| Description |
1 audio disc (1 hr., 17 min., 31 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011731 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
For live performers and computer-generated sound. |
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Based on the novel by Philip K. Dick ; adaptation by the composer, Catherine Ikam, and Bill Raymond ; additional dialogue by Patrick Mason. |
| Performer |
Mary King, Anne Azéma, sopranos ; Janice Felty, mezzo-soprano ; Thomas Bogdan, tenor ; Patrick Mason, Daryl Runswick, baritones ; Terry Edwards, bass ; Arnaud Petit, speaker ; Daniel Ciampolini, percussion ; Emma Stephenson, piano, keyboards ; Tod Machover, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1988 February 19-25 Experimental Media Facility, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| Note |
Ed. recorded: Ricordi. |
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Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by the composer, biographical notes, bibliography, and libretto (64 pages : illustrations) laid in container. |
| Contents |
Explosion and overture (3:22) -- First narrative (3:52) -- Fat's sacrament (1:24) -- Beach scene (2:35) -- Fat's dream (10:20) -- Loneliness transition (3:35) -- Dr. Stone scene (1:31) -- Dr. Stone's aria (3:59) -- Exegesis I (1:29) -- Exegesis II (1:31) -- Gesegnet song (1:38) -- Parsifal narrative (1:40) -- Finale I (2:20) -- VALIS song (4:26) -- Lampton scene (4:21) -- Suffering song (3:48) -- Mini's solo (1:36) -- Sophia's scene (2:42) -- Sophia's aria (6:43) -- Finale II (10:31) -- Slippers song (2:39) -- Final narrative (1:29). |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
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Computer music.
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Computer music. |
| Genre/Form |
Computer music.
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| Subject |
Electronic music.
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Electronic music. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic music.
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Adaptations.
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Adaptations.
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Studio recordings.
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Studio recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
King, Mary, 1952- singer.
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Azéma, Anne, singer.
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Felty, Janice, singer.
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Bogdan, Thomas, singer.
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Mason, Patrick, singer.
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Runswick, Daryl, 1946- singer.
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Edwards, Terry, 1939- singer.
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Petit, Arnaud, performer.
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Ciampolini, Daniel, instrumentalist.
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Stephenson, Emma, instrumentalist.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Dick, Philip K.
VALIS.
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Container of (work): Machover, Tod.
VALIS.
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Container of (work): Machover, Tod.
VALIS (Libretto)
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| Added Title |
Vast active living intelligence system |
| Music No. |
BCD 9007 Bridge Records |
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