(0 users) 
Cover NOT yet available in
Join Patreon for 4K upload/download access
Your Rating (Click a star below)
Track List
01) Music in Twelve Parts: I
02) Music in Twelve Parts: II
03) Music in Twelve Parts: III
04) Music in Twelve Parts: IV
05) Music in Twelve Parts: V: Beginning
Cd 2
01) Music in Twelve Parts: V: Conclusion
02) Music in Twelve Parts: VI
03) Music in Twelve Parts: VII
04) Music in Twelve Parts: VIII
Cd 3
01) Music in Twelve Parts: IX
02) Music in Twelve Parts: X
03) Music in Twelve Parts: XI
04) Music in Twelve Parts: XII
01) Music in Twelve Parts: I
02) Music in Twelve Parts: II
03) Music in Twelve Parts: III
04) Music in Twelve Parts: IV
05) Music in Twelve Parts: V: Beginning
Cd 2
01) Music in Twelve Parts: V: Conclusion
02) Music in Twelve Parts: VI
03) Music in Twelve Parts: VII
04) Music in Twelve Parts: VIII
Cd 3
01) Music in Twelve Parts: IX
02) Music in Twelve Parts: X
03) Music in Twelve Parts: XI
04) Music in Twelve Parts: XII
18:16
19:17
13:16
17:19
4:27
18:47
14:10
19:58
18:17
12:14
17:09
14:30
18:20
Data Complete
50%
Total Rating
50%Total Rating
(1 users)
Back Cover
CD Art
3D Case
3D Thumb
3D Flat
3D Face
3D Spine
First Released
1996
Classical
---
Classical
---
Medium
Album
0 copies
Album Description
Available in:
This master release contains the second recording of this work, recorded between March and June 1993 in New York City. Philip Glass: Music in Twelve Parts occupies a special place in his enormous catalog; Glass himself has variously stated that it was a breakthrough for him, and, for him, "the end of minimalism." It is a four-hour-long work divided in 12 movements and rendered in a twelve-part texture, here performed by three woodwinds, three keyboards, and the singing voice of Lisa Bielawa. Although recorded for Nonesuch in 1993 with a configuration of the Philip Glass Ensemble quite similar to this one, the Orange Mountain Music release of Philip Glass: Music in Twelve Parts stems from a live concert given in Rovereto, Italy, in 2006; the performance is so tight and disciplined that it almost sounds synthesized and even edited; the starts of movements are abrupt and exactly together. Performing the piece is kind of like running a marathon, and for a musician to be considered a part of the Philip Glass Ensemble one is expected to take part in a performance of Music in Twelve Parts. This is somewhat analogous to the Norwegian fisherman's ritual of biting the head off a herring, except that instead of the short discomfort this is a long haul of counting and making one's way through a dense texture; instead of the bitter taste of the raw fish this an elegant and endlessly beautiful traversal through layer upon layer of gorgeous sonic dimensions.
-Review by Uncle Dave Lewis
User Album Review
None...
External Album Reviews
None...
User Comments
Available in:
This master release contains the second recording of this work, recorded between March and June 1993 in New York City. Philip Glass: Music in Twelve Parts occupies a special place in his enormous catalog; Glass himself has variously stated that it was a breakthrough for him, and, for him, "the end of minimalism." It is a four-hour-long work divided in 12 movements and rendered in a twelve-part texture, here performed by three woodwinds, three keyboards, and the singing voice of Lisa Bielawa. Although recorded for Nonesuch in 1993 with a configuration of the Philip Glass Ensemble quite similar to this one, the Orange Mountain Music release of Philip Glass: Music in Twelve Parts stems from a live concert given in Rovereto, Italy, in 2006; the performance is so tight and disciplined that it almost sounds synthesized and even edited; the starts of movements are abrupt and exactly together. Performing the piece is kind of like running a marathon, and for a musician to be considered a part of the Philip Glass Ensemble one is expected to take part in a performance of Music in Twelve Parts. This is somewhat analogous to the Norwegian fisherman's ritual of biting the head off a herring, except that instead of the short discomfort this is a long haul of counting and making one's way through a dense texture; instead of the bitter taste of the raw fish this an elegant and endlessly beautiful traversal through layer upon layer of gorgeous sonic dimensions.
-Review by Uncle Dave Lewis
User Album Review
None...
External Album Reviews
None...
User Comments
No comments yet...
Status
unlockedRank: External Links
