Album · 1996
Music in Twelve Parts
by Philip Glass
Music in Twelve Parts is a 1996 classical album by Philip Glass. It runs 13 tracks across 206 minutes.
Classical · Contemporary Classical
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- 13
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- 206 min
- Runtime
- 133 bpm
- Tempo
- A major
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13 tracks · 206 min
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This master release contains the second recording of this work, recorded between March and June 1993 in New York City. Philip Glass: Music in Twelve Parts occupies a special place in his enormous catalog; Glass himself has variously stated that it was a breakthrough for him, and, for him, "the end of minimalism." It is a four-hour-long work divided in 12 movements and rendered in a twelve-part texture, here performed by three woodwinds, three keyboards, and the singing voice of Lisa Bielawa. Although recorded for Nonesuch in 1993 with a configuration of the Philip Glass Ensemble quite similar to this one, the Orange Mountain Music release of Philip Glass: Music in Twelve Parts stems from a live concert given in Rovereto, Italy, in 2006; the performance is so tight and disciplined that it almost sounds synthesized and even edited; the starts of movements are abrupt and exactly together. Performing the piece is kind of like running a marathon, and for a musician to be considered a part of the Philip Glass Ensemble one is expected to take part in a performance of Music in Twelve Parts.
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This is somewhat analogous to the Norwegian fisherman's ritual of biting the head off a herring, except that instead of the short discomfort this is a long haul of counting and making one's way through a dense texture; instead of the bitter taste of the raw fish this an elegant and endlessly beautiful traversal through layer upon layer of gorgeous sonic dimensions. -Review by Uncle Dave Lewis
In brief
- When was Music in Twelve Parts released?
- Music in Twelve Parts was released in 1996.
- How many tracks are on Music in Twelve Parts?
- Music in Twelve Parts has 13 tracks, with a runtime of 206 minutes.
- What genre is Music in Twelve Parts?
- Music in Twelve Parts is catalogued under Classical, Contemporary Classical.
- What BPM is Music in Twelve Parts?
- Music in Twelve Parts runs at a median tempo of 133 BPM across its tracks, most often in A major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Music in Twelve Parts?
- Listeners of Music in Twelve Parts also rate Una mattina by Ludovico Einaudi, Summa by Arvo Pärt, The Blue Notebooks by Max Richter.
Music in Twelve Parts at a glance
- Label
- Virgin Records
- Written by
- Philip Glass
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