Philip Glass - The Complete Sony Recordings (2016)

To celebrate the 80th birthday of the legendary American composer, The Complete Sony Recordings is the first ever release of Philip Glass Sony Classical recordings together in a limited-edition box set. The 24-CD set includes the first ever release of Glassworks specially mixed for your personal cassette player on CD, a 44 minute interview with Philip Glass on Glassworks.

Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer. He is considered one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century. His music is also often controversially described as minimal music, along with the work of the other "major minimalists" La Monte Young, Terry Riley and Steve Reich. Glass has distanced himself from the "minimalist" label, describing himself instead as a composer of "music with repetitive structures".

Though his early mature music shares much with what is normally called "minimalist", he has since evolved stylistically. Currently, he describes himself as a "classicist", pointing out that he is trained in harmony and counterpoint and studied such composers as Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Nadia Boulanger.

Glass has founded his namesake musical group, the Philip Glass Ensemble, with which he still performs on keyboards, and has written operas, musical theatre works, ten symphonies, eleven concertos, solo works, chamber music, including seven string quartets and instrumental sonatas. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for his scores for The Truman Show, Kundun and Notes on a Scandal.

TRACKLIST

CD01: Glassworks
1. Opening - Philip Glass Ensemble
2. Floe - Philip Glass Ensemble
3. Islands - Philip Glass Ensemble
4. Rubric - Philip Glass Ensemble
5. Facades - Philip Glass
6. Closing - Philip Glass Ensemble

CD02: Glassworks (Special Remix For Compact Cassette (MC) Player)
1. Opening (Remix) - Philip Glass Ensemble
2. Floe (Remix) - Philip Glass Ensemble
3. Islands (Remix) - Philip Glass Ensemble
4. Rubric (Remix) - Philip Glass Ensemble
5. Facades (Remix) - Philip Glass Ensemble
6. Closing (Remix) - Philip Glass Ensemble

CD03: An Interview With Philip Glass With Selections From Glassworks (Interview By Peter Gordon)
1. Introduction - Philip Glass
2. Part I - Philip Glass
3. Part II - Philip Glass
4. Part III - Philip Glass
5. Part IV - Philip Glass
6. Part V - Philip Glass
7. Credits - Philip Glass
8. Rubric (Short Version) - Philip Glass Ensemble

CD04: The Photographer
1. Act I: "A Gentleman's Honor" - Michael Riesman
2. Act II - Michael Riesman
3. A Gentleman's Honor - Michael Riesman
4. Act III - Michael Riesman

CD05 - Einstein On The Beach CD1
1. Knee Play 1 - Michael Riesman
2. Act I, Scene 1 - Train - Michael Riesman
3. Act I, Scene 2 - Trail - Michael Riesman

CD06 - Einstein On The Beach CD2
1. Knee Play 2 - Michael Riesman
2. Act II, Scene 1 - Dance 1 "Field with Spaceship" - Michael Riesman
3. Act II, Scene 2 - Night Train - Michael Riesman
4. Knee Play 3 - Michael Riesman

CD07 - Einstein On The Beach CD3
1. Act III, Scene 1 - Trail / Prison - Michael Riesman
2. Act III, Scene 2 - Dance 2 "Field with Spaceship" - Michael Riesman
3. Knee Play 4 - Michael Riesman

CD08 - Einstein On The Beach CD4
1. Act IV, Scene 1 - Building - Michael Riesman
2. Act IV, Scene 2 - Bed - Michael Riesman
3. Act IV, Scene 3 - Spaceship - Michael Riesman
4. Knee Play 5 - Michael Riesman

CD09 - Satyagraha Act I (Tolstoy)
1. Act I, Tolstoy, Scene 1 - The Kuru Field of Justice - Christopher Keene
2. Act I, Tolstoy, Scene 2 - Tolstoy Farm (1910) - Christopher Keene
3. Act I, Tolstoy, Scene 3 - The Vow (1906) - Christopher Keene

CD10 - Satyagraha Act II (Tagore)
1. Act II, Tagore, Scene 1 - Confrontation and Rescue (1896) - Christopher Keene
2. Act II, Tagore, Scene 2 - Indian Opinion (1906) - Christopher Keene
3. Act II, Tagore, Scene 3 - Protest (1906) - Christopher Keene

CD11 - Satyagraha Act III (King)
1. Act III, King - Part 1 - Christopher Keene
2. Act III, King - Part 2 - Christopher Keene
3. Act III, King - Part 3 - Christopher Keene

CD12: Songs From Liquid Days
1. Changing Opinion - Michael Riesman
2. Lightning - Michael Riesman
3. Freezing - Michael Riesman
4. Liquid Days (Part I) - Michael Riesman
5. Open the Kingdom (Liquid Days, Part II) - Michael Riesman
6. Forgetting - Michael Riesman

CD13: Dancepieces
1. Dance I - Michael Riesman
2. Dance II - Michael Riesman
3. Dance V - Michael Riesman
4. Dance VIII - Michael Riesman
5. Dance IX - Michael Riesman
6. Glasspiece No. 1 ("Rubric" from Glassworks) - Michael Riesman
7. Glasspiece No. 2 ("Facades" from Glassworks) - Michael Riesman
8. Glasspiece No. 3 ("Funeral" from Akhnaten) - Michael Riesman

CD14 - Akhnaten CD1
1. Act I, Prelude: Refrain - Verse 1 - Verse 2 - Dennis Russell Davies
2. Act I, Prelude: Verse 3 - Dennis Russell Davies
3. Act I, Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III - Dennis Russell Davies
4. Act I, Scene 2: Coronation of Akhnaten - Dennis Russell Davies
5. Act I, Scene 3: Window of Appearances - Dennis Russell Davies
6. Act II, Scene 1: Temple - Dennis Russell Davies
7. Act II, Scene 2: Akhnaten and Nefertiti - Dennis Russell Davies

CD15 - Akhnaten CD2
1. Act II, Scene 3: The City - Dance - Dennis Russell Davies
2. Act II, Scene 3: Dance - Dennis Russell Davies
3. Act II, Scene 4: Hymn - Dennis Russell Davies
4. Act III, Scene 1: The Family - Dennis Russell Davies
5. Act III, Scene 2: Attack and Fall - Dennis Russell Davies
6. Act III, Scene 3: The Ruins - Dennis Russell Davies
7. Act III, Scene 4: Epilogue - Dennis Russell Davies

CD16 - Dance Nos. 1-5 CD1
1. Dance No. 1 - Philip Glass
2. Dance No. 2 - Michael Riesman

CD17 - Dance Nos. 1-5 CD2
1. Dance No. 3 - Philip Glass
2. Dance No. 4 - Philip Glass
3. Dance No. 5 - Dora Ohrenstein

CD18: Solo Piano
1. Metamorphosis One - Philip Glass
2. Metamorphosis Two - Philip Glass
3. Metamorphosis Three - Philip Glass
4. Metamorphosis Four - Philip Glass
5. Metamorphosis Five - Philip Glass
6. Mad Rush - Philip Glass
7. Wichita Sutra Vortex - Philip Glass

CD19: Songs From The Trilogy
1. Protest (from "Satyagraha") - Douglas Perry
2. Satyagraha: Evening Song - Douglas Perry
3. Akhnaten: Hymn to the Sun - Paul Esswood
4. Trial / Prison (from "Einstein on the Beach") - Philip Glass Ensemble
5. Akhnaten and Nefertiti (from "Akhnaten") - Paul Esswood
6. Kuru Field of Justice (from "Satyagraha") - Douglas Perry
7. Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play 1 - Philip Glass
8. Tolstoy Farm (from "Satyagraha") - Douglas Perry
9. Window of Appearances (from "Akhnaten") - Paul Esswood
10. Bed (from "Einstein on the Beach") - Philip Glass Ensemble
11. Epilogue (from "Akhnaten") - Paul Esswood
12. Knee Play 5 (from "Einstein on the Beach") - Philip Glass Ensemble

CD20: Itaipu / The Canyon
1. I. Mato Grosso - Robert Shaw
2. II. The Lake - Robert Shaw
3. III. The Dam - Robert Shaw
4. IV. To the Sea - Robert Shaw
5. The Canyon - Robert Shaw

CD21: Glass Organ Works (Donald Joyce)
1. Dance No. 4 - Donald Joyce
2. Mad Rush - Donald Joyce
3. Dance No. 2 - Donald Joyce
4. Contrary Motion - Donald Joyce
5. Satyagraha, Act III - King: Part 3 - Donald Joyce

CD22: Naqoyqatsi
1. Naqoyqatsi - Yo-Yo Ma
2. Primacy of Number - Yo-Yo Ma
3. Massman - Yo-Yo Ma
4. New World - Yo-Yo Ma
5. Religion - Yo-Yo Ma
6. Media Weather - Yo-Yo Ma
7. Old World - Yo-Yo Ma
8. Intensive Time - Yo-Yo Ma
9. Point Blank - Yo-Yo Ma
10. The Vivid Unknown - Yo-Yo Ma
11. Definition - Yo-Yo Ma

CD23: Philip Glass & Ravi Shankar - Passages
1. Offering - Ravi Shankar
2. Sadhanipa - Ravi Shankar
3. Channels and Winds - Ravi Shankar
4. Ragas in Minor Scale - Ravi Shankar
5. Meetings Along the Edge - Ravi Shankar
6. Prashanti - Ravi Shankar

CD24: Recent Recordings
1. I. Crotchet = 104 - Amy Dickson
2. II. Crotchet = 108 - Amy Dickson
3. III. Crotchet = 150 - Amy Dickson
4. Dreaming of Fiji (From "The Truman Show") - See Siang Wong
5. The Poet Acts (From "The Hours") - See Siang Wong
6. Melody for Saxophone No. 10 - Lautten Compagney
7. Glassworks: I. Opening - Lautten Compagney
8. The Windcatcher, Pt. III - Lautten Compagney
9. Glassworks: V. Facades - Lautten Compagney
10. The Windcatcher, Pt. I - Lautten Compagney
11. Melody for Saxophone No. 12 - Lautten Compagney
12. Melody for Saxophone No. 5 - Lautten Compagney
13. Video Dream - Lautten Compagney
14. The Olympian: Lighting of the Torch and Closing - Philip Glass