
    Little Epiphany / Sybil Song
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    4:27
  • 13
    Mill
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    3:09
  • 14
    Boat Song
    Meredith Monk & Robert Een
    4:22
  • CD 6: Atlas
  • 1
    Atlas: Part I "Personal Climate": Overture (Out of Body 1)
    3:07
  • 2
    Atlas: Part I "Personal Climate": Travel Dream Song
    5:07
  • 3
    Atlas: Part I "Personal Climate": Home Scene
    2:38
  • 4
    Atlas: Part I "Personal Climate": Future Quest (The Call)
    11:15
  • 5
    Atlas: Part I "Personal Climate": Rite of Passage A
    0:57
  • 6
    Atlas: Part I "Personal Climate": Choosing Companions
    7:44
  • 7
    Atlas: Part I "Personal Climate": Airport
    9:19
  • 8
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Night Travel
    3:14
  • 9
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Guides' Dance
    1:51
  • 10
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Agricultural Community
    14:36
  • CD 7: Atlas
  • 1
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Loss Song
    4:14
  • 2
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Campfire - Hungry Ghost
    7:43
  • 3
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Father's Hope
    1:13
  • 4
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Ice Demons
    6:20
  • 5
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Explorer #5 - Lesson - Explorers' Procession
    6:04
  • 6
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Lonely Spirit
    3:33
  • 7
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Forest Questions
    10:19
  • 8
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Desert Tango
    7:52
  • 9
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Treachery (Temptation)
    2:11
  • 10
    Atlas: Part II "Night Travel": Possibility of Destruction
    2:46
  • 11
    Atlas: Part III "Invisible Light": Out of Body 2
    2:58
  • 12
    Atlas: Part III "Invisible Light": Other Worlds Revealed
    1:28
  • 13
    Atlas: Part III "Invisible Light": Explorers' Junctures
    2:42
  • 14
    Atlas: Part III "Invisible Light": Earth Seen From Above
    7:34
  • 15
    Atlas: Part III "Invisible Light": Rite of Passage B
    1:42
  • CD 8: Volcano Songs
  • 1
    Walking Song
    3:02
  • 2
    Lost Wind
    3:16
  • 3
    Hips Dance
    1:59
  • 4
    Cry #1
    2:43
  • 5
    New York Requiem
    10:59
  • 6
    Offering
    2:39
  • 7
    Boat Man
    2:13
  • 8
    Skip Song
    1:40
  • 9
    Old Lava
    2:44
  • 10
    Cry #2
    2:44
  • 11
    St Petersburg Waltz
    7:51
  • 12
    Three Heavens and Hells
    21:15
  • 13
    Click Song #1
    1:59
  • 14
    Click Song #2
    3:44
  • CD 9: mercy
  • 1
    Braid 1 and Leaping Song
    8:14
  • 2
    Braid 2
    2:35
  • 3
    Urban March (Shadow)
    3:10
  • 4
    Masks
    1:43
  • 5
    Line 1
    1:14
  • 6
    Doctor / Patient
    8:21
  • 7
    Line 2
    1:01
  • 8
    Woman at the Door
    5:55
  • 9
    Line 3 and Prisoner
    5:23
  • 10
    Eplogue
    1:54
  • 11
    Shaking
    3:05
  • 12
    Liquid Air
    3:53
  • 13
    Urban March (Light)
    6:05
  • 14
    Core Chant
    4:43
  • CD 10: Impermanence
  • 1
    Last Song
    7:18
  • 2
    Maybe 1
    2:03
  • 3
    Little Breath
    1:44
  • 4
    Liminal
    10:59
  • 5
    Disequilibrium
    2:26
  • 6
    Particular Dance
    5:01
  • 7
    Between Song
    6:10
  • 8
    Passage
    1:59
  • 9
    Maybe 2
    3:07
  • 10
    Skeleton Lines
    4:19
  • 11
    Slow Dissolve
    2:35
  • 12
    Totentanz
    3:59
  • 13
    Sweep 1
    1:28
  • 14
    Rocking
    5:17
  • 15
    Sweep 2
    1:26
  • 16
    Mieke's Melody Nr 5
    5:15
  • CD 11: Songs of Ascension
  • 1
    Clusters 1
    3:17
  • 2
    Strand (Gathering)
    1:55
  • 3
    Winter Variation
    1:51
  • 4
    Cloud Code
    3:31
  • 5
    Shift
    1:51
  • 6
    Mapping
    2:07
  • 7
    Summer Variation
    3:16
  • 8
    Vow
    3:12
  • 9
    Clusters 2
    2:28
  • 10
    Falling
    2:54
  • 11
    Burn
    4:16
  • 12
    Strand (Inner Psalm)
    3:12
  • 13
    Autumn Variation
    2:48
  • 14
    Ledge Dance
    1:50
  • 15
    Traces
    1:20
  • 16
    Respite
    5:56
  • 17
    Mapping Continued
    1:29
  • 18
    Clusters 3
    2:09
  • 19
    Spring Variation
    4:03
  • 20
    Fathom
    4:37
  • 21
    Ascent
    9:26
  • CD 12: Piano Songs
  • 1
    Obsolete Objects
    1:59
  • 2
    Ellis Island
    3:02
  • 3
    Folkdance
    4:03
  • 4
    urban march (shadow)
    3:08
  • 5
    Tower
    1:37
  • 6
    Paris
    3:11
  • 7
    Railroad (Travel Song)
    2:15
  • 8
    Parlour Games
    7:37
  • 9
    St. Petersburg Waltz
    7:04
  • 10
    Window in 7's
    2:46
  • 11
    totentanz
    3:07
  • 12
    Phantom Waltz
    7:14
  • CD 13: On Behalf of Nature
  • 1
    Dark/Light 1
    4:27
  • 2
    High Realm
    1:26
  • 3
    Fractal Activity
    2:57
  • 4
    Environs 1
    1:51
  • 5
    Eon
    2:55
  • 6
    Duet With Shifting Ground
    5:21
  • 7
    Environs 2
    0:56
  • 8
    Pavement Steps
    2:04
  • 9
    Evolution
    4:40
  • 10
    Ritual Zone
    4:08
  • 11
    Water/Sky Rant
    5:47
  • 12
    Memory Zone
    4:22
  • 13
    Environs 3
    0:55
  • 14
    Harvest
    3:18
  • 15
    Dark/Light 2
    3:06
  • 16
    High Realm Reprise
    1:00
  • 17
    Fractal Mirror
    1:55
  • 18
    Ringing
    3:29
  • 19
    Spider Web Anthem
    6:07

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