Title: Akhnaten - Limited 180-Gram Crystal Clear Vinyl
Artist: Glass, Philip
Label: Music on Vinyl
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 8719262035683
Genre: Classical Artists

Exclusive limited edition of 250 numbered copies on crystal clear vinyl. Akhnaten is the third instalment in the Glass' trilogy of operas about men who changed the world in which they lived through the power of their ideas, Akhnaten's subject is religion. The Pharaoh Akhnaten was the first monotheist in recorded story, and his substitution of a one-god religion for the multi-god worship in use when he came to power was responsible for his violent overthrow. The opera describes the rise, reign, and fall of Akhnaten in a series of tableaus.

Tracks:
1.1 Act I: Year 1 of Akhnaten's Reign. Thebes
1.2 Prelude: Refrain, Verse 1, Verse 2
1.3 Prelude: Verse 3
1.4 Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III
1.5 Scene 2: The Coronation of Akhnaten
1.6 Scene 3: The Window of Appearances
2.1 Act II: Year 5 to 15. Thebes and Akhenaten
2.2 Scene 1: The Temple
2.3 Scene 2: Akhnaten ; Nefertiti
2.4 Scene 3: The City. Dance (Beginning)
2.5 Scene 3: The City. Dance (Conclusion)
2.6 Scene 4: Hymn
3.1 Act III: Year 17 and the Present. Akhenaten
3.2 Scene 1: The Family
3.3 Scene 2: Attack ; Fall
3.4 Scene 3: The Ruins
3.5 Scene 4: Epilogue

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