Glass, Philip 31.jan.1937- USA Maryland, Baltimore / Chicago

Title Parts


Music in 12 parts. 1974
Philip Glass Ensemble. Lisa Bielawa voice/keyboards, Andrew Sterman woodwinds, Mick Rossi percussion/keyboards, Dan Dryden live sound mix, Stephen Erb sounds / Michael Riesman keyboards, Philip Glass keyboards. Holland Festival 2007 Amsterdam
[rem: Impressing beautiful singing by Lisa in part 8. Instrumentally and vocally, part 4 is pretty listenable. All other parts are boring minimal]
Philip Glass Ensemble. Lisa Bielawa, Andrew Sterman, Jon Gibson, Martin Goldray, Richard Peck / Michael Riesman, Philip Glass. rec1993. Nonesuch 7559-79324]
playing times Holland Festival and (CD)
1-3 - 49:04 (50:49)
4-6 - 47:28 (54:42
7-9 - 50:58 (50:29
7 - 18:14 (19:59)
** 8 - 20:14 (18:16)
9 - 12:29 (12:14)
10-12 - (49:58)
part 8: good perf: Holland Festival 2007
part 8: bad perf: rec1993. Nonesuch 7559-79324
Modern love waltz. Piano. 1977
Gloria Cheng. Telarc 80549

The Photographer. 1983
Paul Zukofsky violin / Michael Riesman conductor. CBS 73684
* 1 - Act I, A gentlemen's honor. Vocal
* 2 - Act II
* 3 - A gentlemen's honor. Instrumental
** 4 - Act III
Three songs for chorus a capella. 1986
Cappella Amsterdam / Sigvards Klava
1 - There are some men. words Leonard Cohen
2 - Quand les hommes vivront d'amour. words Raymond Levesque
3 - Pierre de soleil. words Octavio Paz
Violin concerto. 1987
Robert McDuffle, Houston SO / Christoph Eschenbach
in 3 parts
Concerto fantasy. 2 kettle drums and orchestra. 2000
Mark Voermans, Raymond Curfs, Noord Nederlands Orkest / Michel Tabachnik

Symphony no8. 2005
Noord Nederlands Orkest / Michel Tabachnik
1 - Fast
2 - Slower
3 - Very fast
Glassworks 1 - Opening
2 - Floe
3 - Island
4 - Rubric
5 - Facades
6 - Closing
[] The civil wars. 1998 * Act V - The Rome section. 70'30"
Sondra Radvanovsky s, Denyce Graves m, Giuseppe Sabbatini t, Zheng Zhou bt, Stephen Morscheck b, Laurie Anderson speaker, The Morgan State University Choir, American Composers Orchestra / Dennis Russell Davies. Nonesuch 79487
[rem: magnificent, though heavely electronically manipulated voices, but weak recycled music from The Photographer]
Akhnaten. Opera 1984 Act I :
1 - Prelude, Refrain, Verse 1, Verse 2
2 - Prelude, Verse 3
* 3 - Scene 1
4 - Scene 2
5 - Scene 3
Act II (conclusion) :
1 - Scene 1
2 - Scene 2
3 - Scene 3 Narration : The city, Dance
4 - Scene 4
Act III :
1 - Scene 1
2 - Scene 2
3 - Scene 3
4 - Scene 4
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