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Glassmasters / Philip Glass.

Author/creator Glass, Philip composer, performer.
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoNew York : Sony Classical, ℗1997.
Description3 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Operas--Excerpts.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra--Excerpts.
Instrumental ensembles--Excerpts.
Piano music.
Other author/creatorEsswood, Paul, singer.
Other author/creatorVargas, Milagro, singer.
Other author/creatorLiebermann, Melinda singer.
Other author/creatorDavies, Dennis Russell conductor.
Other author/creatorShaw, Robert, 1916-1999 conductor.
Other author/creatorReeve, Scott, singer.
Other author/creatorCummings, Claudia, singer.
Other author/creatorKeene, Christopher, 1946-1995 conductor.
Other author/creatorPerry, Douglas, singer.
Other author/creatorRiesman, Michael conductor.
Other author/creatorHolzapfel, Helmut singer.
Other author/creatorHannula, Tero, singer.
Other author/creatorHauptmann, Cornelius singer.
Other author/creatorLiss, Rhonda, singer.
Other author/creatorOhrenstein, Dora singer.
Other author/creatorKripl, Jack, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorGibson, Jon instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorPeck, Richard, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorFowler, Bernard, singer.
Other author/creatorDunkel, Paul instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorJohnson, Samuel, 1978- performer.
Other author/creatorChilds, Lucinda performer.
Other author/creatorSutton, Sheryl, 1950- performer.
Other author/creatorZukovsky, Paul, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorStaatsoper Stuttgart. Orchestra, performer.
Other author/creatorAtlanta Symphony Orchestra performer.
Other author/creatorAtlanta Symphony Chorus, performer.
Other author/creatorNew York City Opera. Orchestra performer.
Other author/creatorNew York City Opera. Children's Chorus, performer.
Other author/creatorPhilip Glass Ensemble, performer.
Uniform titleWorks. Selections
Portion of title Glass masters
Contents CD 1: The window of appearances : Akhnaten, Act I: iii (9:03) -- The dam : Itaipu (11:47) -- The vow : Satyagraha Act I: iii (11:36) -- Open the kingdom (Liquid days, part II) : Songs from liquid days (7:00) -- Attack and fall : Ahknaten, Act III: ii (7:43) -- Confrontation and rescue : Satyagraha, Act II: i (14:44) -- Funeral of Amenhotep III : Akhnaten, Act I: i (9:00) -- CD 2: Floe : Glassworks (5:46) -- Dance no. 5 : Dance (20:15) -- Spaceship : Einstein on the beach, Act IV: iii (13:22) -- The photographer : Act III (19:17) -- Building/Train : Einstein on the beach, Act IV: i (7:17) -- CD 3: Knee play 3 : Einstein on the beach (5:37) -- Facades : Glassworks (7:21) -- Epilogue : Akhnaten, Act III: iv (10:38) -- Changing opinion : Songs from liquid days (9:57) -- Akhnaten's hymn to the Aten : Akhnaten, Act II: iv (13:35) -- Evening song : Satyagraha, Act III: iii (8:23) -- Knee play 5 : Einstein on the beach (5:30) -- Mad rush : Solo piano (13:44).
General note3 compact discs (DDD/ADD).
General noteExcerpts from "a number of large-scale choral works, mainly operatic in origin ..., music for synthesizers, saxophone, and voice as performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble ... [and] music that in many ways prefigures recent developments in my music"--Notes by the composer.
General noteDurations: 71:30, 66:22, 77:26.
General note"Consists of previously released material [℗1979-1993]"--Container.
General noteProgram notes by the composer, Nick Jones, Tim Page, Shalom Goldman, Richard Horn, Jody Dalton, and vocal texts with English translations (36 p.) in container.
General noteSony Classical: SM3K 62960 (62961--62963).
Performer Paul Esswood, Akhnaten, singer ; Milagro Vargas, Nefertiti, singer ; Melinda Liebermann, Queen Tye, singer ; Scott Reeve, Parsi Rustomji, singer ; Cladia Cummings, Miss Schlesen, singer ; Douglas Perry, Gandhi, singer ; Helmut Holzapfel, Amon High Priest, singer ; Tero Hannula, Horemhab, singer ; Cornelius Hauptmann, Aye, singer ; Rhonda Liss, Mrs. Alexander, singer ; Dora Ohrenstein, vocal ; Jack Kripl, flute ; Jon Gibson, soprano saxophone ; Richard Peck, tenor saxophone ; Bernard Fowler, vocal ; Paul Dunkel, flute ; Samuel M. Johnson, narrator ; Lucinda Childs, first woman's voice ; Sheryl Sutton, second woman's voice ; Paul Zukovsky, violin ; Philip Glass, electric organ, piano Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus ; Philip Glass Ensemble & Chorus ; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor ; Robert Shaw, conductor ; Christopher Keene, conductor ; Michael Riesman, conductor, keyboards, piano.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 1978-1990.
LanguageSung in Sanskrit, Egyptian, Akkadian, and English.
UPC 074646296028
Publisher numberSM3K 62960 Sony Classical
Publisher numberSM3K 62961 Sony Classical
Publisher numberSM3K 62962 Sony Classical
Publisher numberSM3K 62963 Sony Classical
Publisher numberD221956 BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.

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