North Star

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:34:44
Personnel includes: Philip Glass (keyboards); Joan LaBarbara (vocals); Dickie Landry (flute, saxophone); Gene Rickard. Composer: John Scott . Personnel: Philip Glass (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, Farfisa, keyboards, synthesizer); Joan La Barbara (vocals, organ); Gene Rickard (vocals); Dickie Landry (flute, saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone). Audio Mixers: Philip Glass; Kurt Munkasci. Recording information: Big Apple Recording Studios, New York, NY; The Big Apple Recording Studios, New York City, NY. Arranger: Philip Glass. Released on Virgin in 1977, NORTH STAR is comprised of 10 short pieces originally composed for a documentary about the sculptor Mark Di Suervo, and represents composer Philip Glass's first foray into the rock world. The small group--Glass on keyboards, New Music vocalist Joan LaBarbara, Dicky Landy on reeds--is a reduced edition of the original reed-and-organ driven Philip Glass Ensemble, and is very characteristic of the hands-on '70s Soho art scene from which Glass and the other early minimalists emerged. But one listen to the soaring title track confirms that, despite the reduced forces, there is no diminution in the power or beauty of Glass's early music. This concise set is still a perfect introduction to Glass and authentic early minimalism, recorded just before he expanded (and softened) his sound in the '80s.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)