1000 airplanes on the roof / music composed by Philip Glass.

Composer
Glass, Philip [Browse]
Format
Audio
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Beverly Hills, CA : Virgin Records, [1989]
  • ℗ 1989 © 1989
Description
1 audio disc (54:11) ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Subject(s)
    Librettist
    Production designer
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    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Medium/​Support
    4 3/4 in.
    Summary note
    The main character named "M" recalls encounters with extra-terrestrial life forms, including their message, "It is better to forget, it is pointless to remember. No one will believe you. You will have spoken a heresy. You will be outcast."
    Notes
    • Virgin: 2-91065 (on container: 7 91065-2).
    • "A science fiction music drama"--container; libretto by David Henry Hwang & Jerome Sirlin.
    • Compact disc.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Winds, brass and vocals conducted by Michael Riesman.
    Time and place of event
    Recorded and mixed at the Living Room, New York City.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Martin Goldray, keyboards ; Jack Kripl, Jon Gibson, saxophones, flutes, wind synthesizers ; Richard Peck, saxophones ; Linda Rondstadt, vocals (wordless) ; Martin Goldray, Michael Riesman, conductors.
    Contents
    • 1000 airplanes on the roof
    • City walk
    • Girlfriend
    • My building disappeared
    • Screens of memory
    • What time is grey
    • Labyrinth --Return to the hive
    • Three truths
    • The encounter
    • Grey cloud over New York
    • Where have you been asked the doctor
    • A normal man running.
    Other title(s)
    • One thousand airplanes on the roof
    • Thousand airplanes on the roof
    Publisher no.
    • 2-91065
    • 7 91065-2
    OCLC
    19617344
    Universal Product Code
    • 075679106520
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