Earth and the Great Weather: A Sonic Geography of the Arctic

Credits:
A&R New World Records Director Of Artists And Repertory – Howard Klein
Cello – Michael Finkel
Composed By, Music By, Lyrics By, Producer – John Luther Adams
Conductor – John Luther Adams, Michael Finkel
Double Bass – Robert Black
Edited By Editing Assistance – David Preis
Engineer Additional Sound Design – Jeff Rona
Engineer Engineering Assistance – John Kristopeit
Liner Notes – Howard Klein, John Luther Adams
Management New World Records Administrative Associate – Virginia Hayward
Management New World Records Customer Service – Shereé Long
Management New World Records Director Of Development / Artists And Repertory Administrator – Alan Margolis
Management New World Records Managing Director – Paul Marotta
Management New World Records Marketing Associate – Carl Jacobson (2)
Management New World Records President – Herman E. Krawitz
Management New World Records Production Associate – William Dechand*, Matthew Schickele
Mastered By Digital – Paul Zinman
Percussion – Amy Knoles*, John Luther Adams, Robert Black, Robin Lorentz
Photography By All Other Photos – Dennis Keeley (2)
Photography By Cover – Michio Hoshino
Recorded By, Engineer Sound Design, Producer Production Assistance – Jay Cloidt
Translated By Gwich'intranslations, Featuring Gwich'in Performers – Adeline Peter Raboff, Lincoln Tritt
Translated By Iñupiaq Translations, Featuring Iñupiaq Performers – Doreen Simmonds, James Nageak
Viola – Ron Lawrence
Violin – Robin Lorentz

Notes:
Total time: 75:47

Title also listed as "Earth And the Great Weather" on the spine.

Recorded in the Charles W. Davis Concert Hall at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, March 8-11, 1993.
Mastered at SoundByte Productions, Inc., NYC.

Earth and the Great Weather was commissioned for the 20th Anniversary of the Festival of Native Arts at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks with major funding from The Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Arts Partners Program, administered by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.

Funding for the creation of this work was also provided by the Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Protection Fund, the Alaska Humanities Forum, New Langton Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

This recording was made possible by the grants from The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Cover photograph: Wind Swept Peaks, by Michio Hoshino. Minden Pictures."

℗ ©1994 Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.
Printed in the USA.

Voice Latin – Dave Hunsaker