The Orphée Suite

Album by Philip Glass & Paul Barnes

A concert suite distilled from Philip Glass’s opera Orphée, this album condenses the stage work into a self-contained narrative. In Glass’s minimalist style, it explores Cocteau-inspired themes of myth, the afterlife, mirrors, and transformation.
First released: 2003

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Orphée Suite: I. The Cafe
    4:33
  2. 2.
    Orphée Suite: II. Orphée's Bedroom
    1:41
  3. 3.
    Orphée Suite: III. Journey to the Underworld
    3:30
  4. 4.
    Orphée Suite: IV. Orphée and the Princess
    4:39
  5. 5.
    Orphée Suite: V. Return to Orphée's House
    2:48
  6. 6.
    Orphée Suite: VI. Orphée's Return
    7:49
  7. 7.
    Orphée Suite: VII. Orphée's Bedroom - Reprise
    3:59
  8. 8.
    Trilogy Sonata: I. Knee Play no. 4 from Einstein on the Beach
    6:11
  9. 9.
    Trilogy Sonata: II. Act III Conclusion from Satyagraha
    7:26
  10. 10.
    Trilogy Sonata: III. Dance from Act II Scene III of Akhnaten
    5:13
  11. 11.
    Epilogue from Monsters of Grace
    3:28

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