Akhnaten

Album by Philip Glass & Staatsorchester Stuttgart & Chor der Staatsoper Stuttgart & Dennis Russell Davies

Philip Glass's "Akhnaten" is an opera that forms the third part of his "Portrait Trilogy," focusing on the life and religious convictions of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten. The work is characterised by its minimalist style and features a libretto in ancient Egyptian, Biblical Hebrew, and Akkadian.
OperaClassicalElectronicMinimal MusicClassical Music

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Akhnaten: Act I. Prelude "Refrain / Verse 1 / Verse 2"
    10:44
  2. 2.
    Akhnaten: Act I. Prelude "Verse 3"
    0:41
  3. 3.
    Akhnaten: Act I, Scene 1. "Funeral of Amenhotep III"
    9:00
  4. 4.
    Akhnaten: Act I, Scene 2. "The Coronation of Akhnaten"
    17:14
  5. 5.
    Akhnaten: Act I, Scene 3. "The Window of Appearances"
    9:12
  6. 6.
    Akhnaten: Act II, Scene 1. "The Temple"
    12:47
  7. 7.
    Akhnaten: Act II, Scene 2. "Akhnaten and Nefertiti"
    10:11

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Akhnaten: Act II, Scene 3. Narration "The City"
    2:31
  2. 3.
    Akhnaten: Act II, Scene 3. "Dance"
    5:10
  3. 4.
    Akhnaten: Act II, Scene 4. "Hymn"
    13:43
  4. 5.
    Akhnaten: Act III, Scene 1. "The Family"
    11:35
  5. 6.
    Akhnaten: Act III, Scene 2. "Attack and Fall"
    7:43
  6. 7.
    Akhnaten: Act III, Scene 3. "The Ruins"
    7:30
  7. 8.
    Akhnaten: Act III, Scene 4. "Epilogue"
    10:37

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