On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 11:05:54 -0700 "s~Z" wrote:
Otherwise, it's Glass's earliest music I tend to return to most.<<<
As I was driving my 14 y/o son to school this morning we were listening to Einstein. I remarked that I have been listening to that piece for about a quarter of a century, and I never tire of it. Odd that music so repetitive has such staying power.
Put me here with you! The magic of the first listening has not diminished by a iota. The music is definitely on the repetitive part, but compared with MUSIC IN TWELVE PARTS, it looks more varied (there is a sort of story, when transitions, etc). Since we are talking about EOTB, what do people think of the second (and longer) version? I could not really enjoy it because I am so used to the Tomato version of which I did not want anything to be changed. How do people (who are not as biased as me) compare both versions? Patrice (it was also 25 years ago, the live recording of the creation in France (Chateauvallon or Avignon, I can't remember).