Passages_(Ravi_Shankar_and_Philip_Glass_album)

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Passages (Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass album)

1990 studio album by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass

Passages is a collaborative chamber music studio album co-composed by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass, released in 1990 through Private Music.[1] Consisting of arrangements by each of the composers around themes written by the other, the album's content is a hybrid of Hindustani classical music and Glass' distinct American minimal contemporary classical style.[2] The album reached a peak position of number three on Billboard's Top World Music Albums chart.

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Reception

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AllMusic's Jim Brenholts called the music "brilliant". Benholts wrote that Shankar's "smooth" style and Glass' dissonant orchestrations mixed well, and recommended Passages to fans of other minimalist composers such as John Cage, Steve Reich and Terry Riley.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Offering" (Philip Glass)– 9:47
  2. "Sadhanipa" (Ravi Shankar) – 8:37
  3. "Channels and Winds" (Philip Glass) – 8:00
  4. "Ragas in Minor Scale" (Ravi Shankar) – 7:37
  5. "Meetings Along the Edge" (Philip Glass) – 8:11
  6. "Prashanti" (Ravi Shankar) – 13:40

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[1]

Charts

In the United States, Passages reached a peak position of number three on Billboard's Top World Music Albums chart.[5]

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Brenholts, Jim. "Passages". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Passages – Philip Glass". Philipglass.com. 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  3. [3]
    Walls, Seth Colter (14 November 2016). "The Complete Sony Recordings - Review". Pitchfork Media. Condé Nast. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  4. [4]
    Cook, Richard (October 1990). "Ravi Shankar/Philip Grass: Passages". Select. No. 4. p. 115.
  5. [5]
    "Passages: Charts & Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
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