Júlio Pimentel's video: Passages - Offering - Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass

A collaboration between an avant-garde modern classical composer and a traditional Indian/Hindi composer/performer seems as unlikely as ice hockey on the River Styx. However, Passages is a collaboration between Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar and it works quite well. Shankar's smooth style fits nicely with Glass' dissonant orchestrations. There is a great deal of technical data involved here. Both of these artists have long taken intellectual approaches to music. Thus, the liner notes are a bit heavy-handed. The music is brilliant. The symphony dominates the soundscapes, but Shankar's atmospheres are integral to the success of this project. This CD will appeal to fans of John Cage, Terry Riley, and Steve Reich. Track listing "Offering" (Ravi Shankar) -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT0Kh59sE-Y&feature=youtu.be "Sadhanipa" (Philip Glass) -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8z5z5RK5ao&feature=youtu.be "Channels and Winds" (Glass) -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teA8IPL7_18&feature=youtu.be "Ragas in Minor Scale" (Glass) -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnNIYGskXYw&feature=youtu.be "Meetings Along the Edge" (Shankar) -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kikn7V101o0&feature=youtu.be "Prashanti" (Shankar) -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg95TwdWXUM&feature=youtu.be Personnel Tim Baker -- violin S. P. Balasubrahmanyam -- vocals Seymour Barab -- cello Al Brown -- viola Ashit Desai -- conductor Blaise Dupuy -- engineer Barry Finclair -- viola, violin Mayuki Fukuhara -- violin Jean Gagne -- voices Jon Gibson -- soprano saxophone Philip Glass -- performer, producer Peter Gordon -- French horn Regis Iandiorio -- violin Rory Johnston -- executive producer Karen Karlsrud -- violin Abhiman Kaushal -- tabla Jack Kripl -- alto saxophone, flute Suresh Lalwani -- arranger, conductor, mixing, orchestral assistant, producer Regis Landiorio -- violin Beverly Lauridsen -- cello Batia Lieberman -- cello Ronu Mazumdar -- flute Michael McGrath -- assistant engineer Kurt Munkasci -- producer Keith O'Quinn -- trombone Richard Peck -- alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Melanie Penny -- art direction Martin Perlich -- liner notes Lenny Pickett -- alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Alan Raph -- trombone Michael Riesman -- conductor, mixing, piano Ebet Roberts -- photography Partha Sarathy -- sarod, veena Sergiu Schwartz -- violin Ron Sell -- French horn Ravi Shankar -- arranger, orchestration, performer, producer, vocals Shubho Shankar -- sitar Richard Sortomme -- viola T. Srinivasan -- drum sounds, mridangam A.R. Swaminathan -- engineer Masako Yanagita -- viola, violin Frederick Zlotkin -- cello Support the musicians, buy the real album/dvd/blueray/... Comment, rate and subscribe! (you can share too :)) Note: Video blocked in Germany.