$27.98 delivery March 14 - 27. Details

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

[{"displayPrice":"$16.94","priceAmount":16.94,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"16","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"94","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"wepK0PEaHwgoWFo9BHzB3MvrSGO8B%2F0Cp7Mdrk7d6tNnNyi4JKOiIYH9TMLmrrZE9ZAvyqOpwGahHvLRdS8mPu3j%2BB9Ja%2FBUGgLuseEZoB4d25KF3ijym4RPKA9l3N835cy8nyz1sAIGoGQwjtgpB%2B0TI3Uqf3%2B4NFB%2BSSJVZOXqflAFvYaflrEi%2BSahuYu1","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW"},{"displayPrice":"$15.99","priceAmount":15.99,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"15","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"99","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"DqdY1YIvt5T7dvKzHZrI9wI4kTgkLnNPHMM0osm%2FY6nXj%2Bw2vDfQzXUqjCuGetH%2FbO3ciiZ2NViiqqy%2FEXjmI8FtMJS82edqcBAGB6%2B7yoNLEIc1dx0oSxcgznz4r%2BtcnRJVZ9j8XyybOF49cDEbRwxUicHacG%2FTK%2FCfb%2FIfho6vfn%2BY76UBf7IvTB0Axqs%2F","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED"}]

$$16.94 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

Enhancements you chose aren't available for this seller. Details

${cardName} not available for the seller you chose

${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}.

Secure transaction

Ships from

Anybooks_Shop

Sold by

Anybooks_Shop

Returns

Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

Details

Ships from

Anybooks_Shop

Sold by

Anybooks_Shop

Returns

Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt. You may receive a partial or no refund on used, damaged or materially different returns.

Read full return policy

Providing great media since 1972. All used discs are inspected and guaranteed. Cases may show some wear. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

$3.99 delivery February 22 - 23. Details

Or fastest delivery February 15 - 21. Details

Select delivery location

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

$$16.94 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

Enhancements you chose aren't available for this seller. Details

${cardName} not available for the seller you chose

${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}.

Ships from and sold by Half Price Books Inc.

Other Sellers on Amazon

Added

Not added

$16.94
+ $32.98 shipping

Sold by: Amazing Stor

Have one to sell?

Sell on Amazon

Image Unavailable

Image not available for
Color:

Sorry, this item is not available in
Image not available
To view this video download Flash Player

Glass: Einstein on the Beach

Box Set

Philip Glass (Composer), Robert Wilson (Composer), Michael Riesman (Conductor), Format: Audio CD

67 ratings

$16.94

See all 6 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Audio CD, Box set, September 28, 1993

"Please retry"

$16.94

$15.95

Vinyl

"Please retry"

$69.97

—

$69.97

Audio, Cassette, September 28, 1993

"Please retry"

—

$99.00

$89.99

Frequently bought together

Total price:

To see our price, add these items to your cart.

One of these items ships sooner than the other.

Show details Hide details

Choose items to buy together.

by Philip Glass Audio CD
$16.94
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
Ships from and sold by Anybooks_Shop.
Get it Mar 14 - 27
by Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Reism An Audio CD
$21.42
Only 4 left in stock - order soon.
Sold by skyvo-direct-usa and ships from Amazon Fulfillment.
Get it as soon as Thursday, Feb 16

Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Reism An
94
Audio CD
17 offers from $16.36
Glass, Philip / Wilson, Robert
16
Vinyl
13 offers from $99.98
Helga Davis
144
DVD
10 offers from $30.52
Philip Glass
269
Audio CD
14 offers from $7.49
Metropolitan Opera
49
Audio CD
15 offers from $20.00
Philip Glass
102
Vinyl
18 offers from $29.04

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1	Knee 1 - Riesman/Beckenstein/Bielawa/Eaton/Norderval/Geissinger/Grib/Childs/Sutton
2	Train 1/Trial 1 - Beckenstein/Geissinger/Sterman/Gibson/Peck/Goldray/Riesman
3	Entrance - Philip Glass Ensemble/Michael Riesman
4	Mr Bojangles - Philip Glass Ensemble/Michael Riesman
5	All Men Are Equal - Gibson/Sterman/Peck/Fulkerson/Riesman/Beckenstein/Bielawa
6	Knee 2 - Gregory Fulkerson/Lucinda Childs/Sheryl Sutton

Disc: 2

1	Dance 1 - Bielawa/Gezairlian/Sterman/Gibson/Peck/Sterman
2	Night Train - Bielawa/Johnson/Gibson/Peck/Sterman/Riesman\Chor
3	Knee 3/Trial 2/Prison - Beckenstein/Bielawa/ Eaton/Norderval/Geissinger
4	Prematurely Air-Conditioned Supermarket - Riesman/Beckenstein/Bielawa/Eaton/Norderval/Childs/Sutton
5	Ensemble - Sterman/Gibson/Peck/Riesman
6	I Feel The Earth Move - Jon Gibson/Andrew Sterman/Lucinda Childs

Disc: 3

1	Dance 2 - Beckenstein/Fulkerson/Riesman/Beckenstein/Bielawa/Eaton/Norderval
2	Knee 4 - Fulkerson/Johnson/Koch/Lamp/Kensmoe/Purnhagen/Stewart
3	Building - Peck/Goldray/Riesman/Beckenstein/Bielawa/Eaton/Norderval/Geissinger/Grib
4	Bed: Cadenza - Philip Glass Ensemble/Michael Riesman
5	Bed: Prelude - Philip Glass Ensemble/Michael Riesman
6	Bed: Aria - Patricia Schuman/Michael Riesman
7	Spaceship - Norderval/Gibson/Peck/Sterman/Fulkerson/Riesman
8	Knee 5 - Fulkerson/Riesman/Beckenstein/Bielawa/Eaton/Norderval/Geissinger/Grib/Higby

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Although Einstein on the Beach is by definition an opera, Philip Glass's most famous work also transcends traditional music categories. Glass avoided all vestiges of plot in the piece and dug deep into his quiver of repetitions to create an artfully unnerving five hours of brilliance. The instrumental ensemble never exceeds five members, playing electric keyboards, saxophones, flutes, and a single violin. Furthermore, the music congregates around the upper registers, often darting through its loops at seemingly incredible paces. The chorus bears huge chops, creating a dense, if silkenly staccato, series of juts, and a powerful array of higher-register annunciations that ring with the aural power of leaping, blurring filaments. This 1993 version of Einstein truly supersedes its predecessors, stretching to around 190 minutes over three CDs. There is a strong current of postmodern collage throughout the piece, with rafts of pop culture references. But Einstein, after all, is indeed based loosely on Albert Einstein and ends with booming allusions to nuclear annihilation and mathematics. --Andrew Bartlett

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 5.25 x 1.25 inches; 6.92 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Nonesuch
SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ Nonesuch
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000005J28
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 3

Best Sellers Rank: #154,207 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #436 in Operettas (CDs & Vinyl)
- #493 in Techno (CDs & Vinyl)
- #17,020 in Classical (CDs & Vinyl)

Customer Reviews:
67 ratings

Customer reviews

4.4 out of 5

67 global ratings

5 star		71%
4 star		14%
3 star		4%
2 star		7%
1 star		4%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Alwin Boon

repeating magic

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 13, 2010

Verified Purchase

This title I bought in 1979 as a 4 LP-album, right after its original release. It is one of the milestones of modern music. Hypnotic, repeated phrases ("faaa-faaa-faaa-faaa; do-re-mi-la-ti-do/do-re-mi-la-ti-do;one-two-three-four-five-six/one-two-three-four-five-six/one-two-three-four-five-six..."), interchanged by beautiful, romantic melodies with a dominant role for the violin. Not as accessible als Glass' later recordings, but phenomenal in its groundbreaking combination of minimal music with pompousness and sweet melodies. And now released as a 4 CD-box for only $ 16,-! A must have for this special price, including a 38-page booklet. This original version is much tighter played an sung than its 1993 re-release. Don't miss to give a listen to the first 5 minutes of this work: the phenomenal intro with its suppressed tension, pregnant of all what will follow. But listen especially to what I think is absolutely the CLIMAX of the piece: the exhausting a capella sung "Knee Play 3"; after this you can relax while listening at the outro, the romantic "Knee Play 5" (women's chorus, vilon & electric organ). Relaxation might be wise, beacause it might take a while to land back on earth!
Alwin Boon, Netherlands

4 people found this helpful

Helpful

Herman Rosen HERMAN ROSEN

A BIT TOO MUCH MINIMILISM

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 4, 2021

Verified Purchase

I AM A BIG GLASS FAN...BUT "EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH" IS MINIMILISM ON STEROIDS
WITH LONG STRETCHES OF REPEATED NOTES (and I mean long long stretches)
GLASSE'S LATER WORKS ARE MUCH MORE LISTENABLE AND QUITE BEAUTIFUL
AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR EINSTEIN IN THE OPERA ...HE IS THERE SOMEWHERE
I THINK HIS GREATEST OPERA IS AKHENATON..A TRULY GREAT COMPOSER

Helpful

Joakim Zetterberg

1978 and 1993 recording unique in their own ways

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 21, 2013

Verified Purchase

I saw (experienced!) EotB at Los Angeles Opera in October, 2013, and have since bought both available recordings of which the 1993 recording is my personal favourite - presumably in part because it sounds much more like what I saw and liked. To my ears the original 1978 recording is too fast, the general sound and voices too sharp and cold, although I understand this is how the work sounded at the premiere and that there were revisions in sound (change of organ or something) for the 1992 revival. The newer recording has a much warmer sound all over and decent tempo which (though still quick) brings me into a calmer state of mind than the 1978. I've read comments about the solo voices being drowned out by the chorus in this recording, but that doesn't bother me. I don't really pay attention to the actual spoken lyrics, they simply merge with the whole ebb and flow of sounds. My two electrons.

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Francia

Great buy! Best Recording of E.O.T.B.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 22, 2017

Verified Purchase

The packaging was a bit worn but I was very satisfied with the music. Nothing was wrong; nothing scratched nor compromised: just the hypnotic 1993 recording of Einstein. The booklet enclosed in the box was very informative and analytical on the structure of Einstein, and offered very interesting information and photos.
The music quality of this recording is vastly superior compared to its counterparts. It's as close to the real thing as it gets. It's perfect

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

philbertk

Einstein On The Beach

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 10, 2015

Verified Purchase

Strange and slightly discordant. Complicated piece worthy of repeated study.

Helpful

M. Beal

A Master Composition

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 10, 2012

Verified Purchase

While Einstein on the Beach is a very long composition, it is well worth the time invested. This Philip Glass masterpiece builds from the very beginning until he wraps things up nicely at the end. He does incredible things with rhythm and repetition as each piece builds. He paints a sonic landscape as he goes that draws you in and leaves you wanting more, even after 3+ hours.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Moe Coffee

As warned the chorus is much louder than the featured performers

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 28, 2013

Verified Purchase

I have had the pleasure of hearing this on vinyl and the voices of the main performers are clear with the chorus in the background as expected.

It was highly disappointing that this version buries the interesting performances under the chorus. One of the main reasons for buying this on CD was to have a quality recording of similar stature but for some reason this mix has the purpose backwards highlighting the chorus at the expense of meaning.

Avoid this if you ever heard the first recording or would like to hear the lyrics and the solo performers.

Helpful

George Townshend

Great Product Great Service

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 2, 2014

Verified Purchase

Very nice product and great customer service. French merchant communicated well in English. French had a superior product. Very high quality and complete boxed set.

Helpful