Passages (Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass album)

Passages is a collaborative chamber music studio album co-composed by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass, released in 1990 through Private Music.[1] Consisting of arrangements by each of the composers around themes written by the other, the album's content is a hybrid of Hindustani classical music and Glass' distinct American minimal contemporary classical style.[2] The album reached a peak position of number three on Billboard's Top World Music Albums chart.

Passages
Studio album by
Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass
Released1990
GenreContemporary classical, Hindustani classical, world
Length55:21
LabelPrivate Music, 2074-2-P

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Pitchfork7.5/10[3]

Allmusic's Jim Brenholts awarded the album four of five stars, calling the music "brilliant". Benholts wrote that Shankar's "smooth" style and Glass' dissonant orchestrations mixed well, and recommended Passages to fans of other minimalist composers such as John Cage, Steve Reich and Terry Riley.[1]

Track listing
  1. "Offering" (Ravi Shankar)– 9:47
  2. "Sadhanipa" (Philip Glass) – 8:37
  3. "Channels and Winds" (Glass) – 8:00
  4. "Ragas in Minor Scale" (Glass) – 7:37
  5. "Meetings Along the Edge" (Shankar) – 8:11
  6. "Prashanti" (Shankar) – 13:40

Track listing adapted from Allmusic.[1]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic.[1]

Charts

In the United States, Passages reached a peak position of number three on Billboard's Top World Music Albums chart.[4]

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Billboard's Top World Music Albums 3

See also

References
  1. Brenholts, Jim. "Passages". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  2. "Passages – Philip Glass". Philipglass.com. 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  3. Walls, Seth Colter. "The Complete Sony Recordings - Review". Pitchfork Media. Condé Nast. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  4. "Passages: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
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