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Johnson, Paul Mann, and Sheryl Sutton, perform with a comparable verbal and dramatic virtuosity. Violinist Paul Zukofsky negotiates the composer's patterns with deeply felt musicality and nuance, never with a sense of meaningless repetition. The recording features a number of memorable performances, not the least by the Philip Glass Ensemble, which plays with remarkable focus, precision, and energy, and the same can be said for the disciplined vocal ensemble.
For the listener willing to give him- or herself over to the music's spell, it can have a visceral, mesmerizing effect.
The length of the patterned sections demands an extraordinary level of concentration from the performers, and listeners, regardless of their feelings about the music itself, cannot help being amazed at the virtuosity of the singers, speakers, and instrumentalists who could pull off such a remarkable feat of memory and endurance.
The most striking characteristic of Einstein is its use of repetitions, which are rarely exact - a large part of the music's allure lies in Glass' subtle varying of the repeated patterns. One of the strengths of the work is the diversity of musical worlds it encompasses, from moments of a cappella choral singing, to relentless electro-techno tracks, to ensembles of sonically overwhelming grandeur.
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