Philip Glass
Music In Twelve Parts (6LP box)
Format6LP BoxLabelVenture Records, VirginGenreExperimental
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6LPs with individual covers in box. Insert included.
The first complete recording of all twelve parts, fourteen years after the work was finished. Released by Virgin's classical imprint Venture. Parts 1-6 were recorded in May 1975 at Greene Street Studios in New York with the first-generation Philip Glass Ensemble: Glass and Michael Riesman on keyboards, Richard Landry and Jon Gibson on flute and soprano saxophone, Richard Peck on alto and tenor saxophone, Joan La Barbara on voice. Parts 7-12 were recorded in December 1987 with the later Ensemble line-up: Martin Goldray replaces Glass on keyboards, Jack Kripl replaces Landry, Dora Ohrenstein replaces La Barbara.
Kurt Munkacsi engineered both sessions. Roughly four hours of additive transformation across twelve discrete movements. The 1988 box was the first time most listeners could hear the work end to end outside the rare live performances. CD edition followed in 1989 as CDVEBX 32.
Release notes
4 pages LP-size insert with track lists, photo and quote of Philip Glass Parts 1-6 : recorded May 1975 at Greene Street Studios, NYC. Parts 7-12 : recorded December 1987 at The Living Room Studio, NYC. All parts mixed at The Living Room Studio, NYC; mastered at Tape One. Music published by Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc. (ASCAP). Music produced for Euphorbia Productions, Ltd. ℗ © 1988 Virgin Records (on sleeves) Virgin Records Ltd (on labels).
| Music In Twelve Parts | |||
| A | Part 1 | ||
| B | Part 2 | ||
| C | Part 3 | ||
| D | Part 4 | ||
| E | Part 5 | ||
| F | Part 6 | ||
| G | Part 7 | ||
| H | Part 8 | ||
| I | Part 9 | ||
| J | Part 10 | ||
| K | Part 11 | ||
| L | Part 12 | ||
- Richard Peck
- Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
- Candy Jernigan
- Artwork [Album Cover Production]
- Philip Glass
- Composed By, Keyboards (A to F)
- Sol Lewitt
- Design [Cover]
- Kurt Munkacsi
- Engineer (A to F), Producer
- Miles Green
- Engineer (G to L)
- Blaise Dupuy
- Engineer [Assistant] (G to L)
- Martin Goldray
- Keyboards (G to L)
- Michael Riesman
- Keyboards, Directed By
- Ian Gillespie
- Mastered By
- Jack Adams
- Mastered By
- Paul Rice
- Recorded By [Keyboards]
- Jack Kripl
- Soprano Saxophone, Flute (G to L)
- Jon Gibson
- Soprano Saxophone, Flute
- Richard Landry
- Soprano Saxophone, Flute (A to F)
- Rory Johnston
- Supervised By
- Dora Ohrenstein
- Voice (G to L)
- Joan La Barbera
- Voice (A to F)
