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Contrary Motion

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On Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective

2008 · 34 tracks

01Contrary Motion15:33
01Glassworks: I. Opening6:12
01Einstein on the Beach: Knee 18:05
01Music in Twelve Parts: VII19:58
01Satyagraha: Act I, Scene 1. The Kuru Field of Justice18:46
02Glassworks: V. Façades7:18
02Music with Changing Parts (edited)45:39
02Music in Twelve Parts: VIII18:18
02Einstein on the Beach: Train 1 (edited)13:45
02Satyagraha: Act I, Scene 2. Tolstoy Farm (1910)11:03
03Music in Twelve Parts: IX12:14
03Einstein on the Beach: Knee 26:09
03Satyagraha: Act II, Scene 1. Confrontation and Rescue (1896)14:45
03Music in Similar Motion17:12
03Glassworks: II. Floe8:44
04Einstein on the Beach: Knee 36:30
04Music in Twelve Parts: X17:11
04Glassworks: VI. Closing5:17
04Satyagraha: Act II, Scene 3. Protest (1908)15:16
05Einstein on the Beach: Trial 2 / Prison: Prematurely Air-Conditioned Supermarket12:20
05Satyagraha: Act III. Newcastle March (1913), Part 3: Evening Song8:23
05Étoile Polaire2:39
06Einstein on the Beach: Knee 47:07
06River Run (From Étoile Polaire)1:54
07Lady Day (From Étoile Polaire)4:03
07Einstein on the Beach: Bed: Prelude4:23
08Einstein on the Beach: Spaceship12:51
08Ange Des Orages (From Étoile Polaire)3:48
09Einstein on the Beach: Knee 58:05
09Ave (From Étoile Polaire)4:46
10Montage (From Étoile Polaire)2:29
11Part IV (From Dressed Like an Egg)3:13
12Part V (From Dressed Like an Egg)1:35
13Mad Rush for organ16:14