Einstein on the beach

Author

Philip Glass

Call Number

• COMPACT DISC CLASSICAL (CEN)

Languages

Sung in English.

Performers

Philip Glass Ensemble ; Michael Riesman, conductor.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Nonesuch, p2012.

Physical Description

3 sound discs (201 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([112] p. : ill., music ; 12 cm.)

Notes

Opera in 4 acts; music and lyrics by Philip Glass; design and direction by Robert Wilson.

Compact discs.

Notes by the composer in English and Tim Page in English, French, and German, libretto, and full credits included.

Contents

• Disc 1: Knee 1 (8:04)
• Train 1 (21:25)
• Trial 1: Entrance (5:42) - "Mr. Bojangles" (16:29) - "All men are equal" (4:30)
• Knee 2 (6:07).

• Disc 2: Dance 1 (15:53)
• Night train (20:09)
• Knee 2 (6:30) --Trial 2/Prison: "Prematurely air conditioned supermarket" (12:17) - Ensemble (6:38) - "I feel the earth move" (4:08).

• Disc 3: Dance 2 (19:58)
• Knee 4 (7:05)
• Building (10:21)
• Bed: Cadenza (1:53) - Prelude (4:23) - Aria (8:12)
• Spaceship (12:51)
• Knee 5 (8:04).