Browse by Artist: GLASS, PHILIP

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Music in Fifths, Two Pages
Label:	CANTALOUPE
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	CA 21016CD

"Cantaloupe continues its recording series of the masterworks of the music of our time with this brilliant disc of two early classics by composer Philip Glass, performed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Glass is arguably minimalism's most well-known and influential composer. Before his bins soundtracks, before his operas, before his universal acclaim, there were these early works for keyboard -- all intense, rugged and demanding. In 'Music in Fifths' and 'Two Pages', Philip Glass's ideas are at their most basic, using only addition and subtraction of notes in simple scales to create epic, hypnotic musical forms. With their first new studio recording since Renegade Heaven, the Bang on a Can All Stars received these works for their groundbreaking sound of clarinet, cello, bass, piano, marimba, and electric guitar."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Symphony No. 6 - Plutonian Ode
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	2CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 020CD

"Philip Glass' Symphony No. 6 - Plutonian Ode was co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Brucknerhaus Linz to celebrate the composer's 65th birthday. The work's libretto was written by his late friend, Allen Ginsberg. Glass explains, 'During the last ten years of Allen's life we had performed frequently together in poetry/music collaborations. Allen was a superb reader of his own work and I was often inspired to compose new piano music for these occasional collaborations. In the case of Hydrogen Jukebox, we developed an evening length opera which was designed by Jerome Sirlin and directed by Ann Carlson. We presented that work in over 30 cities as part of an international tour. It had been our plan to make a new, major collaboration based on his epic poem Plutonium Ode (1978). Before he died in 1997, Allen had made several recordings for me of the poem in preparation for the new work. At that time I had in mind simply an extended piano work to accompany Allen in live performance. I put aside the project in 1997, feeling that I wouldn't want to go ahead without Allen. A few years past and the commission of a new symphony from Carnegie Hall and the Brucknerhaus Linz reawakened my interest in the project. I felt, then, that Plutonium Ode was unfinished business between Allen and myself and this would be the opportunity to complete it. By then, the piano music I had originally imagined had grown to a full orchestra and Allen's resonant speaking voice to a lyric soprano. The three movements of the symphony follow the three parts of the poem, and follow, also, the passage of the poem -- the first movement is a passionate outcry against nuclear contamination and pollution, the second a turn towards healing, and the final movement an epiphany arrived at through personal transformation.' This new world-premiere recording from Orange Mountain, performed by soprano Lauren Flanigan accompanied by the Bruckner Orchester Linz conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, brings this powerful work to life. As a special bonus, the set includes a disc of Allen Ginsburg reading the original poem."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Glasscuts - Philip Glass Remixed
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 023CD

"It has been said that Philip Glass is the 'Godfather of Trance' and evidence of that is found in the remixes that a number of young producers/musicians began sending to Orange Mountain Music as early as 2002. These unsolicited mixes became the genesis for Glasscuts - Philip Glass Remixed. This CD presents a very diverse program without any one dominant style. The artists are Androoval from Uruguay, Robert Bell from Australia, impLOG from the US, Woody McBride, DJ ESP from the US, Marcos Romero from Uruguay, Kate Simko from the US, Dietrich Schoenemann from the US, Luciano Supervielle from Uruguay and Dave Wesley from the US. We invite you to immerse yourself in Glasscuts - Philip Glass Remixed with open ears to experience a Glass that is reminiscent of the past, but with an adventurous contemporary twist."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Uakti: Aguas da Amazonia
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 026CD

"Philip Glass's serious work in the field of world music was recognized long before the term entered the popular vocabulary. One of his most fruitful projects was with Brazilian ensemble Uakti (pronounced wah-keh-chee). Over the last twenty years, award winning experimental group Uakti has developed a major international following. Constructing all their own instruments, Uakti takes their name from a character from Brazilian Indian legends who had holes all over his body and as he ran through the forest, the wind passed through his body making fantastic unusual sounds. After being introduced to Glass by Paul Simon, Uakti and Glass composed a work together for Grupo Corpo, a Brazilian dance company. The result was Aguas da Amazonia -- an aural journey through the waters of the Amazon."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Analog
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 029CD

Unreleased recordings from the late 70s, performed by Glass (Farfisa, Yamaha & Hammond organs, Fender Rhodes piano, Arp synthesizer). "New release which contains three seminal works in Glass's musical history. In the late 1970s, Philip Glass was asked by two film producers, Francois de Menil and Barbara Rose, to write music for a film they were producing. The film was Mark di Suervo, Sculptor and it was Glass's first film score, predating even Koyaanisqatsi. The score took its titles from the names of di Suervo sculptures shown in the film, including Etoile Polaire (North Star) and others. The disc also includes 'Dressed Like an Egg' -- a never before released early Glass score which was written as incidental music to a Mabou Mines Theater Company production in 1977. The disc is rounded out with another never-before-heard recording of Glass' 'Mad Rush' for organ. The work was originally used by choreographer Lucinda Childs for a dance of the same name. All the performances on Analog feature original performances by Philip Glass on electric organ."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Glass Reflections
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 032CD

"In 1999, composer Philip Glass heard a movement of his third symphony played by the Cello Octet Conjunto Ib�rico in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and he was greatly impressed. Inspired by the composer's support, conductor Elias Arizcuren created an entire program of Glass works transcribed for his ensemble. The result is Orange Mountain's new CD Glass Reflections which features works from the entire range of Glass' compositional activities including the concert hall, theater, opera and film. The disc includes selections from his opera Akhnaten, his incidental music for Samuel Beckett's Company, the breathtaking third movement of the third symphony, and selections from film scores to Mishima and Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Dracula
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 033CD

"In 2004, Orange Mountain Music released an album of solo piano transcriptions of Philip Glass' Oscar and Golden Globe nominated score to The Hours. These transcriptions were done by Glass' longtime music director and pianist Michael Riesman. Riesman's solo piano transcription of the score to The Hours proved so successful that Orange Mountain Music was inspired to approach Riesman again to make an arrangement of Glass' haunting score to Todd Browning's 1931 classic Dracula, which starred Bela Lugosi. Glass' original score was written for string quartet and was recorded and toured by the Kronos Quartet. This new arrangement of the score is treated to a truly virtuosic performance by Michael Riesman and includes a previously-unrecorded track which was composed by Glass but was left out of the soundtrack recording. Riesman's extraordinary playing brings life and phenomenal craftsmanship to a seemingly timeless musical score."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Alter Ego Performs Philip Glass
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	2CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 034CD

"During the 1960s and '70s, Philip Glass established himself as a leading artistic voice by creating a new musical language in the downtown loft spaces of New York's Soho district. Forty years later, Glass' early revolutionary music continues to appeal to younger generations as evidenced by Orange Mountain Music's latest release, Alter Ego Performs Philip Glass. 2006 marks the Italian new music ensemble Alter Ego's 15th anniversary as an ensemble. Across Europe, they are widely recognized as pioneers of new and experimental music. On this specially-priced two-disc set, the group performs seminal Glass works including 4 world-premiere recordings. Featured pieces include 'How Now,' '600 Lines,' 'Piece in the Shape of a Square,' 'Gradus,' 'Music in Similar Motion,' 'Strung Out' and 'Music in Contrary Motion' with a total length of over 135 minutes of glorious music."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Music With Changing Parts
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 035CD

"Icebreaker's newest release, Philip Glass' Music with Changing Parts is representative of an exciting new generation's interest in one of the most important composers of our time. Icebreaker is considered by many to be the United Kingdom's leading new music ensemble. The 13-piece group, which tours extensively, has been an active champion of many of today's most important composers. Philip Glass' 1970 score for Music with Changing Parts has been part of the group's touring repertoire for years. This recording brings a vivid re-imagining and fresh interpretation to one of Glass' greatest scores. The work marked a turning point in Glass' career and contains many characteristics of the composer's breakthrough works of the 1970s including 'Music in 12 Parts' and 'Einstein on the Beach.' Icebreaker's performance can be firmly placed in the virtuoso chamber tradition established by the original Philip Glass Ensemble."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	The Concerto Project Vol. III
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 042CD

Performed by Rasch�r Saxophone Quartet, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, conducted by Dennis Russell Davie. "The Concerto Project Vol. III is the penultimate installment in a series documenting the eight Glass concertos. Each movement of the Concerto Grosso -- performed by the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn led by Dennis Russell Davies -- is written for a distinctive group of instruments: the winds, the brass, the strings, which together make up a symphonic ensemble. The Concerto for Saxophone Quartet was commissioned by the internationally-renowned Rasch�r Saxophone Quartet who performs the work here in an alternate version Glass conceived to be played without the orchestra."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Theater Music Archive Volume I
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 044CD

"From the Philip Glass Archive -- Theater Music Archive Volume I represents the first release in a series of 10 discs to be released on Orange Mountain Music from the vast archive of recordings made in the last 40 years of Philip Glass' incredible recording career. These recordings span the entire range of Philip Glass' compositional activities and will include music for film, theater, dance, and concert hall in a wide variety of scores including chamber music, solo instruments and orchestral works. Theater Music Archive Volume 1 features two ravishingly beautiful works from the world of theater: the instrumental suite from Glass' 2003 chamber opera 'The Sound of a Voice' features Eastern and Western instruments in one of Glass' most creative scores. 'In the Summer House' is the original music composed for the Jane Bowles' 1953 play. This release contains an incredibly rare chance to hear premiere recordings of works by one of the most successful composer of our times in the most intimate context. Orange Mountain Music seeks to bring many of these works to the public for the first time in the continuing effort to expand and document the Philip Glass recording legacy."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Orchestral Music Recording Archive Vol. II
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 047CD

"In a continuing endeavor to expand and document the Philip Glass recorded legacy, Orange Mountain Music presents the second volume of works from the composer's archive. The program features two vivid orchestral scores: 'Day and Nights in Rocinha,' a luscious musical tribute to a Brazilian neighborhood, performed by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under Dennis Russell Davies, and 'Persephone,' the score for a 1994 Robert Wilson theatrical installation, in a tour de force performance by the instruments and voices of the Rel�che Ensemble, led by Joseph Franklin."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Film Scores: Jenipapo Recording Archive Vol. III
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 048CD

"Philip Glass's original score to Monique Gardenberg's 1995 political thriller Jenipapo, starring Henry Czerny, brought the composer another opportunity to write against the backdrop of the Brazilian landscape and the tumult of political upheaval. The story of the film follows a reporter in his search to track down an influential priest who has gone silent during a political battle over Brazil's forests. Glass' score reflects the political implications of the film as well as the vast canvas against which it is set. With this release, Orange Mountain Music continues its 'From the Philip Glass Recording Archive' series which seeks to document and expand the composer's recorded legacy."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Music In Twelve Parts
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	4CD
Price:	$26.00
Catalog #:	OMM 049CD

"Philip Glass' Music In Twelve Parts may be the most seminal work of the minimalist movement. The entire four-hour piece has come to be viewed as a summation of all of Glass' achievements of the period and came to inform many of the composer's later works. A massive piece written for the composer's own group of musicians, the Philip Glass Ensemble, Music In Twelve Parts was recorded by the group in Rovereto, Italy in 2006, more than 30 years after the premiere at New York City's Town Hall. For the first time, this four disc boxed set contains a recording of the entire work unabridged performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble with the composer on keyboards."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Philip Glass Soundtracks - Michael Riesman
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 051CD

"Michael Riesman is the conductor and producer of nearly every Philip Glass soundtrack recording. Riesman has artfully served Glass' music as a producer, conductor, transcriber and pianist. This disc presents his own transcriptions for solo piano of some of the best Philip Glass film scores. Included are the entire scores to The Hours and the Glass score to Dracula, which in concert, he performs live-to-film. Philip Glass' Soundtracks includes many new suites and transcriptions, including music which has never been heard before, including No Reservations, A Brief History Of Time, Anima Mundi, Neverwas, Candyman and much more."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Film Scores: Neverwas Recording Archive Vol. IV
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 052CD

"Philip Glass' score to the film Neverwas is the fourth release from the Philip Glass Recording Archive. Neverwas, a film starring Ian McKellen, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Nolte, Brittany Murphy, Jessica Lange and William Hurt, is a fantasy-mystery with a bold, playful and fantastical score by Philip Glass. The film never received wide distribution and was largely forgotten. The 53-minute film score (composed the same year the composer's celebrated music for The Hours) possesses some of Glass' most accessible and heartfelt music."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Complete String Quartets
Label:	SIGNUM U.K. (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$38.00
Catalog #:	SIG 117CD

String Quartet No. 1 (1966); String Quartet No. 2 "Company"; String Quartet No. 3 "MISHIMA"; String Quartet No. 4 "BUCZAK"; String Quartet No. 5. The Smith Quartet: Ian Humphries, Darragh Morgan, violins; Nic Pendlebury, viola; Deirdre Cooper, cello. "Following on from the critically acclaimed albums, Different Trains and Ghost Stories, Signum is pleased to announce the release of The Smith Quartet's latest album, the complete string quartets by the world-acclaimed composer, Philip Glass. Over a time span of 25 years, Glass completed 8 quartets (the 3 earliest were withdrawn) drawing on the influences of Bach to Shostakovich, as well as exterior musical sources: dance, theatre and film. Clear-cut, polished performances by The Smith Quartet give the listener an excellent taster of a quartet at the forefront of contemporary music."

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