{"product_id":"cd-philip-glass-5ths-bang-on-a-can","title":"CD: Philip Glass: 5ths - Bang on a Can","description":"\u003cp\u003eCantaloupe continues its recording series of the masterworks of the music of our time with this brilliant disc of two early classics by composer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e, performed by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBang on a Can All-Stars\u003c\/strong\u003e. Glass is arguably minimalism's most well-known and influential composer. Before film soundtracks, operas, and universal acclaim, there were these intense, rugged, and demanding early works for keyboard. In \u003cem\u003eMusic in Fifths\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTwo Pages\u003c\/em\u003e, Philip Glass's ideas are at their most basic, using only addition and subtraction of notes in simple scales to create epic and hypnotic musical forms. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bang on a Can All-Stars reconceive these works for their ground-breaking sound of clarinet, cello, bass, piano, marimba, and electric guitar. In the tradition of their award winning recording of Terry Riley's \u003cem\u003eIn C\u003c\/em\u003e (#1 CD of 2001 by both the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e), the musicality, passion, and focus of the All-Stars, plus the sparkling sound quality of the recording, catapult these classic works into the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusic in Fifths\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e(1969) is in \"closed form\" - a predetermined structure that ends when the accumulation of repetitions fill it out completely. Glass has always considered \u003cem\u003eMusic in Fifths\u003c\/em\u003e a sort of teasing homage to [legendary pedagogue Nadia] Boulanger; it is written entirely in parallel fifths, a cardinal sin in the traditional counterpoint his teacher so carefully instructed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo Pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was written in 1967 or 1968. In this study in the elongation and subsequent contraction of a simple musical line, Glass explored what he called his technique of \"additive process,\" derived from his work with Shankar, in its most skeletal manifestation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BANG ON A CAN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48973796737243,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/0341\/files\/boac5ths.jpg?v=1784039188","url":"https:\/\/shop.massmoca.org\/products\/cd-philip-glass-5ths-bang-on-a-can","provider":"MASS MoCA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}