Glassworks
by Philip Glass
- Type: Album
- Released: 1982
- Label: CBS
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:27:58
- Community rating: 4.21/5 from 10 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Conceived as a deliberate effort to introduce his minimalist compositions to a broader public, 'Glassworks' features six shorter, more accessible chamber music pieces tailored for studio recording and personal cassette players. The work builds upon Glass's signature style of repetitive structures and additive processes, utilizing layered timbres of winds, synthesizers, and keyboards to create a soundscape that alternates between tranquil, piano-led passages and rhythmically complex, frenetic ensemble sections. This successful fusion of contemporary classical and pop-oriented sensibilities brought Glass widespread recognition and became one of his best-selling albums.
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Tracklist
Credits
- Philip Glass - composed by, arranged by, producer, electric organ
- Michael Riesman - conductor, piano, electric organ, synthesizer [bass synthesizer], engineer
- Jack Kripl - piccolo flute, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Jon Gibson - soprano saxophone
- Richard Peck - tenor saxophone
- Sharon Moe - french horn
- Larry Wechsler - french horn
- Linda Moss - violas
- Lois Martin - violas
- Julian Barber - violas
- Al Brown - viola
- Maureen Gallagher - violas
- Seymour Barab - cellos, cello
- John Abramowitz - cellos, cello
- Fred Zlotkin - cellos, cello
- Kurt Munkacsi - producer, engineer
- Richard Einhorn - a&r coordinator
- Henrietta Condak - artwork [cover], cover, design [cover design]
- John Paul Endress - photography, photography [cover photo]