Philip Glass - The Essential Philip Glass (Deluxe Edition) [2012] (3 x CD's)

PHILIP GLASS

Philip Glass - The Essential Philip Glass (Deluxe Edition) [2012] (3 x CD's)

The Essential Philip Glass is a 3 x CD compilation not to be confused with the single-disc 1993 album, The Essential Philip Glass. The tracks from both are taken from previous Sony releases. Two of the discs of the 2012 set are made up of single tracks from a number of albums, including Songs from Liquid Days, Glassworks, the film score Naqoyqatsi, the ballet In the Upper Room, and the choral-orchestral piece Itaipu. Stylistically the music represents a fairly narrow range in Glass' career; all the music except for Naqoyqatsi is from the 1980s. There is variety in the musical forces used; the Philip Glass Ensemble led by Michael Riesman figures prominently, but there are also pieces that use chorus, vocalists, and piano. Linda Ronstadt, Yo-Yo Ma, the Kronos Quartet, and Glass himself are among the distinguished soloists. The third disc was originally released in 1987 as Songs from the Trilogy and is made up of brief selections from Glass' three portrait operas, Einstein on the Beach (1976), Satyagraha (1980), and Akhnaten (1983)... The excerpts from Einstein are especially welcome, though, because they represent a very different side of Glass' creative personality from the other pieces. The performances are consistently topnotch. Sony's sound is exemplary throughout. (AllMusic Review by Stephen Eddins)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Philip Glass - Lightning 6:47

02 Philip Glass - Facades 7:23

03 Philip Glass - The Photographer - a Gentleman 3:18

04 Philip Glass - Primacy of Number 6:52

05 Philip Glass - Metamorphosis. Metamorphosis F 7:03

06 Philip Glass - Open the Kingdom - Liquid Days 7:02

07 Philip Glass - In the Upper Room. Highlights 5:45

08 Philip Glass - In the Upper Room. Highlights 5:01

09 Philip Glass - Glasspieces. Glasspiece 1 6:06

10 Philip Glass - Changing Opinion 10:01

CD2

01 Philip Glass - Opening 6:25

02 Philip Glass - Floe 6:02

03 Philip Glass - Akhnaten. Scene 1 - Funeral Of 9:01

04 Philip Glass - Point Blank 11:17

05 Philip Glass - Wichita Sutra Vortex 6:54

06 Philip Glass - Forgetting 8:09

07 Philip Glass - In the Upper Room. Dance Ix 8:11

08 Philip Glass - Itaipu. Iii. the Dam 11:49

09 Philip Glass - Definition 2:50

CD3

01 Philip Glass - Protest From Satyagraha 4:21

02 Philip Glass - Evening Song From Satyagraha 4:11

03 Philip Glass - Hymn to the Sun From Akhnaten 6:17

04 Philip Glass - Trial - Prison From Einstein on the Beach 2:51

05 Philip Glass - Akhnaten and Nefertiti From Akhnaten 4:17

06 Philip Glass - Kuru Field of Justice From Satyagraha 6:08

07 Philip Glass - Knee 1 From Einstein on the Beach 3:33

08 Philip Glass - Tolstoy Farm From Satyagraha 4:58

09 Philip Glass - Window of Appearances From Akhnaten 4:24

10 Philip Glass - Bed From Einstein on the Beach 3:42

11 Philip Glass - Epilogue From Akhnaten 4:23

12 Philip Glass - Knee 5 From Einstein on the Beach 5:11

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