Glass, P: The Passion of Ramakrishna

dealing with Ramakrishna obliged Glass to look beyond his customary box of melodic and harmonic get-out-of-jail-free cards...musically Glass restricts himself to uncomplicated speech contours,... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2013 More…

Release Date: 15th Oct 2012
Catalogue No: OMM0080
Label: Orange Mountain

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Christopheren Numura, Janice Chandler Eteme, Kevin Deas, I Chin Feinblatt, Nicholas Preston
Pacific Chorale & Pacific Symphony
Carl St Clair

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Orange Mountain Music presents the world premiere recording of Philip Glass’ The Passion of Ramakrishna. Originally commissioned by the Pacific Symphony and premiered in 2006, this large scale 45 minute oratorio is a passion play and a tribute to the 19th century Indian spiritual leader, Sri Ramakrishna. The work portrays his death with the chorus taking up the voice of Ramarkrishna himself; the soloists are the voices of his loved ones. The forces on this recording are led by Glass champion maestro, Carl St. Clair, along with the Pacific Symphony, soloists and the voices of the Pacific Chorale under the direction of John Alexander.

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May 2013

dealing with Ramakrishna obliged Glass to look beyond his customary box of melodic and harmonic get-out-of-jail-free cards...musically Glass restricts himself to uncomplicated speech contours, melismatic decoration notable by its absence...His most thoughtful and inventive recent piece.

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