Philip Glass

The Essential Philip Glass

Release date January 13, 2012

Tracklist

1
Lightning
6:47
6:47
2
Glassworks: Façades
7:23
7:23
3
The Photographer: Act I: A Gentleman's Honor (vocal)
3:18
3:18
4
Primacy of Number
6:52
6:52
5
Metamorphosis: Four
7:03
7:03
6
Open The Kingdom (Liquid Days, Part II)
7:02
7:02
7
In the Upper Room: Dance II
5:45
5:45
8
In the Upper Room: Dance VIII
5:01
5:01
9
Glassworks: Rubric
6:05
6:05
10
Changing Opinion
10:01
10:01
11
Opening
6:25
6:25
12
Glassworks: Floe
6:02
6:02
13
Akhnaten: Act I, Scene 1. Funeral of Amenhotep III
9:01
9:01
14
Point Blank
11:17
11:17
15
Wichita Vortex Sutra
6:54
6:54
16
Forgetting
8:09
8:09
17
In the Upper Room: Dance IX
8:11
8:11
18
Itaipu: III. The Dam
11:49
11:49
19
Definition
2:50
2:50
20
Protest from Satyagraha
4:21
4:21
21
Evening Song
4:11
4:11
22
Hymn To The Sun from Akhnaten
6:17
6:17
23
Trial / Prison From Einstein On The Beach
2:51
2:51
24
Akhnaten & Nefertiti
4:16
4:16
25
Satyagraha Act I, Scene I: Kuru Field of Justice
6:08
6:08
26
Knee 1 from Einstein on the Beach
3:33
3:33
27
Tolstoy Farm from Satyagraha
4:58
4:58
28
Akhnaten: Window of Appearances
4:24
4:24
29
Bed From Einstein On The Beach
3:42
3:42
30
Epilogue From Akhnaten
4:22
4:22
31
Knee 5 from Einstein on the Beach
5:11
5:11

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Philip Glass will be next performing at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts on Saturday 12 September 2026, and is scheduled to play 15 concerts across 3 countries in 2026 - 2027.

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