Philip Glass- Akhnaten
SKU: 8719262035683
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 story, and his substitution of a one-god religion for the multi-god worship in use when he came to power was responsible for his violent overthrow. The opera describes the rise, reign, and fall of Akhnaten in a series of tableaus.
Track List
- Act I: Year 1 of Akhnaten's Reign. Thebes
- Prelude: Refrain Verse 1 Verse 2
- Prelude: Verse 3
- Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III
- Scene 2: The Coronation of Akhnaten
- Scene 3: The Window of Appearances
- Act II: Year 5 to 15. Thebes and Akhenaten
- Scene 1: The Temple
- Scene 2: Akhnaten ; Nefertiti
- Scene 3: The City. Dance (Beginning)
- Scene 3: The City. Dance (Conclusion)
- Scene 4: Hymn
- Act III: Year 17 and the Present. Akhenaten
- Scene 1: The Family
- Scene 2: Attack ; Fall
- Scene 3: The Ruins
- Scene 4: Epilogue
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Format: New Vinyl/Classical
Philip Glass- Akhnaten
SKU: 8719262035683
Release Date: 9.27.24
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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 story, and his substitution of a one-god religion for the multi-god worship in use when he came to power was responsible for his violent overthrow. The opera describes the rise, reign, and fall of Akhnaten in a series of tableaus.
Track List
- Act I: Year 1 of Akhnaten's Reign. Thebes
- Prelude: Refrain Verse 1 Verse 2
- Prelude: Verse 3
- Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III
- Scene 2: The Coronation of Akhnaten
- Scene 3: The Window of Appearances
- Act II: Year 5 to 15. Thebes and Akhenaten
- Scene 1: The Temple
- Scene 2: Akhnaten ; Nefertiti
- Scene 3: The City. Dance (Beginning)
- Scene 3: The City. Dance (Conclusion)
- Scene 4: Hymn
- Act III: Year 17 and the Present. Akhenaten
- Scene 1: The Family
- Scene 2: Attack ; Fall
- Scene 3: The Ruins
- Scene 4: Epilogue
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