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  • Philip Glass to Be Honored at Danspace Project Gala; Laurie Anderson to Introduce

    Philip Glass is being honored at the Danspace Project Gala tonight in New York City. The organization is celebrating Glass for what it describes as "his significant contributions to American dance and his major impact on international art and culture." Laurie Anderson will give introductory remarks. Now in its 35th season, Danspace aims to offer choreographers a nurturing environment in which to develop and show challenging new works.

  • Philip Glass's Opera "Satyagraha" Returns to English National Opera

    Philip Glass's seminal 1980 opera Satyagraha returns to English National Opera tonight for a nine-performance run at the London Coliseum through March 10. This follows the production's 2007 London premiere and a 2008 run at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The Times of London called the production "a masterwork of theatrical intensity and integrity." The Guardian called it “a thing of wonder."

About this Album

This CD box set is now available for sale in the Nonesuch Store; however, free, instant album MP3 downloads, included with other discs in the Store, are not currently available with box sets.

Glass's career-making 1976 opera, a collaboration with avant-garde impresario Robert Wilson, was revolutionary then, revered now. This "properly hypnotic" 1996 recording, says the Washington Post, is "more complete than the first recording and superior in both performance and sound."

Credits

MUSICIANS
The Philip Glass Ensemble
Jon Gibson, soprano saxophone, flute
Martin Goldray, keyboards
Kurt Munkacsi, sound design
Richard Peck, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
Michael Reisman, musical director, keyboards
Andrew Sterman, flute, piccolo, bass clarinet
Gregory Fulkerson, violin

Chorus
Marion Beckenstein, Lisa Bielawa, Michèle A. Eaton, Kristin Norderval, sopranos
Katie Geissinger, Margo Gezairlian Grib, Elsa Higby, mezzo-sopranos
Jeffrey Johnson, John Koch, Eric. W. Lamp, tenors
Jeff Kensmoe, Gregory Purnhagen, Peter Stewart, baritones
Patrician Schuman, soprano soloist (CD 3, tracks 4-6)
Lucinda Childs, Gregory Dolbashian, Jasper McGruder, Shery Sutton, spoken text

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Kurt Munkacsi and Michael Reisman
Recorded January-June 1993 at The Looking Glass Studios, NYC
Engineers: Dante DeSole, James Law
Assistant: Benno Hotz
Mixed by Michael Reisman at The Looking Glass Studios

All music by Philip Glass; libretto by Philip Glass, Christopher Knowles, Samuel M. Johnson, and Lucinda Childs

Design by John Heiden
Cover photograph by T. Charles Erickson

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