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Philip Glass Discography

[Philip Glass] [Collecting]

1977 North Star CD Virgin 91013-2  
1979 Einstein On The Beach 4CD CBS Masterworks M4K 38875 Opera (This exists in three forms: the 4 LP boxed set, the 4 CD CBS Masterworks release, and the same thing but on the Sony label. I have both the CD sets and the only difference between them is label name. I have read reports that the Sony version doesn't contain a booklet but comes in a cardboard box, but that wasn't my experience.)
1982 Glassworks CD CBS Masterworks MK 73640  
1983 Koyaanisqatsi CD Island 814 042-2 Soundtrack
1983 The Photographer CD CBS Masterworks MK 73684  
1984 The Official Music Of The XXIII Olympiad LP   Contains one Glass track - "The Olympian - The Lighting Of The Torch". Easily found on eBay and converted to audio cd.
1985 Satyagraha 3CD CBS Masterworks M3K 39672 Opera
1985 Mishima CD Elektra Nonesuch 979 113-2 Soundtrack
1986 Songs From Liquid Days CD CBS Masterworks MK 39564 Lyrics by Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, David Byrne and Laurie Anderson, vocals with Linda Ronstadt, The Roches with Kronos Quartet
1987 Dancepieces CD CBS MK 39539  
1987 Akhnaten 2CD CBS Masterworks M2K 42457 Opera. Comes in small box with libretto
1988 Powaqqatsi CD Elektra Nonesuch 979 192-2 Soundtrack
1988 Glassmasters 3 CD Compilation set
1988 Dance Nos 1-5 2CD CBS M2K 44765  
1988 Music In 12 Parts 4CD Virgin 802 768 995 Comes in a large LP shaped box set, with 4 CDs mounted inside, plus minimal booklet. US release appears to be a 3 CD set, with one of the parts broken in two.
1988 Mato Grosso, The Lake CD Single Sony Classical SAMP495 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Conducted by Robert Shaw
1988 Itaipu/The Canyon CD Sony Classical SK 46352 Soundtrack. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Conducted by Robert Shaw
1989 The Thin Blue Line CD Elektra Nonesuch 979209-2 Soundtrack
1989 1000 Airplanes On The Roof CD Virgin 91065-2 Soundtrack
1989 Songs From The Trilogy CD CBS MK45580 Excerpts from the 3 operas
1989 Solo Piano CD CBS MK 45576  
1990 Passages CD Private Music 260 947 With Ravi Shankar
1992 Music From The Screens CD Point Music 432 966-2 With Foday Musa Suso. Soundtrack to play by Jean Genet
1992 "Low" Symphony CD Point Music 438 150-2  
1993 The Essential Philip Glass CD Sony Masterworks SK 64133 Compilation
1993 Philip Glass introduced by Philip Glass CD Elektra Nonesuch PRCD 8850 For promotional use only. Not for sale. Intro CD released when Glass moved to Elektra Nonesuch. It contains excerpts from new Einstein On The Beach, Hydrogen Jukebox, Anima Mundi, Music With Changing Parts, Music In Similar Motion, Music In Twelve Parts, plus lots of spoken word by Glass. It starts the pattern of CDs with sepia toned covers, with photos of Glass prominent.
1993 Hydrogen Jukebox CD Elektra Nonesuch 979 286-2  
1993 Anima Mundi CD Elektra Nonesuch 979 329-2 Soundtrack
1993 Einstein On The Beach 3CD Elektra Nonesuch 979 323-2 New recording
1993 Music In Twelve Parts 3CD Elektra Nonesuch 979 324-2 New recording
1993 Music With Changing Parts (1973) CD Elektra Nonesuch 979 325-2  
1993 Glass Organ Works CD Catalyst 09026618252  
1994 Two Pages (1968) / Contrary Motion (1969) / Music In Fifths (1969) / Music In Similar Motion (1969) CD Elektra Nonesuch 979 326-2  
1995 La Belle et la Bete 2 CD Elektra Nonesuch 979 347-2 New soundtrack to the black and white film
1996 "Heroes" Symphony CD Music based on David Bowie's Heroes LP
1996 The Secret Agent CD New soundtrack to the black and white film of Joseph Conrad's book The Secret Agent
1997 Kundun CD Soundtrack to the film Martin Scorsese film Kundun, about the Dalai Lama
1998 Koyaanisqatsi CD   This is a re-release of the original Koyanasqatsi soundtrack. It contains a half hour of extra music.
1998 Koyaanisqatsi/Glass Jukebox 2 CD   Same as the re-release, but includes an extra CD called Glass Jukebox which contains samples from other Glass CDs.
1998 Symphony Number 2 CD   Contains Symphony Number 2, an Interlude from Orpheus, and Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
1998 Soundtrack to the film The Truman Show CD Milan/BMG 73138-35850-2 Only some tracks are by Glass. They are:
  • Dreaming of Fiji
  • Anthem - Part 2 (from Powaqqatsi)
  • The Beginning (from Anima Mundi)
  • Living Waters (from Anima Mundi)
  • Truman Sleeps
  • Raising the Sail
  • Opening (from Mishima)
1999 The Civil Wars: Act V: The Rome Section CD    
1999 Dracula CD   New soundtrack to the 1931 black and white film Dracula.
2000 Symphony No 3 CD   Contains Symphony Number 3, Interludes Numbers 1 & 2 from The Civil Wars, Mechanical Ballet from The Voyage, and The Light.
2000 Symphony No 5 2 CD   Ambitious packaging, with a box and multiple texts.
2001 Candyman CD   Contains the soundtracks to the two Candyman films.
2001 Philip On Film 5 CD   Five CD set containing much of the film music. Powaqqatsi, Koyaanisqqatsi and Dracula are there in full, iand there is one cd of excerpts from La Belle et la Bete. The last cd contains a mix of items from Anima Munid, Kundun, Mishima, The Secret Agent, Thin Blue Line, plus some new items - The Man In The Bath, Evidence, and Disapora.
2002 Naqoyqatsi CD   Soundtrack to the third film in the Qatsi series, after Koyaanisqqatsi and Powaqqatsi.

Other items, but I need more information

[Collecting]

The White Raven Opera
The Voyage Opera about Columbus & Stephen Hawking
Orphee Jean Cocteau film
A Brief History Of Time  
Piano Two  
In Good Company  
Platinum  
Strung Out For Amplified Violin  

Recorded with/by others

[Collecting]

1979 Mike Oldfield Platinum Philip Glass' North Star
1983 Ray Manzarek (ex-keyboards for the Doors) Carmina Burana by Carl Orff Produced by Philip Glass
1986 Kronos Quartet Sculthorpe,Sallinen,Glass,Nancarrow,Hendrix Philip Glass' Company
1989 Gyuto Monks Freedom Chants From The Roof Of The World The last track, #2 For Gaia was composed and performed by Philip Glass, Mickey Hart and Kitaro
1990 Warren-Green & London Chamber Orchestra Adams, Glass, Reich, Heath Philip Glass' Facades & Company
1992 Christopher Bowers-Broadbent Part, Maxwell, Davies, Glass Philip Glass' Satyagraha Act III: Conclusion, and Dance IV
1993 Duke Quartet Dvorak/Barber/Glass Philip Glass' String Quartet Number 1
1993 Alfred Schnittke Violin Concerto Glass' Concerto Gross No 5
1995 Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass String Quartets 2, 3, 4 and 5
1996 Allen Ginsberg The Ballad Of The Skeletons Background music performed by (among others) Phillip Glass and Paul McCartney
1999 Uakti Aquas Da Amazonia Group Uakti perform music written by Philip Glass. Each of the pieces is named after a river, except for Metamorphosis I at the end.
1999 Robert McDuffie Violin Concertos of John Adams and Philip Glass Glass' Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
2000 Crouch End Festival Chorus Songs From Liquid Days Contains Three Songs, and a new version of Songs from Liquid Days.
2000 Ute Lemper Punishing Kiss Contains one Glass track - Streets of Berlin.

You should also get the 1977 CD by David Bowie and Brian Eno called Low. Bowie and Eno had listened to some of Glass' music and had written the Low album with some musical aspects derived from Philip Glass. Fifteen years later, Glass wrote the "Low" Symphony based on the Low album which was based on his work. Neat cyclical feature that deserves a listen.