Product Description

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.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Music in Contrary Motion
2. Music With Changing Parts
3. Music In Similar Motion

Disc 2:

1. Music in Twelve Parts, Parts VII-X

Disc 3:

1. Einstein on the Beach, 9 selections

Disc 4:

1. Glassworks/Analog:
2. Orange Mountain Music Archive
3. Etoile Polaire
4. Dressed Like an Egg
5. Mad Rush for Organ

Disc 5:

1. Satyagraha, Act 1-III, Scene 1

Disc 6:

1. Koyaanisqatsi, 6 Selections
2. Powaqqatsi, 8 Selections

Disc 7:

1. String Quartets Nos. 2,4,5
2. Etudes for Piano Nos. 2,3,5,9

Disc 8:

1. Selections from the CIVIL warS
2. Selections from Symphony No. 5
3. Selections from Akhnaten
4. Selections from Hydrogen Jukebox

Disc 9:

1. Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

Disc 10:

1. Filmworks, selections from

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #95322 in Music
• Released on: 2008-09-30
• Number of discs: 10
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: 2.59 pounds

Customer Reviews

Good sampler, but most works are incomplete
If you love that Philip Glass sound, this is a good set for you. However, the longer works are only excerpted, which is frustrating. Most of the titles are "From xyz" rather than the complete "xyz." For example, I was just getting into the whole mood of Koyanisquattsi, and then after a few tracks it was all over. Probably a better set to have in your car (where you know you'll be distracted) than in your living room.