tracks 2, 3, 7 to 9, 19 arranged by Ali N. Askin art direction, design Brian Johnson art direction, design Jesse Di Franco artwork [yellow shark original] Mark Beam bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, tenor saxophone Wolfgang Stryi bassoon, contrabassoon Veit Scholz clarinet Roland Diry tracks 14, 15, 19 conductor Frank Zappa tracks 2 to 11, 13, 16 to 18 conductor Peter Rundel contrabass, contrabass [electrocontrabass] Thomas Fichter engineer [concert audio engineer] Harry Andronis engineer [recording engineer], mixed by [cd mixer] Spencer Chrislu engineer [stage monitor engineer], coordinator [technical coordination] Dave Dondorf ensemble Ensemble Modern flute Dietmar Wiesner guitar, banjo Jürgen Ruck harp Ellen Wegner horn Franck Ollu horn Stefan Dohr liner notes Rip Rense mandolin Detlef Tewes oboe, english horn, didgeridoo Catherine Milliken percussion Andreas Böttger percussion Rainer Römer percussion, cimbalom [cymbalom] Rumi Ogawa-Helferich photography by [cd book photos] Hans Jörg Michel photography by [cd book photos] Henning Lohner photography by [digipak] Richard Avedon photography by [front cover photo, ensemble portraits] Fritz Jan Thaddaeus Brinckmann photography by [front cover photo, ensemble portraits] Herz° Hamburg piano, harpsichord, celesta, harp Ueli Wiget piano, harpsichord, celesta, read by [dramatic reading] Hermann Kretzschmar producer [produced by], composed by Frank Zappa technician [synclavier assistant] Todd Yvega trombone, euphonium, didgeridoo, alphorn Michael Svoboda trombone, soprano trombone Uwe Dierksen trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, cornet Michael Gross trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, cornet William Forman tuba Daryl Smith viola, read by [dramatic reading] Hilary Sturt violin Claudia Sack violin Mathias Tacke violin Peter Rundel violoncello Friedemann Dähn Copyright (c) Frank Zappa Phonographic Copyright (p) Zappa Family Trust Copyright (c) Zappa Family Trust Licensed To Barking Pumpkin Records Manufactured By Rhino Records Inc. Distributed By Rhino Records Inc. Designed At Command A Studios, Inc. Recorded At Alte Oper Recorded At Berliner Philharmonie Recorded At Wiener Konzerthaus Glass Mastered At Specialty Records Corporation Pressed By Specialty Records Corporation Released in a standard digipak with a 60 pages booklet, both enclosed in a cardboard slipcase. Opening of the slipcase is to the left of Zappa portrait on the cover.