Kepler

Album by Philip Glass

Kepler is a recording of Philip Glass’s opera about astronomer Johannes Kepler, with Dennis Russell Davies conducting the Bruckner Orchester Linz and the Chorus of the Landestheater Linz, and a libretto in German and Latin. Released by Orange Mountain Music, it explores themes of astronomy, science and faith in Glass’s minimalist style.
First released: 2011

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Kepler: Act 1: Prologue
    6:45
  2. 2.
    Kepler: Act 2: I: On Astrology
    9:01
  3. 3.
    Kepler: Act 1: I: Questions 1
    5:35
  4. 4.
    Kepler: Act 2: II: Gryphius 4: To the Stars
    10:34
  5. 5.
    Kepler: Act 2: III: Hypotheses
    9:54
  6. 6.
    Kepler: Act 1: II: Polyeder
    8:36
  7. 7.
    Kepler: Act 2: IV: Gryphius 5: Tears of the Fatherland
    6:27
  8. 8.
    Kepler: Act 1: III: Genesis
    6:16
  9. 9.
    Kepler: Act 1: IV: Gryphius 1: Upon the Night
    9:50
  10. 10.
    Kepler: Act 2: V: Emphemerides
    5:38
  11. 11.
    Kepler: Act 2: Epilogue
    6:09
  12. 12.
    Kepler: Act 1: V: Physica Coelestis
    7:24
  13. 13.
    Kepler: Act 1: VI: Gryphius 2
    8:29
  14. 14.
    Kepler: Act 1: VII: Questions 2
    6:52
  15. 15.
    Kepler: Act 1: VIII: Gryphius 3: Eyes. Optical Paradox
    6:26