Philip Glass
Music in Similar Motion

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Track Listing

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1	Two Pages	17:56
2	Contrary Motion	15:31
3	Music in Fifths	23:19
4	Music in Similar Motion	17:11

News & Reviews

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Philip Glass to Celebrate 75th Birthday at Carnegie Hall; Composer "Changed the Landscape of American Music," Says NPR

Nonesuch Records wishes Philip Glass a very happy 75th birthday today. The composer celebrates with the US premiere of his Ninth Symphony by the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. He previews the performance on WNYC's Soundcheck today at 2 PM ET. He was the subject of a feature profile on NPR's Morning Edition earlier today. "Composer Philip Glass changed the landscape of American music," says NPR. "Glass came up with a new way to make music, and with it, brought a new audience to the concert halls."
Friday, January 20, 2012

"Einstein on the Beach" Launches World Tour in Ann Arbor; "Classical Music Event of the Year" (Detroit Free Press)

Robert Wilson and Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach returns for the first time in 20 years with the launch of a major international tour, starting with preview performances at the Power Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this weekend. These mark the first North American presentations ever held outside of New York City. "It's only January, but the classical music event of the year is already upon us," exclaims the Detroit Free Press. "Glass and Wilson strip down the fundamentals of movement, image, text and music to essentials and then elevate their essence to operatic grandeur ... It's hard to overestimate the impact of Einstein on American music, art and culture."

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About this Album

Despite their having now earned a place in the repertory, the unbridled audacity of these groundbreaking early works by Glass cannot be overestimated. Reductive in form, melodic content, and harmonic language, they present a strikingly original compositional perspective that marked the beginning of the rise of the Minimalist aesthetic that came to dominate the American musical landscape.

Credits

MUSICIANS
Philip Glass, electric organ
Michael Reisman, piano (1)
Jon Gibson, Dickie Landry, soprano saxophone (3, 4)
Kurt Munkacsi, engineer, electronics (3, 4)
Steve Chambers, Art Murphy, electric organ (4)
Robert Prado, flute (4)

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Tracks 1, 2 produced by Kurt Munkacsi, Philip Glass, and Shandar
Recorded March 1975 at Basement Recording Studio, NYC
Engineer: Kurt Munkacsi
Tracks 3, 4 produced by Philip Glass and Klaus Kertess
Track 3 recorded June 1971 at Martinson Hall of The Public Theatre, NYC
Recording engineers: Robert Fires and Kurt Munkacsi
Remix engineer: Kurt Munkacsi
Track 4 recorded June 1973 at Butterfly Productions, NYC
Recording and remix engineer: Kurt Munkacsi
Reissue of original recordings produced by Kurt Munkacsi and Michael Reisman
Digitally remastered at The Looking Glass Studios, NYC