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Philip Glass
Einstein On The Beach (4CD)
Format4CDLabelSony ClassicalGenreExperimental
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2012 4CD re-issue on Sony of the 1978 4LP box set with the first full recording of the momumental and ground-breaking 1976 Minimalist opera in collaboration with Robert Wilson. Essential. With booklet.
condition (discss/box): NM / NM
The 1978 recording (see entry 21), remastered and reissued in 2012 for the work's 35th anniversary as part of Sony Classical's mid-price Originals series. Slim quadruple jewel-case in an outer slipcase; the audio is the M4K 38875 master, cleaned up but otherwise unchanged. The reissue coincided with the 2012-15 Robert Wilson revival tour (Montpellier, Ann Arbor, BAM, Berkeley, London, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Paris).
Details
Tracklist
| 1-1 | Knee Play 1 (Chorus And Electric Organ) | 3:52 | |
| Act I | |||
| 1-2 | Scene I: Train (Ensemble With Solo Voice And Chorus Joining At The End) | 17:20 | |
| 1-3 | Scene II: Trial (Chorus, Violin, Electric Organ And Flute) | 23:20 | |
| - | |||
| 2-1 | Knee Play 2 (Violin Solo) | 6:50 | |
| Act II | |||
| 2-2 | Scene I: Dance 1 ("Field With Spaceship") (Ensemble With Solo Voice/Dancers) | 13:41 | |
| 2-3 | Scene II: Night Train (2 Voices, Chorus And Small Ensemble) | 13:52 | |
| - | |||
| 2-4 | Knee Play 3 (Chorus And Capella) | 5:39 | |
| Act III | |||
| 3-1 | Scene I: Trial/Prison (Chorus And Electric Organ, Ensemble At The End) | 18:15 | |
| 3-2 | Scene II: Dance 2 ("Field With Spaceship") (6 Voices, Violin, Electric Organ) | 17:10 | |
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| 3-3 | Knee Play 4 (Chorus And Violin) | 6:46 | |
| Act IV | |||
| 4-1 | Scene I: Building (Chorus And Ensemble) | 7:30 | |
| 4-2 | Scene II: Bed (Solo Electric Organ And Voice) | 11:49 | |
| 4-3 | Scene III: Spaceship (Chorus And Ensemble) | 13:23 | |
| - | |||
| 4-4 | Knee Play 5 (Woman's Chorus, Violin And Electric Organ) | 5:30 | |
Credits
- Richard Peck
- Alto Saxophone, Flute
- Dora Ohrenstein
- Alto Vocals
- David Anchel
- Bass Vocals
- Bruce Burroughs
- Chorus [Large]
- Connie Beckley
- Chorus [Large]
- Dana Reitz
- Chorus [Large]
- David Woodberry
- Chorus [Large]
- Forest Warren
- Chorus [Large]
- Frank Conversano
- Chorus [Large]
- George Andoniadis
- Chorus [Large]
- Grethe Holby
- Chorus [Large]
- Jeannie Hutchins
- Chorus [Large]
- Marc Jacobi
- Chorus [Large], Tenor Vocals
- Marie Rice
- Chorus [Large]
- Richard Morrison
- Chorus [Large]
- Ritty Ann Burchfield
- Chorus [Large]
- Ronald Roxbury
- Chorus [Large]
- Michael Riesman
- Conductor, Conductor [Choral], Engineer [Mixing], Organ, Synthesizer [Synthesizer Bass], Keyboards [Additional]
- Milton Glaser, Inc.
- Design [Box & Booklet], Illustration [Box Cover]
- James Farber
- Engineer [Assistant]
- Kurt Munkacsi
- Engineer [Mixing], Engineer [Recording], Mixed By [Sound Mix], Producer
- Roddy Hui
- Engineer [Recording]
- Wieslaw Woszczyk
- Engineer [Recording]
- Richard Landry
- Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet [Bass], Photography By [Booklet Cover]
- Philip Glass
- Liner Notes, Music By, Lyrics By, Organ, Producer
- Robert Palmer
- Liner Notes
- Bill Kipper
- Mastered By
- The Philip Glass Ensemble
- Performer (1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-1, 4-1, 4-3)
- Sheryl Sutton
- Photography By [Cover, Left], Voice Actor
- Lucinda Childs
- Photography By [Cover, Right], Voice Actor
- Jon Gibson
- Soprano Saxophone, Flute
- Paul Zukovsky
- Violin
- Paul Mann
- Voice Actor
- Samuel M. Johnson
- Voice Actor
- Iris Hiskey
- Voice, Soprano Vocals
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