Passages (Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass album)

1990 chamber music studio album

Passages

Studio album by

Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass

Released| 1990
Genre| Contemporary classical, Hindustani classical, world
Length| 55:21
Label| Private Music, 2074-2-P

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.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Pitchfork| 7.5/10[3]
Select| [4]

AllMusic's Jim Brenholts called 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

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

## Personnel

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* 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
* Jeannie Gagné – 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 Munkacsi – 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

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[1]

## Charts

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In the United States, Passages reached a peak position of number three on Billboard's Top World Music Albums chart.[5]

Chart (1990)  | Peak
position

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US Top World Music Albums (Billboard)  | 3

## See also

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* India portal
* Music portal

* List of compositions by Philip Glass
* Ravi Shankar discography

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Brenholts, Jim. "Passages". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
2. ^ "Passages – Philip Glass". Philipglass.com. August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
3. ^ Walls, Seth Colter (November 14, 2016). "The Complete Sony Recordings - Review". Pitchfork Media. Condé Nast. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
4. ^ Cook, Richard (October 1990). "Ravi Shankar/Philip Grass: Passages". Select. No. 4\. p. 115.
5. ^ "Passages: Charts & Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 29, 2012.

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Concertos|

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* The Living Room Sessions Part 1

Collaborations|

* West Meets East (with Yehudi Menuhin)
* West Meets East, Volume 2 (with Yehudi Menuhin)
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* India's Most Distinguished Musician in Concert
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Guest appearances|

* The Concert for Bangladesh
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People|

* Annapurna Devi (first wife)
* Shubhendra Shankar (son)
* Norah Jones (daughter)
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