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Philip Glass's work spans opera, film score, solo piano, string quartets, symphonies, chamber ensembles and collaborations with artists from David Bowie to Twyla Tharp — and this limited set picks the through-line from that enormous catalogue across four LPs of carefully chosen material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe curated programme moves through the early minimalist cycling of \u003cstrong\u003eGlassworks\u003c\/strong\u003e (Opening, Floe, Facades, Rubric), the \u003cstrong\u003eAkhnaten\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eEinstein On The Beach\u003c\/strong\u003e opera extracts, selections from the \u003cstrong\u003eNaqoyqatsi\u003c\/strong\u003e score, the \u003cstrong\u003eSatyagraha\u003c\/strong\u003e opera, the \u003cstrong\u003eSongs From Liquid Days\u003c\/strong\u003e song cycle, \u003cstrong\u003eIn The Upper Room\u003c\/strong\u003e dances, Philip Glass's solo piano \u003cstrong\u003eMetamorphosis IV\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the \u003cstrong\u003eWichita Vortex Sutra\u003c\/strong\u003e Ginsberg setting. It's an unusually considered distillation of Glass's range — less greatest-hits, more a guided path through the catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis limited numbered edition — 1,500 copies worldwide — is pressed on coloured vinyl and housed in a deluxe heavyweight 10mm slipcase with a 4-page booklet. 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