Philip Glass

Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective

Release date 2008

Tracklist

1
Contrary Motion
15:33
15:33
2
Music with Changing Parts (edited)
45:39
45:39
3
Music in Similar Motion
17:11
17:11
4
Music in Twelve Parts: VII
19:57
19:57
5
Music in Twelve Parts: VIII
18:17
18:17
6
Music in Twelve Parts: IX
12:14
12:14
7
Music in Twelve Parts: X
17:11
17:11
8
Einstein on the Beach: Knee 1
8:04
8:04
9
Einstein on the Beach: Train 1 (edited)
13:45
13:45
10
Einstein on the Beach: Knee 2
6:08
6:08
11
Einstein on the Beach: Knee 3
6:29
6:29
12
Einstein on the Beach: Trial 2 / Prison: Prematurely Air-Conditioned Supermarket
12:20
12:20
13
Einstein on the Beach: Knee 4
7:06
7:06
14
Einstein on the Beach: Bed: Prelude
4:23
4:23
15
Einstein on the Beach: Spaceship
12:51
12:51
16
Einstein on the Beach: Knee 5
8:04
8:04
17
Glassworks: I. Opening
6:12
6:12
18
Glassworks: V. Façades
7:17
7:17
19
Glassworks: II. Floe
8:44
8:44
20
Glassworks: VI. Closing
5:16
5:16
21
Étoile Polaire
2:38
2:38
22
River Run
1:53
1:53
23
Lady Day (From Étoile Polaire)
4:03
4:03
24
Ange Des Orages (From Étoile Polaire)
3:47
3:47
25
Ave (From Étoile Polaire)
4:46
4:46
26
Montage (From Étoile Polaire)
2:28
2:28
27
Part IV (From Dressed Like an Egg)
3:12
3:12
28
Part V (From Dressed Like an Egg)
1:35
1:35
29
Mad Rush for organ
16:13
16:13
30
Satyagraha: Act I, Scene 1. The Kuru Field of Justice
18:46
18:46
31
Satyagraha: Act I, Scene 2. Tolstoy Farm (1910)
11:03
11:03
32
Satyagraha: Act II, Scene 1. Confrontation and Rescue (1896)
14:45
14:45
33
Satyagraha: Act II, Scene 3. Protest (1908)
15:16
15:16
34
Satyagraha: Act III. Newcastle March (1913), Part 3: Evening Song
8:22
8:22
35
Koyaanisqatsi
3:25
3:25
36
Organic
7:46
7:46
37
Cloudscape
4:32
4:32
38
Resource
6:39
6:39
39
Vessels
8:02
8:02
40
The Grid
21:19
21:19
41
Powaqqatsi: Serra Pelada
5:04
5:04
42
Powaqqatsi: Train to São Paulo
3:05
3:05
43
Powaqqatsi: Video Dream
2:15
2:15
44
Powaqqatsi: New Cities in Ancient Lands, China
2:47
2:47
45
Powaqqatsi: New Cities in Ancient Lands, Africa
2:56
2:56
46
Powaqqatsi: New Cities in Ancient Lands, India
4:42
4:42
47
Powaqqatsi: Mr Suso #2 With Reflection
1:15
1:15
48
Powaqqatsi: Powaqqatsi
4:35
4:35
49
String Quartet no. 2 “Company”: I
2:11
2:11
50
String Quartet no. 2 “Company”: II
1:36
1:36
51
String Quartet no. 2 “Company”: III
1:32
1:32
52
String Quartet no. 2 “Company”: IV
2:07
2:07
53
Etude No. 2
4:52
4:52
54
Etude No. 9
3:35
3:35
55
String Quartet no. 5: I
1:10
1:10
56
String Quartet no. 5: II
2:59
2:59
57
String Quartet no. 5: III
5:28
5:28
58
String Quartet no. 5: IV
4:38
4:38
59
String Quartet no. 5: V
7:41
7:41
60
Etude No. 5
5:44
5:44
61
Etude No. 3
4:57
4:57
62
String Quartet no. 4 “Buczak”: I
7:57
7:57
63
String Quartet no. 4 “Buczak”: II
6:20
6:20
64
String Quartet no. 4 “Buczak”: III
8:41
8:41
65
The Civil warS: a tree is best measured when it is down, Act V "The Rome Section": Prologue
18:50
18:50
66
Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #3 from Iron Horse
2:53
2:53
67
Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #2 Jahweh and Allah Battle
3:39
3:39
68
Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #11 from The Green Automobile
6:03
6:03
69
Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #9 from Nagasaki Days (Numbers in Red Notebook)
0:40
0:40
70
Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #10 Aunt Rose
4:58
4:58
71
Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #6 from Wichta Vortex Sutra
7:47
7:47
72
Symphony no. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya": VII. Suffering (edited)
5:03
5:03
73
Akhnaten: Act I, Scene 1. Funeral of Amenhotep III
9:02
9:02
74
Akhnaten: Window of Appearances
4:24
4:24
75
Akhnaten: Act III, Scene 4. Epilogue
10:37
10:37
76
Symphony no. 3: Movement I
4:37
4:37
77
Symphony no. 3: Movement II
6:15
6:15
78
Symphony no. 3: Movement III
10:06
10:06
79
Symphony no. 3: Movement IV
3:28
3:28
80
Symphony no. 8: I
19:26
19:26
81
Symphony no. 8: II
12:18
12:18
82
Symphony no. 8: III
6:57
6:57
83
Mishima / Opening
2:46
2:46
84
Mishima: November 25: Morning
4:12
4:12
85
Mishima: Closing
2:59
2:59
86
The Secret Agent: The First Meridian
3:19
3:19
87
The Secret Agent: Secret Agent
4:51
4:51
88
Sand Mandala
4:05
4:05
89
Distraught
2:59
2:59
90
Lhasa at Night
1:59
1:59
91
Escape to India
10:07
10:07
92
Living Waters
3:52
3:52
93
Anima Mundi: The Witness
4:14
4:14
94
La Belle et la Bête: Overture
3:33
3:33
95
The Thin Blue Line: Houston Skyline
4:46
4:46
96
Dracula: Dracula
1:11
1:11
97
Dracula: The Storm
1:32
1:32
98
Dracula: Dr. Van Helsing and Dracula
2:26
2:26
99
The Fog of War: The War to End All Wars
1:46
1:46
100
Candyman: It Was Always You, Helen
3:11
3:11
101
Raising the Sail
2:16
2:16
102
The Poet Acts
3:42
3:42

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