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De Amerikaanse componist Philip Glass (1937) is grondlegger van het genre Mimimal Music en schreef baanbrekende muziek. Deze box bestaat uit een compilatie van zijn belangrijkste werken uit de jaren tachtig. Zijn solo pianowerk, opera's en ensemblewerken zoals Glassworks, Einstein on the beach en Naqoyqatsi.
Om het beeld compleet te maken bevat de box ook de dvd A Portrait of Glass in twelve parts. Deze documentaire uit 2007 schetst een intiem portret en is een onderzoek naar de creatieve aanpak van de hedendaagse componist, afgewisseld met scènes over zijn spirituele en persoonlijke leven.
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Tracklisting
CD 1
1 Opening 6.18
from Glassworks
The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman, conductor
2 Islands 7.39
from Glassworks
The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman, conductor
3 Facades 7.19
from Glassworks
The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman, conductor
4 Closing 5.56
from Glassworks
The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman, conductor
5 A Gentleman's Honor 3.17
(vocal)
from The Photographer
6 Metamorphosis One 5.39
from Solo Piano
Philip Glass, piano
7 Metamorphosis Five 5.03
from Solo Piano
Philip Glass, piano
8 Changing Opinion 9.55
from Songs from Liquid Days
Bernard Fowler, vocals / Michael Riesman, piano / Paul Dunkel, flute
(Philip Glass / Paul Simon)
9 Dance I 1.10
from Dancepieces - In The Upper Room
The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman, conductor
10 Dance VIII 4.58
from Dancepieces - In The Upper Room
The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman, conductor
11 A Gentleman's Honor 3.15
(instrumental)
from The Photographer
The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman, conductor

CD 2
1 Knee Play 1 3.52
from Einstein on the Beach
The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman, conductor
(Philip Glass / Robert Wilson)
2 Scene II: Bed 11.49
from Einstein on the Beach
The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman, conductor
(Philip Glass / Robert Wilson)
3 Knee Play 5
from Einstein on the Beach
The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman, conductor
(Philip Glass / Robert Wilson)
4 Prelude: Refrain,
Verse 1, Verse 2 10.4
from Akhnaten Act I - Year 1
of Akhnaten's Reign * Thebes
The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus /
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
5 The Window
Of Appearances 9.03
from Akhnaten Act I - Year 1
of Akhnaten's Reign * Thebes
The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus /
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
6 Scene 4: Hymn 13.35
from Akhnaten Scene 3 - The City *
Dance (Conclusion)
The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus /
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
7 Scene 4: Epilogue 10.37
from Akhnaten Act III - Year 17
and the Present * Akhetaten
The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus /
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

CD 3
1 Mato Grosso 11.41
from Itaipu
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Robert Shaw
2 The Dam 11.47
from Itaipu
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Robert Shaw
3 The Kuru Field of Justice
(Extract) 6.09
from Satyagraha
Douglas Perry, tenor / New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus
4 Protest 4.19
from Satyagraha
Douglas Perry, tenor / New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus
5 Evening Song 4.07
from Satyagraha
Douglas Perry, tenor / New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus
6 Tolstoy Farm 4.54
from Satyagraha
Douglas Perry, tenor / Claudia Cummings, soprano /
Sheryl Woods, soprano / Rhonda Liss, alto /
Robert McFarland, baritone / Scott Reeve, bass
7 Religion 9.01
from Naqoyqatsi
Yo-Yo Ma, cello / Members of the Philip Glass Orchestra /
Michael Riesman, conductor
8 Naqoyqatsi 7.50
from Naqoyqatsi
Yo-Yo Ma, cello / Members of the Philip Glass Orchestra /
Michael Riesman, conductor

DVD A Portrait of Glass in twelve parts
Scott Hicks