An excerpt from Philip Glass' minimalist opera masterpiece, Einstein on the Beach. Awesome stuff. The CD version doesn't contain the entire opera, just what could fit onto the restrictions of the format. I'd love to see this live some day. Now that the Canadian Opera Company has plans to put on Nixon in China, could Glass be next?
Read more about this kind of music at Alex Ross' site for his book The Rest is Noise. The book is a must read for all music fans, not just those looking to survey classical music.
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