Itaipu / The Canyon

Album by Philip Glass & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus & Robert Shaw

Itaipu / The Canyon pairs two Philip Glass orchestral works: Itaipu, for chorus and orchestra with Guarani text inspired by the Paraná River and the Itaipu hydroelectric dam, and The Canyon, a purely orchestral piece drawing on the landscape of the American south-west. It sits within contemporary classical minimalism and addresses themes of landscape and large-scale human engineering.
First released: 29th June 1993

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Itaipu: I. Mato Grosso
    11:41
  2. 2.
    Itaipu: II. The Lake
    10:02
  3. 3.
    Itaipu: III. The Dam
    11:47
  4. 4.
    Itaipu: IV. To the Sea
    5:47
  5. 5.
    The Canyon
    16:32

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