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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Philip Glass - The Essential Philip Glass (Deluxe Edition) [2012] CD1
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Philip Glass - The Essential Philip Glass (Deluxe Edition) [2012] CD3
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Tracklist

CD1

  01. Songs from Liquid Days: No. 2, Lightning - Michael Riesman
  02. Facades - Philip Glass
  03. Act I, A Gentleman's Honor - Michael Riesman
  04. Primacy of Number - Yo-Yo Ma
  05. Four - Philip Glass
  06. Songs from Liquid Days: No. 5, Liquid Days, Pt. 2, Open the Kingdom - Michael Riesman
  07. Dance II - Michael Riesman
  08. Dance VIII - Philip Glass Ensemble
  09. Glasspiece No. 1 ("Rubric" from Glassworks) - Michael Riesman
  10. Songs from Liquid Days: No. 1, Changing Opinion - Michael Riesman

CD2

  01. Glassworks: I. Opening - Philip Glass Ensemble
  02. Floe - Philip Glass Ensemble
  03. Act I, Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III - Dennis Russell Davies
  04. Point Blank - Yo-Yo Ma
  05. Wichita Vortex Sutra - Philip Glass
  06. Songs from Liquid Days: No. 6, Forgetting - Michael Riesman
  07. Dance IX - Michael Riesman
  08. III. The Dam - Robert Shaw
  9. Definition - Yo-Yo Ma

CD3

  01. Satyagraha: Protest - Douglas Perry
  02. Satyagraha: Evening Song - Douglas Perry
  03. Akhnaten: Hymn to the Sun - Paul Esswood
  04. Einstein on the Beach: Trial - Prison - Philip Glass Ensemble
  05. Akhnaten: Akhnaten and Nefertiti - Paul Esswood
  06. Satyagraha: The Kuru Field of Justice - Douglas Perry
  07. Einstein on the Beach: Knee 1 - Philip Glass
  08. Satyagraha: Tolstoy Farm - Douglas Perry
  09. Akhnaten: Window of Appearances - Paul Esswood
  10. Einstein on the Beach: Bed - Philip Glass Ensemble
  11. Akhnaten: Epilogue - Paul Esswood
  12. Einstein on the Beach: Knee 5 - Philip Glass Ensemble

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