Dancepieces

by Philip Glass / The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: CBS
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:36
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Compiling instrumental works composed specifically for choreographers Twyla Tharp and Jerome Robbins, this collection highlights the composer's rhythmic fluidity. 'Dancepieces' relies heavily on the signature arpeggiated synthesizers and woodwinds of the ensemble under Michael Riesman's direction. The recording perfectly distills mesmerizing, repetitive structures into dynamic movements designed for stage performance.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, minimal, ambient, spacious, long-form

Tracklist

  1. In the Upper Room: Dance I (1:10)
  2. In the Upper Room: Dance II (5:42)
  3. In the Upper Room: Dance V (3:20)
  4. In the Upper Room: Dance VIII (4:57)
  5. In the Upper Room: Dance IX (8:09)
  6. Glasspieces: Glasspiece No. 1 ("Rubric" from Glassworks) (6:02)
  7. Glasspieces: Glasspiece No. 2 ("Facades" from Glassworks) (7:20)
  8. Glasspieces: Glasspiece No. 3 ("Funeral" from Akhnaten) (8:52)

Credits

  • Philip Glass - primary artist, arranged by, composed by
  • John Beal - bass
  • Fred Zlotkin - cello
  • Jonathan Abramowitz - cello
  • Seymour Barab - cello
  • Jerome Robbins - choreography
  • Twyla Tharp - choreography
  • Jerry Kirkbride - clarinet

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