Philip Glass/Foday Musa Suso - Music from the Screens

Title: Music from the Screens Artist: Philip Glass/Foday Musa Suso Release Date: 1992 Re-Released On: 3/10/1992 Label: Point Duration: 48:51 UPCs: 028943296625, 028943296649 Genre: Classical Style: Minimalism Moods: Ambitious, Cerebral, Circular, Epic, Complex, Elegant, Restrained, Sophisticated, Uncompromising, Calm/Peaceful, Reserved Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. The Screens, incidental music~The Mad Cadi's Court
2. The Screens, incidental music~Leila Dies
3. The Screens, incidental music~Said and His Shadow Dance
4. The Screens, incidental music~Decorating the Dummies
5. The Screens, incidental music~Warda's Whorehouse
6. The Screens, incidental music~The French Lieutenant Dream
7. The Screens, incidental music~The Arab Women Lament
8. The Screens, incidental music~Land of the Dead
9. The Screens, incidental music~Ansatou
10. The Screens, incidental music~19th Century France
11. The Screens, incidental music~Said's Treason
12. The Screens, incidental music~The Orchard
13. The Screens, incidental music~The Village
14. The Screens, incidental music~Prison Song
15. The Screens, incidental music~Suso's Song
16. The Screens, incidental music~France
17. The Screens, incidental music~Night on the Balcony
18. The Screens, incidental music~North Africa

Year Type Label Catalog # 1992 CD Point 432966-2

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This collaboration between world composers Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso presents a unique body of work grounded in musical virtuosity in both Western and North African musical cultures. The opening strains of "The Mad Cadi's Court" burst with an aggressive violin double-stop punctuated by an Algerian lute playing North African rhythms and tonalities. Strikingly different from what listeners have heard from Philip Glass from this era. These Algerian folk traditions permeate the entire disc, with many pieces energetic and others more esoteric and soundtracky. Composed as music for a production of Jean Genet's play The Screens, set in Algeria, the music both highlights and compliments the play's drama with sounds native to the setting of the play. Very welcome and refreshing. ~ Mark W. B. Allender, All Music Guide

Name Credits Allen Blustine Clarinet Ben Hudson Violin Foday Musa Suso Performer, Composer Jerry Grossman Cello Kurt Munkasci Producer, Executive Producer Laura Fried Engineer Martin Goldray Director, Conductor, Keyboards Michael Parloff Flute, Piccolo Philip Glass Composer, Liner Notes, Performer Rex Benicasa Percussion