Philip Glass - Akhnaten (3LP Deluxe Box Set Coloured)

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£67.50

Format: 3LP Deluxe Box Set Coloured
Catalogue No.: MOVCL056C
Barcode: 8719262035683
Release Date: 27 Sep 2024
Genre: Modern Classical

180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL, DELUXE LIFT-OFF BOX SET, INCLUDES 16-PAGE LIBRETTO BOOKLET
THE THIRD IN GLASS’S THEMATICALLY RELATED PORTRAIT TRILOGY, ALONG WITH EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH AND SATYAGRAHA
RECORDED WITH THE STUTTGART STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS, WITH CONDUCTOR DENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES
EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES ON CRYSTAL CLEAR VINYL

Akhnaten is the third instalment in the Glass’ trilogy of operas about men who changed the world in which they lived through the power of their ideas, Akhnaten‘s subject is religion. The Pharaoh Akhnaten was the first monotheist in recorded history.
. The opera describes the rise, reign, and fall of Akhnaten in a series of tableaus. The 3LP Akhnaten is available as an exclusive limited edition of 250 numbered copies on crystal clear vinyl.
This deluxe lift- off box-set contains a 16-page libretto.

SIDE A
Act I: Year 1 Of Akhnaten’s Reign. Thebes
1. Prelude: Refrain, Verse 1, Verse 2
2. Prelude: Verse 3
3. Scene 1: Funeral Of Amenhotep III

SIDE B
1. Scene 2: The Coronation Of Akhnaten
2. Scene 3: The Window Of Appearances

SIDE C
Act II: Year 5 To 15. Thebes And Akhenaten
1. Scene 1: The Temple
2. Scene 2: Akhnaten & Nefertiti
3. Scene 3: The City. Dance (Beginning)

SIDE D

1. Scene 3: The City. Dance (Conclusion)
2. Scene 4: Hymn

SIDE E
Act III: Year 17 And The Present.
Akhenaten
1. Scene 1: The Family

SIDE F
1. Scene 3: The Ruins
2. Scene 4: Epilogue