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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0010058207429 Format: Import Label: Private Manufacturer: Private Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Private Release Date: June 26, 1990 Sales Rank: 8853 Studio: Private |
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Disc 1: Related Items:
- West Meets East: the Historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions
- Koyaanisqatsi
- A Morning Raga and An Evening Raga
- The Essential Philip Glass
- Solo Piano
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- Expect the unexpected!Unlike most of the other reviewers, I was not familiar with the music of Shankar or Glass before deciding to buy this album on the strength of the most cursory hearing of some of the tracks. Every now and again I just like to treat my ears to something different. And believe me, this is something very, very different. It is simply exciting music, beautifully played, which will grasp at your very soul.
Go on. Treat your ears. They deserve it!
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- Beautifully orchestrated - see Indian music in a new lightPhilip Glass is known for his monolithic minimalism, which I for one feel has been rather stale for some time. He apparently already studied with Shankar at the end of the sixties, when Shankar was at the height of international fame, what with the Beatles and everything.
It was a great idea to reunite the two as Shankar's influence adds a new lease of life to Glass's repetitions. The sleeve notes explain that for each piece one of the two composers came up with the themes which ... Read More
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- East meets WestI had some ideas of what this would sound like before I heard it, but when I heard it I realised I was completely wrong! I thought that it would be typical Philip Glass with some sitar and Indian scales and sounds. It is nothing of the sort.
Each track is not so much a collaboration as a joining of distinct parts. You can hear which parts are Glass and which parts are Shankar, but the glue that holds them together is the compositional genius of the two men. It does not just encompass India ... Read More
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- The best Philip Glass album you've never heard in your life!It took several years after first hearing a tape of this music before I managed to acquire a copy for myself (someone brought me the cassette back from India!!)It is simply excellent music, both easy and challenging at the same time. All the Glass compositions I have heard since (this was my introduction to his music) seem somewhat lame in comparison. Maybe this is due to Mr. Shankar's influence...who knows, I am not a fan of either gentlemen apart from this work. If you're, like me, a westener with ... Read More
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- Journey to the East...and back!This album at first glance brings together two of the most unlikely composers one could think of in a collaboration that crosses huge cultural differences but works exceptionally well.
Ravi Shankar, whose music has been known in the West for many years , is known for his work with Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison among others. His musical reputation goes far beyond his exemplary sitar playing in the traditional ragas and covers much classical Indian music also.
Philip Glass, mostly ... Read More
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