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

Thursday, February 25, 2010

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."
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Philip Glass to Receive Opera News Award; "The Bacchae," with Glass Score, Begins Previews in Central Park

Philip Glass is one of five recipients of the Opera News Awards, announced last week. He is the only composer to be recognized this year; fellow honoree Gerald Finley originated the role of Robert Oppenheimer in John Adams's Doctor Atomic. Original music by Glass will be featured in the Shakespeare in the Park production of The Bacchae, which opens in previews tonight in New York's Central Park. The composer will receive his first-ever BBC Prom at London's Royal Albert Hall tomorrow night, with Gidon Kremer performing his Violin Concerto.

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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