Ravi Shankar w/ Philip Glass - Passages 1990

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Passages is collaborative chamber music studio album co-composed by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass, released in 1990 through Atlantic Records. The album's content is a hybrid of Hindustani classical music and Glass' distinct American minimal contemporary classical style. The album reached a peak position of number three on Billboard's Top World Music Albums chart. 00:00 "Offering" (Shankar)– 9:47 09:47 "Sadhanipa" (Glass) – 8:37 18:24 "Channels and Winds" (Glass) – 8:00 26:24 "Ragas in Minor Scale" (Glass) – 7:37 34:01 "Meetings Along the Edge" (Shankar) – 8:11 42:12 "Prashanti" (Shankar) – 13:40 "Offering", the album's opening track, begins with a slow introduction before the saxophone establishes the Shankar raga melody. Two additional saxophones join, followed by an extended middle section at a faster tempo, all before returning to the starting theme. The title of the second track, "Sadhanipa", is derived from the solfège notes (swara) "Sa Dha Ni Pa" from the Indian octave (saptak) based on the first four tones of Glass' melody, "Do La Ti So" (D-B-C-A). 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. 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