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Einstein on the beach

Philip Glass

Reviews (4)

Klassisk

2017, nr. 44

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Steen Chr. Steensen

2017, nr. 44

"Det er teatermanden Robert Wilson og komponisten Philip Glass, der står bag Einstein on the Beach ... Wilson har selv stået for genopførelsen ... Der er ingen gennemgående handling, men et tog, et rumskib og en retssag går igen og skaber en slags sammenhæng ... og hertil kommer Glass' rituelt gentagende musik, hvor det er minimale ændringer, der skaber udvikling ... Denne filmversion er så elegant og æstetisk lækkert redigeret, men altså netop redigeret. Det er en anden oplevelse end den, man får i teatersalen ... Både instrumentalister og kor er rene ekvilibrister".

BBC music magazine

2017 January

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Nick Shave

2017 January

"Pleasing, mesmerising, irritating ... Einstein on the Beach provokes many responses over its four-and-a-half-hour duration ... This immaculately realised revival, filmed in Paris in 2014 ... is a living monument to a work that marked the arrival on the world stage of a ... successful composer ... Its four principal vocalists ... and choir cope admirably with the fiendish demands of Glass ... The Philip Glass Ensemble's playing is vibrant ... The overall effect is simultaneously alienating and immersive".

Diapason

2016 decembre

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Benoît Fauchet

2016 decembre

"Vurdering: Diapason d'or".

The gramophone

2017 January

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Pwyll ap Siôn

2017 January

"Given its unconventional nature and combination of unusual vocal and instrumental forces, performances of Einstein on the Beach have been few and far between ... In 2012 a new production toured the opera worldwide ... Brilliantly shot with excellent sound quality ... it's also an accurate representation of how Glass and Wilson originally envisaged it. With excellent performances ... this is as close to a definitive version of the opera as you're likely to get".