Philip Glass

• 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL

Dancepieces, originally released in 1987, presents music that American composer Philip Glass created for two separate dance performances. The first half of the album accompanied the Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation in a show called “In the Upper Room,” and the second piece accompanied choreographer Jerome Robbins' “Glasspieces”. Glass writes the majority of his music for visual performances, most frequently dance and opera, and the presence of a visual twin to his music is evident throughout the selections from Dancepieces.

In discussing his technique for writing music to accompany dance, Glass has stated that melody, harmony and rhythm are key factors. Within the first seconds of each song on Dancepieces, the strength of Glass' strong rhythmic sense can clearly be heard.

PERSONNEL:

• Paul Dunkel - flute
• Jack Kripl - piccolo flute
• Robert Carlisle, Joseph Anderer, Sharon Moe - french horn
• Emu Lator - percurssion
• Michael Riesman - piano. synthesizer
• Jack Kripl, Jon Gibson, Richard Peck - soprano sax
• Richard Peck - tenor sax
• Alan Raph, Robert Smith, Dennis Elliot - trombone
• William Rohdin, William Rueckenwald, Wilmer Wise - trumpet
• Al Brown, Harold Colleta, Julian Barber, Linda Moss, Lois Martin, Maureen Gallagher, Sol Greitzer, Anahid Ajemian, Carol Pool, Elliot Rosoff, Mayuki Fukuhara, Sanford Allen - violin
• Jill Jaffe - viola
• Dora Ohrenstein - vocals

TRACKS:

• SIDE A: IN THE UPPER ROOM
• 01. Dance I
• 02. Dance II
• 03. Dance V
• 04. Dance VIII
• 05. Dance IX

• SIDE B: GLASSWORKS
• 01. Rubric
• 02. Facades
• 03. Funeral