{"product_id":"philip-glass-glassworks-mov","title":"Philip Glass — Glassworks [Vinyl LP · 180g]","description":"\u003c!--StartFragment--\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePhilip Glass — Glassworks [Vinyl LP · 180g]\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl LP, Album Reissue, 180g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e MOVCL008\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8718469535149\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Classical \/ Minimalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Music On Vinyl Classical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1982\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThis Edition Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19 May 2014\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180g audiophile LP reissue on Music On Vinyl Classical, pressed at Record Industry in the Netherlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New \u0026amp; Sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlassworks\u003c\/em\u003e is the album that pulled Philip Glass out of the downtown New York loft-minimalism scene and onto the pop charts. Written and recorded in 1982 for CBS Masterworks, it was deliberately conceived as a \"Walkman album\" — an accessible introduction to Glass's language for the newly-portable cassette generation, and it did exactly that, becoming his commercial breakthrough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe six pieces stand on their own but flow as a set. The unaccompanied solo piano \u003cstrong\u003eOpening\u003c\/strong\u003e gives way to the interlocking soprano saxophones and flutes of \u003cstrong\u003eFloe\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eIslands\u003c\/strong\u003e sits somewhere between pulse and stillness; \u003cstrong\u003eRubric\u003c\/strong\u003e closes side one with one of Glass's most propulsive ostinato pieces. Side two opens on \u003cstrong\u003eFacades\u003c\/strong\u003e — soprano saxophones over string pulse, and arguably the best-known single piece in the Glass catalogue — before the closing \u003cstrong\u003eClosing\u003c\/strong\u003e returns to the opening piano theme in a near-mirror form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 180g LP reissue on Music On Vinyl Classical restores \u003cem\u003eGlassworks\u003c\/em\u003e to vinyl at audiophile weight, pressed at Record Industry in the Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpening\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFloe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIslands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRubric\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFacades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCredits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilip Glass — Composer, Keyboards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilip Glass Ensemble — Performers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichael Riesman — Music Director, Conductor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginally released on CBS Masterworks, 1982\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180g LP reissue on Music On Vinyl Classical (2014)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!--EndFragment--\u003e","brand":"Music On Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57800873607555,"sku":"MOVCL008","price":24.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/9757\/4275\/files\/MOVCL008-Mockup_Philip_Glass_Glassworks.webp?v=1776444678","url":"https:\/\/vikingrecords.co.uk\/products\/philip-glass-glassworks-mov","provider":"Viking Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}