Philip Glass - Monsters of Grace
by: Philip Glass
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Customer Reviews
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Rating: 
- Not my favorite
I'm a fan of Philip Glass and have several different pieces of his that I enjoy. I bought the MP3 album based on the good reviews here and listening to the samples available online. I was hoping for something similar to Songs From Liquid Days, but this is a much sparser arrangement. There aren't the same sound textures as in his other work. The object, I guess, is to present these poems, but since they aren't really lyrics, it is more like they are spoken in a singer's voice, kind of like a cantor ... Read More
Rating: 
- One of my favorites
I bought this CD on a whim when I bought David Byrne's Knee Plays. However, who could resist a Glass of Rumi? I would love to see the Robert Wilson it goes with, but I dearly love the music and the words.
"Don't go back to sleep..."
Rating: - Beautiful
The first track, "Where Everything is Music", is worth the price of the album, even if the rest of the songs isn't fully up to the same standard, I think overall the album is one of Philip Glass' best song collections. As five-star as five stars get in my book. I used to only like Philip Glass' instrumental music, but albums like this one are changing my opinion. The combination of the music and the voices is stunning. Stereo Gram is another great track.
Rating: 
- Glass amongst the monsters!
As a long-time fan and admirer of Philip Glass this work has great moments and ordinary moments. The music, for the most part, stands on its own. It is tough to judge as it is part of a multi-media work featuring animated motion pictures to accompany the voices and instruments.The vocal performers also move as part of the presentation so it is much like listening to a soundtrack, you only get part of the picture. Still, the blending of voices and instruments in Philip Glass's wonderful, flowing compositions ... Read More
Rating: - "Don't go back to sleep...." One of Glass' best works
I am stunned and delighted.After ten years of waiting I googled for this work and finally find it on Amazon.YES! I was also fortunate to attend one of the UCLA performances and what I've never forgotten was this music. The high-concept for the production was to allow startling 3D images and sublime music to clash in the minds of the audience and let them (us) make our own meaning out of it all. Wilson's ideas were great, but the 3D rendering technology wasn't up to his ambition, many of the moving 3D images ... Read More
- Not my favoriteI'm a fan of Philip Glass and have several different pieces of his that I enjoy. I bought the MP3 album based on the good reviews here and listening to the samples available online. I was hoping for something similar to Songs From Liquid Days, but this is a much sparser arrangement. There aren't the same sound textures as in his other work. The object, I guess, is to present these poems, but since they aren't really lyrics, it is more like they are spoken in a singer's voice, kind of like a cantor ... Read More
- One of my favoritesI bought this CD on a whim when I bought David Byrne's Knee Plays. However, who could resist a Glass of Rumi? I would love to see the Robert Wilson it goes with, but I dearly love the music and the words.
"Don't go back to sleep..."
- BeautifulThe first track, "Where Everything is Music", is worth the price of the album, even if the rest of the songs isn't fully up to the same standard, I think overall the album is one of Philip Glass' best song collections. As five-star as five stars get in my book. I used to only like Philip Glass' instrumental music, but albums like this one are changing my opinion. The combination of the music and the voices is stunning. Stereo Gram is another great track.
- Glass amongst the monsters!As a long-time fan and admirer of Philip Glass this work has great moments and ordinary moments. The music, for the most part, stands on its own. It is tough to judge as it is part of a multi-media work featuring animated motion pictures to accompany the voices and instruments.The vocal performers also move as part of the presentation so it is much like listening to a soundtrack, you only get part of the picture. Still, the blending of voices and instruments in Philip Glass's wonderful, flowing compositions ... Read More
- "Don't go back to sleep...." One of Glass' best worksI am stunned and delighted.After ten years of waiting I googled for this work and finally find it on Amazon.YES! I was also fortunate to attend one of the UCLA performances and what I've never forgotten was this music. The high-concept for the production was to allow startling 3D images and sublime music to clash in the minds of the audience and let them (us) make our own meaning out of it all. Wilson's ideas were great, but the 3D rendering technology wasn't up to his ambition, many of the moving 3D images ... Read More
