Name: Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso: The Screens
Brand: Point Music
SKU: 149212
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Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso

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

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

Performer Notes

Composers: Foday Musa Suso; Philip Glass.
Personnel: Ben Hudson (violin); Jerry Grossman (cello); Michael Parloff (flute, piccolo); Allen Blustine (clarinet); Martin Goldray (keyboards); Rex Benicasa (percussion).
Liner Note Author: Philip Glass.
Recording information: 1992.
Director: Martin Goldray.
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