Descrição
Akhnaten is the third in the composer Philip Glass' trilogy of operas about men who changed the world in which they lived through the power of their ideas. Akhnaten's subject is religion. Its title was derived from the Egyptian pharaoh Akhnaten, who was the first monotheist in recorded story. The opera describes the rise, reign, and fall of Akhnaten in a series of tableaus.
180 gram audiophile vinyl
Deluxe Lift-off Box Set
Includes 16-page libretto booklet
The third in Glass' thematically related Portrait Trilogy, along with Einstein On The Beach and Satyagraha
Only 1000 copies available
SIDE A
ACT I: YEAR 1 OF AKHNATEN'S REIGN. THEBES
1. PRELUDE: REFRAIN, VERSE 1, VERSE 2
2. PRELUDE: VERSE 3
3. SCENE 1: FUNERAL OF AMENHOTEP III
SIDE B
1. SCENE 2: THE CORONATION OF AKHNATEN
2. SCENE 3: THE WINDOW OF APPEARANCES
SIDE C
ACT II: YEAR 5 TO 15. THEBES AND AKHENATEN
1. SCENE 1: THE TEMPLE
2. SCENE 2: AKHNATEN & NEFERTITI
3. SCENE 3: THE CITY. DANCE (BEGINNING)
SIDE D
1. SCENE 3: THE CITY. DANCE (CONCLUSION)
2. SCENE 4: HYMN
SIDE E
ACT III: YEAR 17 AND THE PRESENT. AKHENATEN
1. SCENE 1: THE FAMILY
2. SCENE 2: ATTACK & FALL
SIDE F
1. SCENE 3: THE RUINS
2. SCENE 4: EPILOGUE
Artista
compositor e músico americano nascido em 31 de janeiro de 1937 em Baltimore, Maryland, EUA.
Foi casado com JoAnne Akalaitis de 1965 a 1980. Estudou música com William Bergsma, Vincent Pershichetti, Darius Milhaud e Nadia Boulanger. Em 1966 trabalhou com Ravi Shankar, que mudou sua perspectiva de composição. No outono de 1968, ele fundou o Philip Glass Ensemble para tocar sua música e em 1971 ele começou a produção de Chatham Square para lançar sua música.
Editora: Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc.
