From OMM:
On April 13th, Orange
Mountain Music presents the "Philip Glass Ensemble – A
Retrospective,"
a 2CD set of repertoire from the PGE's 40-year career. Previously
released as an iTunes only download, this live-recording from a concert in
Monterey Mexico in 2006 features music from "Music in 12
Parts," "In the Upper Room," "Koyaanisqatsi,"
"Einstein on the Beach," "The Photographer,"
"Glassworks," "Powaqqatsi," and much more with a total time of over 100
minutes of music.
The
Philip Glass Ensemble was formed in the late 1960s as a vehicle for Philip
Glass’ new music. The image of the
group, an ensemble of keyboards and winds, became the iconic visual image for Philip Glass as a performer. The ensemble has consistently toured
the world including complete performances of the seminal Music in 12
Parts, and as the
‘orchestra’ for the most groundbreaking opera of the 20th Century,
Einstein on the Beach.
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I hope the iTunes in Canada will have this. They took almost one year to release the previous Monterey recording. Mentioning that it is a 2 CD set, I take it that OMM will release it as a wonderful, old fashioned, hold in your hands physical recording. Hopefully some fun pictures inside the booklet!
I attended that concert and I’ll never forget the bats flying over the stage while the PGE was playing!