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Philip Glass - Satyagraha / Davis, Goeke, Harster, Danninger |
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Though he has oriented himself primarily toward the theater, composer Philip Glass has been oddly underrepresented on video and DVD. This German account of his opera Satyagraha, which dramatizes Mahatma Gandhi's political struggles in South Africa, has certainly been long in coming. Recorded in 1983, the production showcases director Achim Freyer's style--a sort of postmodern cabaret--as much as it does Glass's extraordinary music. You will hear more of the work here than on the CBS/Sony Classical recording conducted by Christopher Keene who, though he had less room on the original LPs to fit all the notes, employed much more deliberate tempos. In any case, Dennis Russell Davies's leadership, as always with Glass, does him perfect justice; the performers are thrilling, especially during the climaxes and despite the strenuous demands of the score; and Freyer's direction, busy and overtly European in its symbolism, fascinates. Every Glass fan will want to own this DVD. --Robert Burns Neveldine
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