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M usic for people who get sculpture (you know who you are). This music was originally conceived for a film on sculptor Mark Di Suvero, and later remixed and released as North Star. As one of Philip Glass' early works, the album helped introduce his idiosyncratic style to listeners (although I bought it based on the post-Einstein buzz). EMI. 2003.
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.
Personnel includes: Philip Glass (keyboards); Joan LaBarbara (vocals); Dickie Landry (flute, saxophone); Gene Rickard.
North Star Songs | 1. | Etoile Polaire (North St |
| 2. | Victor's Lament |
| 3. | River Run |
| 4. | Mon Pere, Mon Pere |
| 5. | Are Years What |
| 6. | Lady Day |
| 7. | Ange des Orages |
| 8. | Ave |
| 9. | Ik-Ook |
| 10. | Montage |
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