Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Ward Holmquist - Sheng: The Song of Majnun (1997)

Tracklist:

The Song of Majnun, Scene 1 (Bright Sheng)
01. Tiger in the pinewood, run through the pinewood (Boys, Girls, Majnun, Layla, Layla's Mother and Father) (00:07:55)
The Song of Majnun, Scene 2 (Bright Sheng)
02. Here! What? Have you heard, have you heard? (First Gossip, Second Gossip, Majnun) (00:06:16)
The Song of Majnun, Scene 3 (Bright Sheng)
03. Light of my soul, where Are you? (Ensemble, Layla) (00:05:44)
The Song of Majnun, Scene 4 (Bright Sheng)
04. Old man, who Are you? (Majnun, Majnun's Father) (00:08:37)
The Song of Majnun, Scene 5 (Bright Sheng)
05. Has he heard, has he heard? (First Gossip, Second Gossip, Ensemble, Layla's Mother and Father, IBN Salam) (00:04:29)
The Song of Majnun, Scene 6 (Bright Sheng)
06. This letter comes from a grieving woman to a man of grief (Layla, Majnun) (00:06:41)
The Song of Majnun, Scene 7 (Bright Sheng)
07. Layla, my child, come inside (Layla's Mother, Layla) (00:05:41)
The Song of Majnun (Bright Sheng)
08. Interlude. Majnun's Dream (00:02:00)
The Song of Majnun, Scene 8 (Bright Sheng)
09. Layla, we mourn you (Ensemble, IBN Salam, Layla Mother and Father, First Gossip, Second Gossip, Majnun) (00:09:02)
10. Composer Bright Sheng and Librettist Andrew Porter in Coversation with Tom Sudholt, host of Saturday Afternoon at the Opera (00:17:06)

Total length: 01:13:31
Label: Delos

Performers:
Ana Maria Martinez (soprano)
Jill Grove (mezzo-soprano)
Raymond Very (tenor)
Grant Youngblood (baritone)
Mary Petro (soprano)
Jonita Lattimore (soprano)
Patrick Blackwell (bass-baritone)
Michael Chioldi (baritone)
Bright Sheng (narrator)
Andrew J. Porter (narrator)
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
Ward Holmquist