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Glass Moran The Juniper Tree

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The 1985 opera by composers Philip Glass and Robert Moran, with a libretto by award-winning writer Arthur Yorinks based on the tale The Juniper Tree by the Brothers Grimm. World Premiere Recording.

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Product dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.42 x 14.12 x 0.76 cm; 77.11 Grams
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ OMM0057
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2009
Label ‏ : ‎ ORANGE MOUNTAIN
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0022NT5U4
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Robert L. Moran

JUNIPER

Reviewed in the United States on 24 April 2019

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As I'm one of the two composers of this short opera, with Phil being the other half, of course I would say, "The best for sure".....but we had a splendid time composing this work, seeing its premiere at ART in Cambridge, MA...and here and there including Europe..... just get it and enjoy!

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Monica J. Kern

I waited 24 years for this album to be recorded

Reviewed in the United States on 14 October 2009

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I had the good fortune to be present at the world premier of this opera in 1985. I left the performance mesmerized, with the haunting refrain ("Mama killed me/ Papa ate me/ Little sister bundled my bones/ Under the Juniper/ Look, I'm a pretty bird!") running through my head, and I vowed to buy the recording as soon as it came out. But although I kept looking, it was never released... until this past spring. I'm not sure why this remained unrecorded for so long; perhaps it has something to do with the depressing nature of the opera, which is based on a fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm. The plot is pretty much summarized in the quote I give above: Evil, jealous stepmother schemes to kill the boy; sister is unwittingly made an accomplice in the plan and suffers great guilt; boy returns in the form of a bird to wreak revenge. Although the opera has a happy ending (or, more accurately, what passes for a happy ending in a Grimm Brothers fairy tale), the overall tone is definitely dark.

But it is dark in a beautiful way. Fans of Philip Glass should consider this an essential purchase. The standout track, in my opinion, is Act II, Scene I, a 7 minute tour de force as the lead soprano sings the refrain quoted above and is joined eventually by many of the villagers. The music is powerful, both emotionally and lyrically, so much so that I was impressed that my memory of it from 24 years earlier turned out to be remarkably accurate. The music is trademark Glass: relentless arpeggios performed by strings in ominous keys. While it is easy to tell which sections were composed by Glass and which were composed by his collaborator, Robert Moran, Moran's contributions hold their own and add greatly to the overall musicality of the opera.

Bottom line: If you are not a fan of Glass, or minimalism in general, you probably won't like this album. But I think "The Juniper Tree" is one of the great modern operas, and I am delighted to see this underrated gem finally enter the recorded archives.

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Douglas Burkett

Some technical negatives, but worth a purchase for Glass fans

Reviewed in the United States on 29 March 2010

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This was a difficult review to write for a couple of reasons. For one, this is a split album with Glass' music taking up about half of the time (about 30 mins.) Secondly, the quality of the recording is only fair (it is a live recording).

Overall, it easy to tell the Glass tracks apart from the Moran tracks, but it is not too abrupt of a jump back and forth and the album as a whole still works; the Moran tracks hold their own and add to the overall effect of the work. While 'The Juniper Tree' is listed as an opera, it is much like a straight-forward recording of a play in the way 'The Witches of Venice' was done with the lines sung/spoken with the music. You will hear many spoken lines as opposed to sung lines in many of the tracks.

As for the music, the first track was composed by Glass and is the longest track at about 17 minutes. With all of the technical faults of this album I still stand by my first assessment that this first track alone was worth the purchase. As far as all of Glass' tracks, they are all original compositions with many nods and hints at his early styles but all very interesting to hear and worthy of the purchase. I'd give the music alone 4 stars without question. The sound of Glass' tracks are in the realm of his other early theater works. Other reviews have decently stated thoughts on the music itself so I won't go on too much beyond this.

However, the big disappointment is in the recording. Once again, we have a live recording (like Toltec) but nowhere in the notes on Amazon does it state that. And while I assume this is the only existing recording available and am glad to see it released, the live nature of the recording distracts more frequently than many others.

While the quality of the music starts out sounding clear enough, the deeper the music goes into the parts of the ensemble the more muddily and incoherently the instruments come through. It's as if microphones were placed just in front of the ensemble and not above or in any other places to pick up a good balance of the instruments. Percussion is there but barely heard in many sections and the lower-range instruments come through but in a very muddy, cluttered way.

The other problem is with the vocals/voices. With this being recorded in what I guess was a live, fully-staged performance, you often hear objects being moved on stage, the sounds of footsteps on the stage are picked up, the volume of singers goes loud and soft as they are likely moving around the stage moving toward and away from the mics, and there is the obligatory coughing/audience noises here and there. Just a distracting recording to what is otherwise a very good composition to be heard.

I can only give about 2 stars on the technical merits. This, combined with the fact that only half of the CD is Glass' music brings my overall rating to a 3. Definitely a purchase based on the 30 minutes of original composition, but don't expect much as far as quality of the sound from the ensemble along with some distracting staging/audience noises. I would love to have heard a professional, studio recording of this work but am still glad to have this over none at all.

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JP Anderson

The Juniper Tree

Reviewed in the United States on 9 November 2009

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This work continues to show Philip Glass at his peak some years ago. I always enjoy hearing how he blends his work and challenges our ears. Kudos to his collaborators for their vision and talent.

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