Philip Glass : the not-doings of an insomniac : bass partita and poetry. — [Place of publicat...

Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.
Orange Mountain Music: 0137.
Composed for Robert Black by Philip Glass with poetry spoken by Robert Black and written by various artists.
Robert Black, double bass, voice.
Recorded at the James L. Dolan Studios of the Steinhardt School of Music, New York University.
Contents: Small town / text by Lou Reed, John Cale (0:13) -- Movement I : not dreaming (1:25) -- Telephone song / text by Laurie Anderson (0:41) -- Movement II : not tasting (2:16) -- Shine, shine / text by Yoko Ono (0:28) -- Movement III : not smelling (2:50) -- Neighborhood / text by David Byrne (1:24) -- Movement IV : not hearing (2:46) -- I wonder how many people in this city / text by Leonard Cohen (0:19) -- Movement V : not seeing (3:30) -- Babel / text by Patti Smith (0:34) -- Movement VI : not touching (2:30) -- Nobody wants a lonely heart / text by Arthur Russell (0:50) -- Movement VII : not beginning, not ending (3:44) -- Prelude to endgame : for double bass & timpani (7:56).

I. Glass, Philip, 1937-. Partitas, double bass
II. Glass, Philip, 1937-. Prelude to Endgame
Performers
1. Black, Robert, 1956-2023