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Glass Box - Philip Glass Nonesuch Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch / 2008-09-30

Works: Philip Glass: Contrary Motion; Music with Changing Parts; Music in Similar Motion; Music in 12 parts; Einstein on the Beach; Closing; North Star; Dressed like an Egg; Mad Rush; MEDLEY; Koyaanisqatsi;...
Performers: Allen, Sanford; Anderer, Joseph; Arner, Leonard; Baker, Timothy; Balm, Neil; Barab, Seymour; Bargen, Karl; Bauch, Ethan; Beckenstein, Marion; Benary, Barbara; Benincasa, Rex; Bielawa, Lisa; Bielecki,...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael; Keene, Christopher; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Goldray, Martin; Ingman, Nick
Ensemble: ; American Composers Orchestra; Bruckner Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Kronos Quartet; Lyric Quartet; New York City Opera Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Quena Ensemble; String Orchestra; S...

This elegantly packaged 10-disc retrospective surveys four decades of work by Philip Glass, from his earliest solo pieces to his world-renowned operas to his Oscar-nominated...continue...

The Cusp of Magic

1 CD / Nonesuch / 2008-02-05

Works: Terry Riley: The Cusp of Magic, for string quartet & pipa
Performers: Commanday, Elisabeth; Dvorin, David; Man, Wu
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Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

The Cusp of Magic, continues the San Francisco-based Kronos' extraordinary, career-length collaboration/dialogue with composer Terry Riley, the progenitor of the minimalist movement. Northern Californ...continue...
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The Wire (p.53) - "Riley's grounding in Indian music is present in the rhythmic intricacy of this piece, its poise and supple pacing."...continue...