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Songs From Liquid Days became Philip Glass' most popular and successful recording. The title holds the clue to the music's accessibility: These are songs, providing a more familiar and comfortable format for appreciating the world of minimalism than Glass' operas or instrumental pieces. Working with such lyrical collaborators as David Byrne and Suzanne Vega, he created art music which sounds radio friendly. There is also great variety displayed on this album. While the musical backing is unmistakably Philip Glass, the arrangements and vocal treatments range from the coolly subdued chamber music of "Freezing," featuring the Kronos Quartet and Linda Ronstadt, to the appropriately electrifying and almost new wave-ish "Lightning." The album's highlight, however, is the opener, a ten-minute opus called "Changing Opinion." With unusually oblique lyrics courtesy of Paul Simon, it condenses the odd excitement and drama of a minimalist opera into a single, creative burst of melody, rhythm, and momentum. The minimalist composers originally wanted to reconnect Western art music with a broad, popular audience. On that basis, Songs From Liquid Days may be their single greatest achievement.
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Philip Glass, Composer - Michael Riesman, Piano - Michael Riesman, Performer - Bernard Fowler, Vocal - Bernard Fowler, Performer - Kurt Munkacsi, Producer - Michael Reisman, Conductor - Philip Glass Ensemble, Performer - Paul Dunkel, Performer - Paul Dunkel, Flute - Paul Simon, Lyricist
(P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment
Richard Peck, Alto Saxophone - Jack Kripl, Flute - Kurt Munkacsi, Producer - Philip Glass Ensemble, Performer - Suzanne Vega, Lyricist - Janice Pendarvis, Vocal - Janice Pendarvis, Performer - Jon Gibson, Soprano Saxophone - Michael Reisman, Conductor - Philip Glass, Composer
(P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment
Suzanne Vega, Lyricist - Kronos Quartet, Performer - Philip Glass, Composer - Kurt Munkacsi, Producer - Michael Reisman, Conductor - Philip Glass Ensemble, Performer - Linda Ronstadt, Vocal - Linda Ronstadt, Performer
(P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment
Philip Glass, Composer - Kurt Munkacsi, Producer - David Byrne, Lyricist - Michael Reisman, Conductor - Philip Glass Ensemble, Performer - The Roches, Vocal
(P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment
Douglas Perry, Vocal - Philip Glass, Composer - Kurt Munkacsi, Producer - David Byrne, Lyricist - Michael Reisman, Conductor - Philip Glass Ensemble, Performer
(P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment
Kronos Quartet, Performer - Philip Glass, Composer - Kurt Munkacsi, Producer - Laurie Anderson, Lyricist - Michael Reisman, Conductor - Philip Glass Ensemble, Performer - Linda Ronstadt, Vocal - Linda Ronstadt, Performer - The Roches, Background Vocal
(P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Songs From Liquid Days became Philip Glass' most popular and successful recording. The title holds the clue to the music's accessibility: These are songs, providing a more familiar and comfortable format for appreciating the world of minimalism than Glass' operas or instrumental pieces. Working with such lyrical collaborators as David Byrne and Suzanne Vega, he created art music which sounds radio friendly. There is also great variety displayed on this album. While the musical backing is unmistakably Philip Glass, the arrangements and vocal treatments range from the coolly subdued chamber music of "Freezing," featuring the Kronos Quartet and Linda Ronstadt, to the appropriately electrifying and almost new wave-ish "Lightning." The album's highlight, however, is the opener, a ten-minute opus called "Changing Opinion." With unusually oblique lyrics courtesy of Paul Simon, it condenses the odd excitement and drama of a minimalist opera into a single, creative burst of melody, rhythm, and momentum. The minimalist composers originally wanted to reconnect Western art music with a broad, popular audience. On that basis, Songs From Liquid Days may be their single greatest achievement.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:46
- Main artists: Michael Riesman
- Composer: Philip Glass
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 1986 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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