The Essential Philip Glass / The Philip Glass Ensemble [3 CDs]

The Essential Philip Glass / The Philip Glass Ensemble [3 CDs] - Sony Classical

Label: Sony Classical
Catalog No: SNYC 88691917202
Format: CD
Release Date: 2012-01-24
Number of Discs: 3
Running time: 3 hr. 10 min.
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 886919172027

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Audio Samples

>Glass, Philip : Songs from Liquid Days
>     Lightning
>     Changing Opinion
>     Forgetting
>Glass, Philip : Glassworks
>     Façades
>     Opening
>     Floe
>Glass, Philip : The Photographer
>     A Gentleman's Honor
>Glass, Philip : Naqoyqatsi
>     Primacy of Number
>     Point Blank
>     Definition
>Glass, Philip : Metamorphosis
>     no 4
>Glass, Philip : Liquid Days
>     Part 2. Open The Kingdom
>Glass, Philip : In the Upper Room
>     Dance no 2
>     Dance no 8
>     Dance no 9
>Glass, Philip : Glasspieces
>     Glasspiece no 1 - Rubric
>Glass, Philip : Akhnaten
>     Scene 1. Funeral of Amenhotep III
>     Hymn To The Sun
>     and Nefertiti
>     Window Of Appearance
>     Epilogue
>Glass, Philip : Wichita Vortex Sutra, for piano
>Glass, Philip : Itaipu
>     The Dam
>Glass, Philip : Satyagraha
>     Protest
>     Evening Song
>     Kuru Field of Justice
>     Tolstoy Farm
>Glass, Philip : Einstein On The Beach
>     Trial - Prison
>     Knee Play 1
>     Bed
>     Knee Play 5


Reviews

Sony Classical Celebrates the 75th Birthday of Philip Glass With The Release of The Essential Phili
In celebration of the 75th Birthday of Philip Glass, Sony Classical proudly releases The Essential Philip Glass. Available on January 31, the limited edition three-CD set, encompasses generous selections from Glass’ three seminal “Portrait Operas” (Einstein On The Beach, Satyagraha and Akhnaten) that established Glass as a serious, innovative classical composer. The set also includes dance scores for Twyla Tharp (In the Upper Room) and Jerome Robbins (Songs from Liquid Days), theater works (The Photographer), plus music for solo piano and collaborations with artists as wide-ranging as Suzanne Vega, Linda Ronstadt, the Kronos Quartet and Yo-Yo Ma.
Born in Baltimore in 1937, Philip Glass studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and began to develop his signature style while working in experimental theater and as musical director alongside Ravi Shankar for the film Chappaqua. He formed The Philip Glass Ensemble in 1971, whose blend of electronic keyboards, reed instruments and female voices resulted in a unique and energetic sound world. In addition to eight Grammy nominations, Glass’ numerous film scores have earned him three Academy Award nominations, a Golden Globe (The Truman Show), and the National Endowment for the Arts’ Opera Honors Award in 2010.

Tracklisting:

CD 1

Lightning / Changing Opinion (Songs from Liquid Days)

Façades A Gentleman’s Honor (The Photographer)

Primacy of Number (Naqoyqatsi)

Metamorphosis IV · Open The Kingdom (Liquid Days, Part II)

Dance II / Dance VIII (In the Upper Room)

Glasspiece #1 (“Rubric” from Glassworks)


CD 2

Opening / Floe (Glassworks)

Funeral of Amenhotep III (Akhnaten)

Point Blank / Definition (Naqoyqatsi)

Wichita Vortex Sutra · Forgetting (Songs from Liquid Days)

Dance IX (In the Upper Room)

The Dam (Itaipú)


CD 3

Protest / Evening Song / Kuru Field of Justice / Tolstoy Farm (Satyagraha)

Hymn To The Sun / Akhnaten and Nefertiti / Window Of Appearances / Epilogue (Akhnaten)

Trial – Prison / Knee 1 / Bed / Knee 5 (Einstein On The Beach)
Submitted on 01/30/12 by HB 
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Works Details

>Glass, Philip : Songs from Liquid Days :: Lightning
  • Performers: Richard Peck (Saxophone); Jack Kripl (Flute); Jon Gibson; Janice Pendarvis (Voice)
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 6 min. 47 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1986

>Glass, Philip : Glassworks :: Façades
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 7 min. 23 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1981

>Glass, Philip : The Photographer :: A Gentleman's Honor
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1982

>Glass, Philip : Naqoyqatsi :: Primacy of Number
  • Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 6 min. 52 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 2002

>Glass, Philip : Metamorphosis :: no 4
  • Running Time: 7 min. 3 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1988

>Glass, Philip : Liquid Days :: Part 2. Open The Kingdom
  • Performer: Douglas Perry (Viola)
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 7 min. 2 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1986

>Glass, Philip : In the Upper Room :: Dance no 2
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 5 min. 45 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1986

>Glass, Philip : In the Upper Room :: Dance no 8
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1986

>Glass, Philip : Glasspieces :: Glasspiece no 1 - Rubric
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1983

>Glass, Philip : Songs from Liquid Days :: Changing Opinion
  • Performers: Bernard Fowler (Voice); Paul Dunkel (Flute); Michael Riesman (Piano)
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 10 min. 1 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1986

>Glass, Philip : Glassworks :: Opening
  • Performer: Philip Glass (Piano)
  • Running Time: 6 min. 25 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1981

>Glass, Philip : Glassworks :: Floe
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1981

>Glass, Philip : Akhnaten :: Scene 1. Funeral of Amenhotep III
  • Performer: Cornelius Hauptmann (Bass)
  • Conductor: Dennis Davies
  • Notes: Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/13/1987-02/01/1987); Karlshöhe Church, Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/13/1987-02/01/1987)
  • Running Time: 9 min. 1 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1983

>Glass, Philip : Naqoyqatsi :: Point Blank
  • Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 11 min. 17 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 2002

>Glass, Philip : Wichita Vortex Sutra, for piano
  • Performer: Philip Glass (Piano)
  • Running Time: 6 min. 54 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1988

>Glass, Philip : Songs from Liquid Days :: Forgetting
  • Performers: Linda Ronstadt (Soprano); The Roaches
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 8 min. 9 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1986

>Glass, Philip : In the Upper Room :: Dance no 9
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 8 min. 11 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1986

>Glass, Philip : Itaipu :: The Dam
  • Conductor: Robert Shaw
  • Running Time: 11 min. 49 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1988

>Glass, Philip : Naqoyqatsi :: Definition
  • Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 2002

>Glass, Philip : Satyagraha :: Protest
  • Performer: Douglas Perry (Viola)
  • Conductor: Christopher Keene
  • Notes: Composition written: 1980.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1980

>Glass, Philip : Satyagraha :: Evening Song
  • Performer: Douglas Perry (Viola)
  • Conductor: Christopher Keene
  • Notes: Composition written: 1980.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1980

>Glass, Philip : Akhnaten :: Hymn To The Sun
  • Performer: Paul Esswood (Countertenor)
  • Conductor: Dennis Davies
  • Notes: Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/01/1987); Karlshöhe Church, Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/01/1987)
  • Running Time: 6 min. 17 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1983

>Glass, Philip : Einstein On The Beach :: Trial - Prison
  • Performers: Jon Gibson; Richard Landry (Flute)
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1976

>Glass, Philip : Akhnaten :: and Nefertiti
  • Performers: Milagro Vargas (Alto); Paul Esswood (Countertenor)
  • Conductor: Dennis Davies
  • Notes: Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/01/1987); Karlshöhe Church, Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/01/1987)
  • Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1983

>Glass, Philip : Satyagraha :: Kuru Field of Justice
  • Performers: Douglas Perry (Viola); Robert McFarland (Baritone); Scott Reeve (Bass)
  • Conductor: Christopher Keene
  • Notes: Composition written: 1980.
  • Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1980

>Glass, Philip : Einstein On The Beach :: Knee Play 1
  • Performer: Philip Glass (Organ)
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1976

>Glass, Philip : Satyagraha :: Tolstoy Farm
  • Performers: Sheryl Woods (Soprano); Robert McFarland (Baritone); Scott Reeve (Bass); Douglas Perry (Viola); Claudia Cummings (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Christopher Keene
  • Notes: Composition written: 1980.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1980

>Glass, Philip : Akhnaten :: Window Of Appearance
  • Performers: Milagro Vargas (Alto); Paul Esswood (Countertenor)
  • Conductor: Dennis Davies
  • Notes: Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/01/1987); Karlshöhe Church, Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/01/1987)
  • Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1983

>Glass, Philip : Einstein On The Beach :: Bed
  • Performers: Iris Hiskey (Soprano); George Andoniadis (Organ)
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1976

>Glass, Philip : Akhnaten :: Epilogue
  • Performers: Paul Esswood (Countertenor); Milagro Vargas (Alto)
  • Conductor: Dennis Davies
  • Notes: Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/01/1987); Karlshöhe Church, Ludwigsburg, Germany (01/01/1987)
  • Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1983

>Glass, Philip : Einstein On The Beach :: Knee Play 5
  • Performers: Paul Zukofsky (Violin); Philip Glass (Organ)
  • Conductor: Michael Riesman
  • Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Running Time: 5 min. 11 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1976