Philip Glass
Glassworks (LP)
FormatLPLabelCBSGenreExperimental
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The crossover record. After Einstein, Glass wanted to make a record that could be heard on a Walkman; CBS Masterworks issued a dedicated Glassworks Sony-format cassette with a separate mix optimised for headphones. Six tracks, none over seven minutes.
Opening is solo piano (Glass at the keyboard), the calling-card that turned up in soundtracks, ballet classes and television commercials. Floe and Rubric deploy the full Philip Glass Ensemble, with Jon Gibson and Richard Peck on woodwinds, Iris Hiskey and Dora Ohrenstein on voice. Islands anticipates the Mishima score. Facades uses the soprano-saxophone-and-strings setting Glass had originally written for Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi (cut from the film). Closing loops Opening back into itself for the full Ensemble. European pressing 73640, US issue FM 37265.
Release notes
Recorded at: Green Street Recording, Inc., New York, New York JVC Digital equipment supplied by: Digital by Dickinson, Bloomfield, New Jersey / All Music published by: Dunvagen Music (ASCAP) Thanks to: The Seattle Art Museum Godfrey Reggio © 1982 CBS Inc./℗ 1982 CBS Inc./"CBS" is a trademark of CBS Inc./ Printed in Holland (rear cover) Made in Holland (labels)
| A1 | Opening | 6:18 | |
| A2 | Floe | 5:32 | |
| A3 | Islands | 7:39 | |
| B1 | Rubric | 6:04 | |
| B2 | Facades | 7:19 | |
| B3 | Closing | 5:56 |
- Richard Einhorn
- A&R, Coordinator
- Fred Zlotkin
- Cello
- John Abramowitz
- Cello
- Seymour Barab
- Cello
- Philip Glass
- Composed By, Arranged By, Electric Organ, Producer
- Michael Riesman
- Conductor, Engineer, Piano, Synthesizer [Bass], Electric Organ
- Henrietta Condak
- Cover, Design
- Kurt Munkacsi
- Engineer, Producer
- Larry Wechsler
- French Horn
- Sharon Moe
- French Horn
- John Paul Endress
- Photography By [Cover photo]
- Jack Kripl
- Piccolo Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
- Jon Gibson
- Soprano Saxophone (A2, B1)
- Richard Peck
- Tenor Saxophone
- Al Brown
- Viola
- Julian Barber
- Viola
- Linda Moss
- Viola
- Lois Martin
- Viola
- Maureen Gallagher
- Viola
