Philip Glass - Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective (10CDs, 2008)

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 film scores. In music, words and pictures, it traces the evolution, as critic Tim Page puts it in his liner notes essay, of 'the first composer to win a wide, multi-generational audience in the opera house, the concert hall, the dance world, in film and in popular music-simultaneously.' The long-awaited release of this set follows this past spring's triumphal new staging of Glass's 1980 Satyagraha at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Tracklist:

Disc 1. Early Works (1969–70)

01. Music In Contrary Motion [15:33]
Philip Glass: electric organ, alto flute.

02. Music With Changing Parts [45:39]
Barbara Benary: electric violin, voice; Steve Chambers: electric organ; Jon Gibson: electric organ, soprano saxophone, flute, voice; Dickie Landry: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, piccolo, flute, voice; Kurt Munkacsi: engineer, electronics; Arthur Murphy: electric piano; Robert Prado: trumpet, flute, voice.

03. Music In Similar Motion [17:12]
Steve Chambers, Art Murphy: electric organs; Jon Gibson, Dickie Landry: soprano saxophones; Robert Prado: flute; Kurt Munkacsi: engineer, electronics.

Disc 2. Music in Twelve Parts (1971–74)

01. Part VII [19:58]
02. Part VIII [18:18]
03. Part IX [12:14]
04. Part X [17:11]

The Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman, musical director, keyboards; Lisa Bielawa, voice; Jon Gibson, Andrew Sterman, soprano saxophone, flute; Philip Glass, keyboards; Martin Goldray, keyboards; Richard Peck, alto and tenor saxophones.

Disc 3. Einstein On the Beach (1976)

01. Knee Play 1 [8:05]
02. Train 1 [13:45]
03. Knee Play 2 [6:09]
04. Knee Play 3 [6:30]
05. Trial 2/Prison: “Prematurely Air-Conditioned Supermarket” [12:20]
06. Knee Play 4 [7:07]
07. Bed/Prelude [4:23]
08. Spaceship [12:51]
09. Knee Play 5 [8:05]

The Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman: musical director;Marion Beckenstein, Katie Geissinger: chorus, solo voice; Lucinda Childs, Sheryl Sutton, Jasper McGruder: spoken text.

Disc 4. Glassworks - Analog

01. Opening [6:12]
02. Facades [7:18]
Michael Riesman: piano, synthesizer; Jack Kripl: saxophone.
03. Floe [8:44]
Miles Green: keyboards.
04. Closing [5:17]
Michael Riesman, piano soloist, conductor; Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.
05. Etoile Polaire [2:39]
06. River Run [1:54]
07. Are Years What? (For Marianne Moore) [4:03]
08. Ange Des Oranges [3:48]
09. Ave [4:46]
10. Montage [2:29]
Philip Glass: Farfisa, Yamaha and Hammond organs, Fender Rhodes piano, arp, synthesizer;
Dickie Landry: soprano and tenor saxophones, flute; Joan La Barbara, Gene Rickard: voices.
11. Dressed Like An Egg: Part IV [3:13]
12. Dressed Like An Egg: Part V [1:35]
13. Mad Rush For Organ [16:14]
Philip Glass: Farfisa, Yamaha and Hammond organs, Fender Rhodes piano, arp, synthesizer;
Iris Hisky: vocals.

Disc 5. From Satyagraha (1980)

01. Act I (Tolstoy), Scene 1: The Kuru Field Of Justice [18:46]
02. Act I (Tolstoy), Scene 2: Tolstoy Farm (1910) [11:03]
03. Act II (Tagore), Scene 1: Confrontation And Rescue (1896) [14:45]
04. Act II (Tagore), Scene 3: Protest (1908) [15:16]
05. Act III (King), Scene 1: Newcastle March (1913) -Part 3: Evening Song [8:23]
The New York City Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Keene; Douglas Perry: tenor; Claudia Cummings: soprano; Rhonda Liss: alto; Robert McFarland: baritone; Scott Reeve: bass; Sheryl Woods: soprano; Rhonda Liss: alto; Scott Reeve: bass; Robert McFarland: baritone.

Disc 6. From Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi:
01.Koyaanisqatsi [3:26]
02. Organic [7:47]
03. Cloudscape [4:32]
04. Resource [6:39]
05. Vessels [8:02]
06. The Grid [21:20]
Conducted by Michael Riesman; Albert de Ruiter: bass vocal; The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble; Members of The Philip Glass Ensemble.
Powaqqatsi:
07. Serra Pelada [5:04]
08. Train To Sao Paolo [3:06]
09. Video Dream [2:15]
10. New Cities In Ancient Lands: China [2:48]
11. New Cities In Ancient Lands: Africa [2:56]
12. New Cities In Ancient Lands: India [4:42]
13. Mr. Suso #2 With Reflection [1:15]
14. Powaqqatsi [4:36]
Foday Musa Suso: kora, balafon, dousongoni, nyanyer, kari nyan; Shaikh Fathy Mady: vocal solo; Al DeRuiter: bass voice; Joe Passaro, Sue Evans, Roger Squitero, Valerie Naranjo: percussion; Hispanic Young People’s Chorus, Angélica Rosa Sepúlveda, musical director.

Disc 7. String Quartets and Piano Études (1984–94)

String Quartet No. 2 ('Company'):
01. Movement I [2:11]
02. Movement II [1:36]
03. Movement III [1:33]
04. Movement IV [2:07]
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin; John Sherba, violin; Hank Dutt, viola; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello.
05. Etude For Piano No. 2 [4:53]
06. Etude For Piano No. 9 [3:36]
Philip Glass: piano.
String Quartet No. 5:
07. Movement I [1:11]
08. Movement II [2:59]
09. Movement III [5:28]
10. Movement IV [4:38]
11. Movement V [7:41]
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin; John Sherba, violin; Hank Dutt, viola; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello.
12. Etude For Piano No. 5 [5:45]
13. Etude For Piano No. 3 [4:57]
Philip Glass: piano.
String Quartet No. 4 ('Buczak'):
14. Movement I [7:57]
15. Movement II [6:21]
16. Movement III [8:42]
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin; John Sherba, violin; Hank Dutt, viola; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello.

Disc 8. From The Civil Wars, Hydrogen Jukebox, Symphony No. 5, and Akhnaten

The Civil Wars:
01. Act V, The Rome Section: Prologue [18:51]
American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies: conductor; Denyce Graves: mezzo-soprano; Sondra Radvanovsky: soprano; Zheng Zhou: baritone.
Hydrogen Jukebox:
02. Song #3 From Iron Horse [2:54]
03. Song #2 Jahweh And Allah Battle [3:39]
04. Song #11 The Green Automobile [6:04]
05. Song #9 From Nagasaki Days (Numbers In Red Notebook) [0:40]
06. Song #10 Aunt Rose [4:58]
07. Song #6 From Wichta Vortex Sutra [7:48]
Martin Goldray: keyboards; Carol Wincenc: flute; Andrew Sterman: soprano sax, bass clarinet; Frank Cassara, James Pugliese: percussion; Elizabeth Futral: soprano; Michele Eaton: soprano; Mary Ann Hart: mezzo-soprano; Richard Fracker: tenor; Gregory Purnhagen, Nathiel Watson: baritone; Allen Ginsberg: narrator; Philip Glass: piano.
Symphony No. 5 ('Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya'):
08. Suffering [5:03]
Akhnaten:
09. Act I, Scene 1: Funeral Of Amenhotep III [9:02]
10. Act I, Scene 3: The Window Of Appearances [4:24]
11. Act II, Scene 4: Epilogue [10:37]
Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies; Assistant Conductor: Anton Zapf; Chorus Master: Ulrich Eistert.

Disc 9. Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

Symphony No. 3:
01. Movement I [4:37]
02. Movement II [6:15]
03. Movement III [10:07]
04. Movement IV [3:29]
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.
Symphony No. 8:
05. Movement I [19:27]
06. Movement II [12:18]
07. Movement III [6:57]
Bruckner Orchester Linz, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.

Disc 10. Filmworks

Mishima:
01. Opening [2:46]
02. November 25: Morning [4:12]
03. Closing [3:00]
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin; John Sherba, violin; Hank Dutt, viola; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello.
The Secret Agent:
04. The First Meridian [3:20]
05. Secret Agent [4:52]
The English Chamber Orchestra (Harry Rabinowitz, conductor) with additional soloists.
Kundun:
06. Sand Mandala [4:05]
07. Distraught [2:59]
08. Lhasa At Night [1:59]
09. Escape To India [10:08]
Dhondup Namgyal Khorko, Tibetan horns and cymbals; Gyuto Monks; Monks of the Drukpa Order; musicians.
Anima Mundi:
10. Living Waters [3:52]
11. The Witness [4:14]
Jeannie Gagné, Dora Ohrenstein: sopranos; Patricia Dunham, Linda November: altos; David Düsing, David Frye: tenors; Alexander Blachly, Bruce Rogers: baritones; musicians.
La Belle Et La Bete:
12. Overture [3:33]
The Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman: conductor, musical director, keyboards.
The Thin Blue Line:
13. Houston Skyline [4:47]
Michael Riesman: conductor, keyboards; musicians.
Dracula:
14. Dracula [1:11]
15. The Storm [1:32]
16. Dr. Van Helsing and Dracula [2:27]
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin; John Sherba, violin; Hank Dutt, viola; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello.
The Fog of War:
17. The War to End All Wars [1:47]
Conducted by Michael Riesman.
Candyman:
18. It Was Always You, Helen [3:11]
Conducted by Michael Riesman.
The Truman Show:
19. Raising The Sail [2:16]
Conducted by Michael Riesman.
The Hours:
20. The Poet Acts [3:43]
Michael Riesman, piano; Chris Laurence, double bass; orchestra conducted by Nick Ingman; Lyric Quartet.

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