Philip Glass
Dance Nos. 1-5 (2LP)
LabelFM, CBSGenreExperimental
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The five movements of Dance, the 1979 three-way collaboration between Glass, the choreographer Lucinda Childs and the artist Sol LeWitt, who provided a black-and-white film projection that ran behind the dancers for several of the five sections. World premiere at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam on 19 October 1979; New York premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on 29 November 1979.
The 1988 release brings together recordings made over nearly a decade. Dances 1 and 3 were taped in 1979 at Greene Street Studios in New York and digitally remixed in 1986. Dances 2 and 4 were recorded and mixed in 1985 at The Living Room. Dance 5 was recorded in 1984 at Greene Street. Glass scored Dance for the Philip Glass Ensemble rather than full orchestra; the LP preserves that smaller-scale scoring.
Release notes
Dances Nos. 1 & 3 : Recorded at Greene St. Recording Studios, New York, 1979. Dances Nos. 2 & 4: Recorded and digitally mixed at The Living Room, Inc., New York, 1985. Dance No. 5: Recorded and digitally mixed at Greene St. Recording Studio, New York. 1984. Tracks C1 and C2 are shorter versions than those on the CD release. Runouts are etched.
| A1 | Dance No. 1 | 19:20 | |
| B1 | Dance No. 2 | 22:58 | |
| C1 | Dance No. 3 | 13:41 | |
| C2 | Dance No. 4 | 16:19 | |
| D1 | Dance No. 5 | 20:15 |
- Richard Peck
- Alto Saxophone (C1), Flute (A1), Tenor Saxophone (D1)
- Philip Glass
- Composed By, Organ (C2), Organ [Farfisa] (A1, C1)
- Michael Riesman
- Conductor, Keyboards (A1, C1, D1), Organ (B1)
- The Philip Glass Ensemble
- Featuring
- Jack Kripl
- Flute (A1, D1), Piccolo Flute (A1), Soprano Saxophone (C1)
- Jon Gibson
- Flute (A1, C1, D1), Soprano Saxophone (C1, D1)
- Kurt Munkacsi
- Producer
- Dora Ohrenstein
- Voice (D1)
- Iris Hiskey
- Voice (A1, C1)
