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The Essential Philip Glass

Release Date: 6th Feb 2012
Catalogue No: 88691917202
Label: Sony
Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Glass, P: Songs from Liquid Days: No. 2, Lightning

Work length6:47

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Janice Pendarvis (vocal), Philip Glass Ensemble, Jack Kripl (flute), Richard Peck (alto saxophone), Jon Gibson (soprano saxophone)
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: Façades

Work length7:23

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Philip Glass (organ), Fred Zlotkin (cello), Larry Wechsler (french horn), Sharon Moe (french horn), Jon Gibson (soprano saxophone), Jack Kripl (soprano saxophone), Jack Kripl (piccolo), Jack Kripl (clarinet), Jack Kripl (bass clarinet), Richard Peck (tenor saxophone), John Abramowitz (cello), Seymour Barab (cello), Maureen Gallagher (viola), Al Brown (viola), Julian Barber (viola), Lois Martin (viola), Linda Moss (viola), Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman (keyboards)
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: A Gentleman's Honor

Work length3:18

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Philip Glass Ensemble, Paul Zukofsky (violin), Maeretha Stewart (soprano), Dora Ohrenstein
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: Naqoyqatsi: Primacy of Number

Work length6:52

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Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman (keyboards), Lisa Bielawa (soprano), Andrew Sterman (woodwinds), Richard Peck (tenor saxophone), Jon Gibson (soprano saxophone)
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: Metamorphosis IV

Work length7:03

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Philip Glass (piano)

Glass, P: Songs from Liquid Days: No. 5, Liquid Days, Pt. 2, Open the Kingdom

Work length7:02

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Douglas Perry (vocal), Philip Glass Ensemble
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: In the Upper Room

Work length10:46

$2.60

$3.40

Philip Glass Ensemble
Michael Riesman

Dance II

Track length5:45

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Dance VIII

Track length5:01

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Glass, P: Glasspiece No. 1 (Rubric)

Work length6:05

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Philip Glass Ensemble
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: Songs from Liquid Days: No. 1, Changing Opinion

Work length10:01

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Michael Riesman (piano), Bernard Fowler (vocal), Philip Glass Ensemble, Paul Dunkel (flute)
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: Glassworks: I. Opening

Work length6:25

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Philip Glass (organ), Philip Glass Ensemble
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: Glassworks: II. Floe

Work length6:02

$1.30

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Philip Glass Ensemble, Philip Glass (organ), Fred Zlotkin (cello), Larry Wechsler (french horn), Sharon Moe (french horn), Jon Gibson (soprano saxophone), Jack Kripl (soprano saxophone), Jack Kripl (piccolo), Jack Kripl (clarinet), Jack Kripl (bass clarinet), Richard Peck (tenor saxophone), Seymour Barab (cello), John Abramowitz (cello), Maureen Gallagher (viola), Al Brown (viola), Julian Barber (viola), Lois Martin (viola), Linda Moss (viola), Michael Riesman (keyboards)
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: Funeral of Amenhotep III

Work length9:01

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Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Paul Esswood (countertenor), Helmut Holzapfel
Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra, Chor der Staatsoper Stuttgart
Dennis Russell Davies

Glass, P: Point Blank

Work length11:17

Album only

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Philip Glass Ensemble, Lisa Bielawa (soprano), Albert De Ruiter, Mark Atkins, Michael Riesman (keyboards), Andrew Sterman (woodwinds), Richard Peck (tenor saxophone), Jon Gibson (soprano saxophone)
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: Wichita Vortex Sutra

Work length6:54

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Philip Glass (piano)

Glass, P: Songs from Liquid Days: No. 6, Forgetting

Work length8:09

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Linda Ronstadt (vocal), The Roches (background vocal), Philip Glass Ensemble, Kronos Quartet
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: In the Upper Room

Work length8:11

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Philip Glass Ensemble, Dora Ohrenstein
Michael Riesman

Dance IX

Track length8:11

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$1.70

Glass, P: Itaipú: III. The Dam

Work length11:49

Album only

Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Robert Shaw

Glass, P: Definition

Work length2:50

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Philip Glass Ensemble, Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Lisa Bielawa (soprano), Albert De Ruiter (bass), Michael Riesman (keyboards), Andrew Sterman (woodwinds), Richard Peck (tenor saxophone), Jon Gibson (soprano saxophone)
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: Satyagraha: Protest

Work length4:21

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Douglas Perry (tenor), New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus
New York City Opera Chorus, New York City Opera Orchestra
Christopher Keene

Glass, P: Evening Song (from Satyagraha)

Work length4:11

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Douglas Perry (tenor)
New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Christopher Keene

Glass, P: Hymn To The Sun (from Akhnaten)

Work length6:17

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Paul Esswood (tenor), Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra, Chor der Staatsoper Stuttgart
Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Dennis Russell Davies

Glass, P: Einstein on the Beach: Trial - Prison

Work length2:51

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Philip Glass Ensemble, Lucinda Childs (speaker), Jon Gibson (soprano saxophone), Richard Landry (bass clarinet)
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: Akhnaten: Akhnaten and Nefertiti

Work length4:16

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Paul Esswood (tenor), Milagro Vargas (soprano), Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Dennis Russell Davies

Glass, P: Satyagraha: The Kuru Field of Justice

Work length6:08

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Douglas Perry (tenor), Robert McFarland (baritone), New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus
New York City Opera Chorus, New York City Opera Orchestra
Christopher Keene

Glass, P: Einstein on the Beach: Knee 1

Work length3:33

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Philip Glass (organ), Lucinda Childs (speaker), Sheryl Sutton (speaker), Philip Glass Ensemble
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: Satyagraha: Tolstoy Farm

Work length4:58

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Douglas Perry (tenor), Robert McFarland (baritone), Rhonda Liss (alto), Claudia Cummings (soprano), Sheryl Woods (soprano), Scott Reeve (bass), New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus
New York City Opera Chorus, New York City Opera Orchestra
Christopher Keene

Glass, P: Akhnaten: Window of Appearances

Work length4:24

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Paul Esswood (tenor), Milagro Vargas (soprano), Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Dennis Russel Davies

Glass, P: Einstein on the Beach: Bed

Work length3:42

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Philip Glass Ensemble, George Andoniadis (organ), Iris Hisky, Iris Hiskey (soprano)
Michael Riesman

Glass, P: Akhnaten: Epilogue

Work length4:22

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Paul Esswood (tenor), Milagro Vargas (soprano), Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Dennis Russel Davies

Glass, P: Einstein on the Beach: Knee 5

Work length5:11

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Philip Glass Ensemble, Philip Glass (organ), Lucinda Childs (speaker), Sheryl Sutton (speaker), Paul Zukofsky (violin)
Michael Riesman

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“Philip Glass is surely the world’s best-known living serious composer. His is a readily identifiable, if ever controversial, style that is both imitated and parodied the world over. He is familiar to pop audiences, crossover audiences, new music audiences, opera audiences and increasingly to chamber music audiences and symphony goers,” (Gramophone)

To celebrate Glass’ 75th birthday on January 31, 2012, Sony Classical offers The Essential Philip Glass, a three disc overview of the composer’s prolific output that led to his rise as a cultural icon from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. It encompasses generous selections from the three seminal “Portrait Operas” (Einstein On The Beach, Satyagraha and Akhnaten) that established Glass as a serious, innovative classical composer, 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 on January 31st 1937, Glass 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, heard at its driving, hard-hitting early peak in the Einstein On The Beach excerpts recorded in 1979.

In addition to eight Grammy Award nominations, Glass’ numerous film scores have significantly contributed to the genre’s development, earning him three Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score. His score to The Truman Show (1999) won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and he also won the National Endowment for the Arts’ Opera Honors Award in 2010. Philip Glass is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Artists

Jon Gibson (soprano saxophone), Jack Kripl (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, piccolo, soprano saxophone), Janice Pendarvis (vocal), Philip Glass Ensemble (miscellaneous ensemble), Richard Peck (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone), Philip Glass (organ, piano), Larry Wechsler (french horn), Sharon Moe (french horn), Fred Zlotkin (cello), Seymour Barab (cello), Michael Riesman (keyboards, Linda Moss (viola), Lois Martin (viola), Maureen Gallagher (viola), Al Brown (viola), Julian Barber (viola), John Abramowitz (cello), Maeretha Stewart (soprano), Dora Ohrenstein, Paul Zukofsky (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Andrew Sterman (woodwinds), Lisa Bielawa (soprano), Douglas Perry (vocal, tenor), Paul Dunkel (flute), Bernard Fowler (vocal), Helmut Holzapfel, Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor, Albert De Ruiter (bass), Mark Atkins, Kronos Quartet (string quartet), Linda Ronstadt (vocal), The Roches (background vocal), Atlanta Symphony Chorus, New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Chor der Staatsoper Stuttgart, Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra, Richard Landry (bass clarinet), Lucinda Childs (speaker), Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Milagro Vargas (soprano), Robert McFarland (baritone), Sheryl Sutton (speaker), Scott Reeve (bass), Rhonda Liss (alto), Claudia Cummings (soprano), Sheryl Woods (soprano), Iris Hisky, George Andoniadis (organ), Iris Hiskey (soprano)

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, New York City Opera Orchestra, New York City Opera Chorus, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Michael Riesman, Dennis Russell Davies, Robert Shaw, Christopher Keene, Dennis Russel Davies

The Essential Philip Glass

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