Music from the Screens

Jerry Grossman (Performer), Allen Blustine (Performer), Philip Glass (Composer), Martin Goldray (Conductor), Michael Parloff (Performer), Rex Benincasa (Performer), Benjamin Hudson (Performer), Foday Musa Suso (Composer)

Product Details

• Performer: Jerry Grossman, Allen Blustine, Michael Parloff, Rex Benincasa, Benjamin Hudson
• Conductor: Martin Goldray
• Composer: Philip Glass, Foday Musa Suso
• Audio CD (March 10, 1992)
• SPARS Code: A-D
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B0000040UP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #58,144 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Glass on a vacation from glass, May 18, 2002

By	"hirofantv" (tomorrow) - See all my reviews

Foday Musa Suso, esteemed African composer, had a great role in co-composing this music. What he & Glass did was literally work on each line of music together, writing a note or a few notes before the other had his turn at it. The result is something they were both very pleased with & which neither could have composed on his own. The work is brimming with Glass's repeated figures, but it's not music you might expect from him. Exotic, dry, often ethereal, it'll coat your dreams at night with a fine white sand.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars it's simply beautiful..., September 1, 1999

By A Customer

Well, I simply love Philip Glass' music and I think 'The Screens' is one of the most beautiful pieces he ever composed. It was composed as incidental music for a Jean Genet play and has french feel to it (the style is quite similar to the style of his String Quartet No.5, La Belle et la Bete and the Saxophone Quartet Concerto) - and it's very lyrical. Apart from that I liked the contrast between Suso's and Glass' music a lot. The 'France' pieces and 'Night on the Balcony' are especially ravishing beautiful.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't come together quite as well, August 24, 2000

By	macfawlty "macfawlty" (potomac, MD USA) - See all my reviews

I enjoy every one of my 15 or so PG cds, but this one didn't quite come together as well as I would have expected. There seems to be a separation between the different styles. Perhaps I just need to give it another chance. I do prefer, however the Kundun sdtk, Dracula, Koyaanisquattsi and Akhenaten first. Heroes is cool too.