FEATURED ARTISTS

M-01 - Baba Yetu
Performer: Soweto Gospel Choir, Ron Ragin (Soloist)
(The Lord's Prayer)

M-02 - Mado Kara Mieru
Performer: Lia, Aoi Tada and Kaori Omura
(Adapted from a haiku by Hattori Ransetsu, Yamaguchi Sodo, Kaga no Chiyo, & Masaoka Shiki.)

M-03 - Dao Zai Dan Ye
Performer: Jia Ruhan
(From the Dao De Jing.)

M-04 - Se É Pra Vir Que Venha
Performer: Dulce Pontes
(Poetry by Patrícia Magalhães)

M-05 - Rassemblons-Nous
Performer: Maurice Williams
(Lyrics by Jon Goldman)

M-06 - Lux Aeterna
(From the Requiem Mass)

M-07 - Caoineadh
Performer: Anonymous 4, Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek (Soloist)
(From the Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, by Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill)

M-08 - Hymn Do Trójcy Świętej
Performer: Frederica von Stade
(Polish Catholic Hymn)

M-09 - Hayom Kadosh
Performer: Cait Mcwhir
(From the Book of Nehemiah)

M-10 - Hamsáfár
Performer: Sussan Deyhim
(From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)

M-11 - Sukla-Krsne
Performer: Roopa Mahadevan, Misha Chowdhury
(From the Bhagavad Gita)

M-12 - Kia Hora Te Marino
Performer: Jerome Kavanagh
(Traditional Maori Blessing)

THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Maestro Lucas Richman
Concertmaster: Simon Rhodes / Managing Director: Ian Maclay
Music Preperation: Richard Bronskill, Seanine Joyce, Alex Williamson, Jeff Eckstein
Orchestra Contractor: James Fitzpatrick, Tadlow Music

BACKING VOCALISTS

Jillian Aversa, Mary-Lou Gauthier, Lina Boudreau, Shantelle Williams, Nikki Bonsol, Grace Chen, Sharaeh Sadaghiani, Kat Townsend, TJ Berrings, Misha Chowdhury, Chris Kiagiri, Ron Ragin, Rylan Sekiguchi

Talisman
Music Director: Christina Ho

The Purcell Singers (on Hymn do Trójcy Świętej)
Music Director: Mark Ford

Maori Haka (on Kia Hora Te Marino)
performed by Ben Mullon, John Mullon, Jordan Young and Tangaroatuane

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

Shakuhachi, Zruna and Duduk: Sandro Friedrich
Santur, Yangqin, and Mbira: Christopher Tin
Guitar: Alex Williamson
Drums and Ethnic Percussion: Greg Ellis
Japanese Taiko Drums: On Ensemble
Drum Programming: Kametron
Additional Percussion Samples: Tonehammer

Produced by Christopher Tin
Recorded and Mixed by John Kurlander

Recording Studios
Abbey Road Studios /London
The Village /Los Angeles
Sage and Sound Studios /Los Angeles
SABC Studios /Johannesburg
Studio A-tone /Tokyo
Skyline Studios /New York
Boogie Studio /Montreal
Bill Hare Productions /Milpitas
Mixed at Eargasm Studios /Santa Monica

Additional Recording
Bill Hare, Richard Mitchell, Kenji Nagashima, Charley Hustle, Chris Owens, Tomisheep

Mastering Engineer
Bruce Maddocks, Orbit Room Mastering

Assistant Engineer
Jamie Steele, Richard Lancaster, Nick Miller, Alex Pavlides

Music Editor
Alex Williamson

Lyric Translations
Eleanor Hull (Caoineadh)
Edward FitzGerald (Hamsafar)

Thanks also to those who helped me research and adapt the traditional texts:
Chris Kiagiri (Baba Yetu)
Ohgi Midorikawa and Tracy Lee (Mado Kara Mieru)
Maura Dykstra (Dao Zai Fan Ye)
Anna Rice (Caoineadh)
Marek and Ranata, Ewa Pocztowska, Krzysztof Szumanski (Hymn Do Trójcy Świętej)
Yoav Schlesinger, Aviva Fink (Hayom Kadosh)
Hossein Soleymani, Sussan Deyhim (Hamsafar)
Misha Chowdhury, Akhilesh Sista and family (Sukla-Krsne)
Jerome Kavanagh (Kia Hora Te Marino)