Sunday, December 23, 2012

Lavinia Meijer - Philip Glass: Harp (2012)


LAVINIA MEIJER
Philip Glass Harp
Channel Classics CCS SA 33912

1. Opening (from Glassworks)

METAMORPHOSIS
2. Metamorphosis 1
3. Metamorphosis 2
4. Metamorphosis 3
5. Metamorphosis 4
6. Metamorphosis 5

Selection from THE HOURS
7. The Poet Acts
8. Something She Has to Do
9. I'm Going to Make a Cake
10. An Unwelcome Friend
11. Choosing Life
12. The Hours

Lavinia Meijer, Harp
original scores for piano solo transcribed by Lavinia Meijer



Lara James - Façades (2009)


LARA JAMES
Façades
Signum Records SIGCD158

RODNEY ROGERS
1. Lessons of the Sky

ROBERT MUCZYNSKI
Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano, Op.29
2. I. Andante maestoso
3. II. Allegro energico

COLIN MacDONALD
4. Here Again

PHILIP GLASS
5. Façades

CHRISTOPHER PAINTER
Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano, Op.56
6. I. Moderato
7. II. Lento flessible
8. III. Allegro vivo

GRAHAM FITKIN
9. Glass

Lara James, saxophones
Jeremy Young, piano
Kathryn Price, cello
Sinfonia Viva
Nicholas Kok, conductor

 

Sunday, October 28, 2012

The Passion of Ramakrishna (2006)

PIECE: The Passion of Ramakrishna

YEAR: 2006

CAST: Orchestra and chorus

PREMIERE: September 16, 2006. Orange County Performing Arts Center, CA.

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: The Passion of Ramakrishna (2012)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Taoist Sacred Dance (2003)

PIECE: Taoist Sacred Dance

YEAR: 2003

CAST: Piano, flute

PREMIERE: November 19, 2003. Interfaith Center, NY.

RECORDINGS:
Massimo Mercelli Performs Philip Glass (2012)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Chaotic Harmony (2006)

PIECE: Chaotic Harmony

YEAR: 2006

CAST: Cello, voice

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS: none

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Massimo Mercelli Performs Philip Glass (2012) [cello and flute version]

Philip Glass - The Passion of Ramakrishna (2012)

PHILIP GLASS
The Passion of Ramakrishna
Orange Mountain Music OMM0080

1. Prologue
2. Part 1
3. Part 2
4. Part 3
5. Part 4
6. Epilogue

Pacific Symphony
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Pacific Chorale
John Alexander, director

Massimo Mercelli Performs Philip Glass (2012)


MASSIMO MERCELLI
Massimo Mercelli Performs Philip Glass
Orange Mountain Music OMM0079

1. Façades for flute and piano

2. Chaotic Harmony for flute and cello

STRING QUARTET No.3 "MISHIMA"
3. Movement I. 1957 Award Montage
4. Movement II. November 25 - Ichigaya
5. Movement III. Grandmother and Kimitake
6. Movement IV. 1962: Body Building
7. Movement V. Blood Oath
8. Movement VI. Mishima / Closing

TAOIST SACRED DANCE
9. I
10. II
11. III

12. Façades

Massimo Mercelli, flute
Carlo Boccadoro, piano
Alberto Martini, violin
Luca Falasca, violin
Flavio Ghilardi, viola
Leonardo Sapere, cello
Rino Braia, double bass

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Carol Williams - Plays (Volume 2) Madness! (2009)



CAROL WILLIAMS
Plays, Vol.II - Madness
Melcot MCTCD020

KARL JENKINS
1. The Madness of Morion

PONCHIELLI
2. Finale, Grand Ballet of All the Hours

L.J.A. LAFEBURE-WELY
3. Postlude in E b

CHARLES MARIE WIDOR
4. Toccata, Symphonie V

GIUSEPPE VERDI
5. The Hebrew Chorus (Nabucco)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
6. Ode to Thanksgiving

PHILIP GLASS
7. Mad Rush

TYLMAN SUSATO
8. Processional

J.S. BACH
9. Adagio, Vivaldi's Concerto in D minor

ROBERT JONES
10. Carillon Fanfare

GIAZOTTO / ALBINONI
11. Adagio in G minor

THOMAS "FATS" WALLER
12. Alligator Crawl

ERIK SATIE
13. Gymnopedie No.1

Carol Williams, organ

Johannes Daum - Solo (2001)


JOHANNES DAUM
Solo
¿...?

JOHANNES DAUM
1. Romanze
2. Meditation
3. Mostnica

MARCUS LUDWIG
4. Präludium II
5. Präludium IV

JOHANNES DAUM
6. Sorrow (parts 1 & 2)

JOHANNES DAUM
7. Une saison en enfer

GRAHAM FITKIN
8. Piano Pieces

PHILIP GLASS
9. Mad Rush

Johannes Daum, piano

Les Rita Mitsouko - En Concert avec l'Orchestre Lamoreux (2004)


LES RITA MITSOUKO
En Concert avec l'Orchestre Lamoreux
Virgin 72435 772442 5

1. Ecoutez la chanson bien douce (Leo Ferre / Paul Verlaine)
2. Il patinait merveilleusement (Leo Ferre / Paul Verlaine)
3. O triste (Leo Ferre / Paul Verlaine)
4. Triton
5. La fille venue du froid
6. Les guerriers
7. A man needs a maid (Neil Young)
8. Mad Rush (Philip Glass)
9. Le velours des vierges (Serge Gainsburg)
10. Ou sont-ills donc? (Albert Lasry / Charles Trenet)
11. Trop bonne
12. La sorciere et l'inquiseteur
13. Andy

Les Rita Mitsouko

Monday, September 17, 2012

Gideon Rubin - The American Sound (2001)


GIDEON RUBIN
The American Sound
GBR GR2117

GEORGE GERSHWIN
Three Preludes
1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
2. Andante con moto e poco rubato
3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso

AARON JAY KERNIS
4. Before Sleep and Dreams: Lullaby

PHILIP GLASS
5. Mad Rush

IRVING FINE
6. Prelude
7. Waltz-gavotte
8. Variations
9. Interlude-finale

LEONARD BERNSTEIN
10. For Shirley Gavis Rhoads Perele
11. For Stephan Sondheim
12. For Aaron Stern
13. For Felicia Montealegre

AARON COPLAND
14. The Young Pioneers

AARON COPLAND
Piano Sonata
15. Molto moderato
16. Vivace
17. Andante sostenuto

AARON COPLAND
18. In Evening Air

Gideon Rubin, piano.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach (2012)


PHILIP GLASS / ROBERT WILSON
Einstein on the Beach
Orange Mountain Music (itunes only)

1. Knee Play 1
2. Act I - Scene 1 - Train
3. Act I - Scene 2 - Trial (part 1)
4. Act I - Scene 2 - Trial (part 2)
5. Act I - Scene 3 - Trial (part 3)
6. Knee Play 2
7. Act II - Scene 1 - Dance 1
8. Act II - Scene 2 - Night Train
9. Knee Play 3
10. Act III - Scene 1 - Trial / Prison (part 1)
11. Act III - Scene 1 - Trial / Prison (part 2)
12. Act III - Scene 1 - Trial / Prison (part 3)
13. Act III - Scene 2 - Dance 2
14. Knee Play 4
15. Act IV - Scene 1 - Building
16. Cadenza
17. Act IV - Scene 2 - Bed (part 1)
18. Act IV - Scene 2 - Bed (part 2)
19. Act IV - Scene 3 - Spaceship
20. Knee Play 5

1984 recording.
The Philip Glass Ensemble

Friday, September 7, 2012

Cash Cow, The Best of Giorno Poetry Systems 1965-1993 (1993)


CASH COW, THE BEST OF GIORNO POETRY SYSTEMS 1965-1993
East Side Digital ESD 80712

CABARET VOLTAIRE
1. Ride Baby Ride

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
2. The Do Rights and Naked Lunch

DEBBIE HARRY
3. Moroccan Rock (Pipe of Pain)

BUSTER POINDEXTER
4. Totalitarian State

JOHN GIORNO
5. Berlin & Chernobyl, Hi Risque

HUSKER DU
6. Won't Change

LAURIE ANDERSON
7. Song from America on the Move

PHILIP GLASS
8. A Secret Solo (*)

PATTY SMITH
9. The Stories of the Universe

COIL
10. Neither His Not Yours

DIAMANDA GALAS
11. Eyes Without Blood

GLENN BRANCA
12. Bad Smells

FRANK ZAPPA
13. The Talking Asshole

(*) also known as "Dressed Like an Egg, part 6"

Mario Falcao - The Unknown Road (2007)


MARIO FALCAO
The Unknown Road
Creighton's Music A0169

LUYS DE NARVAEZ
1. Diferencias sobre "Guardame las vacas"

ALONSO MUDARRA
2. Fantasia

JORDI RODRÍGUEZ
Tocata Segunda
3. Adagio
4. Presto
5. Giga

ROBERT MORAN
6. Waltz "in Memoriam Maurice Ravel"

LOU HARRISON
7. A Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen

PHILIP GLASS
8. Modern Love Waltz

VIRGILIO MORTARI
Sonatina Prodigio
9. Galliarda - allegro
10. Canzone - andante
11. Toccata - veloce

R. MURRAY SCHAFER
The Crown of Ariadne
12. Ariadne Awakens
13. Ariadne's Dance
14. Dance of the Bull
15. Dance of the Night Insects
16. Sun Dance
17. Labyrinth Dance: Theseus and Ariadne

Mario Falcao, harp

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Eric Moe - The Waltz Project Revisited (2004)


ERIC MOE
The Waltz Project Revisited
Albany Music 6798937

HAYES BIGGS
1. Susan's Waltz

WAYNE PETERSON
2. Valse Subliminale

ROBERT HELPS
3. Valse Mirage

ANDREW IMBRIE
4. Waltz for piano

ERIC MOE
5. Pulawsky Skywalk Waltz

LOUIS KARCHIN
6. Ghost Waltz

CHARLES WUORINEN
7. Self-similar Waltz

JOAN TOWER
8. Red Garnet Waltz

AKIN EUBA
9. Study in African Jazz #3

RONALD CALTABIANO
10. Character Sketch About a Waltz

ROGER SESSIONS
11. Waltz for piano

ZYGMUNT KRAUZE
12. Music Box Waltz

IAN GORDON
13. Waltz

KARL KOHN
14. Waltz for piano

PHILIP GLASS
15. Modern Love Waltz

LEE HYLA
16. One Moe Time

MILTON BABBITT
17. One Minute Waltz for 4 pianos

ROGER ZAHAB
18. Levitation of pianos during a waltz

LOU HARRISON
19. Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen

MATTHEW ROSENBLUM
20. Shadow Waltz

VIRGIL THOMPSON
21. For a Happy Occasion

ANTHONY CORNICELLO
22. Postmodern Waltz

Eric Moe, piano

Friday, August 17, 2012

Gloria Cheng - Piano Dance: A 20th Century Portrait (2000)


GLORIA CHENG
Piano Dance: A 20th Century Portrait
Telarc 80549

JOAN HUANG
1. Red Ribbon Dance from Reflections after a Rainbow

WILLIAM ALBRIGHT
2. Sleepwalker's Shuffle from Dream Rags

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
3. Golliwog's Cakewalk from Children's Corner

SAMUEL ADLER
4. Like a Tarantelle from The Road to Terpsichore

PAUL HINDEMITH
5. Shimmy from Suite 1922

BAHUSLAV MARTINU
6. Polka in E major

GYORGY LIGETI
7. Hungarian Rock for harpsichord (Chaconne)

BELA BARTOK
8. Rumanian Dance, Op. 8a, No. 1

IGOR STRAVINSKY
9. Tango

SAMUEL BARBER
10. Hesitation-Tango from Souvenirs

PER NORGARD
11. A Tortoise's Tango (Without Jealousy)

LEO ORNSTEIN
12. Waltz No. 7

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
13. Mazurka in D-flat major, Op. 40, No. 1

FRANCIS POULENC
14. Valse-Improvisation sur le nom de BACH

MAURICE RAVEL
15. Waltz IV from Valse nobles et sentimentales

GEORGE ANTHEIL
16. Percussion Dance from La Femme de 100 Têtes

PHILIP GLASS
17. Modern Love Waltz

HENRY COWELL
18. Lilt of the Reel

SERGEI PROKOFIEV
19. Rigaudon from Ten Episodes for Piano, Op. 12

FEDERICO MOMPOU
20. Canción y Danza, No. 6

ALBERTO GINASTERA
21. Danzas Criollas, No. 1

DONALD R. DAVIS
22. Illicit Felicity

MIGUEL DEL ÁGUILA
23. Conga

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Tom Constanten - Live in Concert With the Piano (1996)



TOM CONSTANTEN
Live in Concert With the Piano
Mauroy Records MR2002

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Two Duets
1. In G major BWV804
2. In F major BWV803

DOMENICO CIMAROSA
Two Sonatas
3. No.24 in C major
4. No.27 in B flat major

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109
5. Vivace
6. Prestissimo
7. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

ROBERT SCHUMANN
8. Nachtück in F major, Op.23, No.4

JOHANNES BRAHMS
9. Intermezzo in A major Op.118, No.2
10. Romance in F major Op.118, No.5
11. Intermezzo in C major Op.119, No.3

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Two Preludes
12. Minstrels
13. Sunken Cathedral

LOU HARRISON
14. Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen

TOM CONSTANTEN
15. Dejavalse

PHILIP GLASS
16. Modern Love Waltz


Sunday, August 5, 2012

Blüchel & Von Deylen - Bi Polar (2004)


BLÜCHEL & VON DEYLEN
Bi Polar
Edel 150872ERE

ERIK SATIE
1. Gymonpedie No.1

PHILIP GLASS
2. Etoile Polaire

BLÜCHEL & VON DEYLEN
3. Budapest - Bukarest

GEORGE GERSWIN
4. Summertime

WIM MERTENS
5. Struggle for Pleasure

MICHAEL NYMAN
6. Departure

BLÜCHEL & VON DEYLEN
7. Kreuz des Sudens

ERIK SATIE
8. Gymnopedie No.3

Harald Blüchel, synthesizers
Christopher Von Deylen, synthesizers

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Topology - Perpetual Motion Machine (2003)


TOPOLOGY
Perpetual Motion Machine
Serrated Records SR005X

MICHAEL NYMAN
And Do They Do
1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV

JOHN ADAMS
5. Pat's Aria (from Nixon in China)

JOHN BABBAGE
6. Millennium Bug

ROBERT DAVIDSON
7. McLibel

PHILIP GLASS
8. Knee Play IV (from Einstein on the Beach)

JOHN F. RODGERS
9. Viv's Bum Dance

ELENA KATS-CHERNIN
10. Variations in a Serious Black Dress

BERNARD HOEY
11. Mere Malady

Monday, July 23, 2012

Two Pages (1968)

PIECE: Two Pages

YEAR: 1968

CAST: Piano or electric keyboard

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Two Pages / Contrary Motion / Music in Fifths / Music in Similar Motion (1994)
Steffen Schleiermacher: Philip Glass Early Keyboard Music (2001)
Bang on a Can: Philip Glass: Music in Fifths / Two Pages (2004)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Dominic Frasca: Deviations (2005) [guitar arrangement]

Dominic Frasca - Deviations (2005)


DOMINIC FRASCA
Deviations
Cantaloupe CA21032

MARC MELLITS
1. Dark Age Machinery (arr. Frasca)

DOMINIC FRASCA
2. Forced Entry

MARC MELLITS
3. Lefty's Elegy (arr. Frasca)

PHILIP GLASS
4. Two Pages (arr. Frasca)

MARC MELLITS
5. Metaclopramide (arr. Frasca)

DOMINIC FRASCA
6. Deviations

MELLITS / FRASCA
7. Dometude


Dominic Frasca, guitar

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Music in Fifths (1969)

PIECE: Music in Fifths

YEAR: 1969

CAST: Ensemble

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Two Pages / Contrary Motion / Music in Fifths / Music in Similar Motion (1994)
Bang on a Can: Music in Fifths / Two Pages (2004)
Ulrich Krieger: Walls of Sound II, Early American Minimalism (2004)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
DJ Spooky: Sound Unbound (2007) [remix of the Ulrich Krieger Version]
Steffen Schleiermacher: How Now (2010) [Organ version]

DJ Spooky - Sound Unbound (2007)


DJ SPOOKY
Sound Unbound
Sub Rosa SR261

1. Radio Mentale / Matthew Herbert
2. Amrtyn Bates / Allen Ginsberg
3. Jean Cocteau
4. Sun Ra
5. Mikhail / Gertrude Stein
6. DJ Spooky vs Robert Swift
7. Marcel Duchamps / Master Musicians of Joujouka
8. Raymond Scott
9. Alter Echo / Pamela 2
10. Liam Gillick / Aphex Twin
11. James Joyce / Erik Satie
12. Steve Reich by Ulrich Krieger
13. Shukar / Radio Mentale /Raoul Hausmann
14. Augustos de Campos / Bill Laswell
15. John Cage
16. Antonin Artaud
17. DJ Spooky
18. Sussan Deyhim
19. Raymond Scott
20. Marcel Duchamps / George Lewis / Ake Takase
21. Bill Laswell / Rene Magritte
22. Anthony Braxton & Evan Parker / Pauline Oliveros
23. Dora Yoon
24. Pierre Schaeffer
25. Daniel Bernard Roumain / Ryuichi Sakamoto
26. Philip Glass by Ulrich Krieger [Music in Fifths]
27. Edgar Varese
28. Iannis Xenakis
29. Ryoji Ikeda
30. Sonic Youth
31. Alter Echo / Doug Lim
32. Terry Riley by Ulrich Krieger
33. Luigi Russolo / DJ Spooky
34. Fanfare Savale / Vladimir Mayakovsky
35. Pilgrim Song Mixed / Trilok Gurtu and Bill Laswell
36. Nam June Paik
37. Morton Subotnick / Acid Bassline
38. The Master Musicians of Joujouka / Boujeloud / Hans Arp
39. Sub Swara / Kurt Schwitters
40. Walter Ruttman
41. Raymond Scott
42. Martin Bates
43. Otto Luening / Wladimir Ussachevsky
44. Carsten Nicolai
45. William S. Burroughs and Iggy Pop with Techno Animal

Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), remixes



Friday, July 20, 2012

Brian Sacawa - American Voices (2007)


BRIAN SACAWA
American Voices
Innova 675

PHILIP GLASS
1. Piece in the Shape of a Square

LEE HYLA
2. Pre-Amnesia

ERIK SPANGLER
3. Pastlife Laptops and Attic Instruments

CHRIS THEOFANIDIS
Netherland
4. A Stream of Pulses, labored, intense
5. Brutal; swirling, out of focus

DEREK HURST
6. Bacchianalia Skiapodorum

KEERIL MAKAN
7. Voice Within Voice

MICHAEL GORDON
8. The Low Quartet


Brian Sacawa, saxophone


Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Serenade for Solo Flute (1969)

PIECE: Serenade for Solo Flute

YEAR: 1969

CAST: flute

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Duo Cavatina: Songs and Dances of the Americas (1998)
Laurel Zucker: Inflorescence II - Music for Solo Flute (2003)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Duo Cavatina - Songs and Dances of the Americas (1998)


DUO CAVATINA
Songs and Dances of the Americas
Cadence Classics CC1001

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
"L'Histoire du tango"
1. Bordell 1900
2. Café 1930
3. Nightclub 1960
4. Concert d'aujourd'hui

RODRIGO RIERA
5. Canción Caroreña for Solo Guitar

ALFREDO VIANNA
Five Choros
6. Dininha-valsa (for solo guitar)
7. Cheguei
8. Tico-valsa
9. Um a Zero (for piccolo and guitar)
10. Passa Tempo

PHILIP GLASS
Serenade for Solo Flute
11. Prelude
12. Caprice
13. Intermezzo
14. Lament
15. Arioso
16. Finale

ROBERT BEASER
From "Mountain Songs"
17. Barbara Allen
18. The House Carpenter
19. He's Gone Away
20. Hush You Bye
21. Cindy

DUO CAVATINA
Carol Shansky, flute, piccolo
Seth Himmelhoch, guitar


Sunday, July 8, 2012

Sentieri Selvaggi Plays Gavin Bryars & Philip Glass (2008)


SENTIERI SELVAGGI
Plays Gavin Bryars & Philip Glass
Cantaloupe CA21048

GAVIN BRYARS
1. Sub Rosa

PHILIP GLASS
2. Façades

SENTIERI SELVAGGI
Danilo Bosio, recorder
Fabrizio Meloni, clarinet
Mirco Ghirandini, clarinet
Andrea Dulbecco, vibraphone
Andrea Rebaudengo, piano
Thomas Schrott, violin
Riccardo Memore, viola
Marco Decimo, cello
Stefano Da´Ora, double-bass
Carlo Boccadoro, conductor


Monday, June 25, 2012

Symphony No.9 (2011)

PIECE: Symphony No.9

YEAR: 2011

CAST: Orchestra

PREMIERE: January 1, 2012. Linz, Austria

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Symphony No.9

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Symphony No.9 (2011)


PHILIP GLASS
Symphony No.9
Orange Mountain OMM0081

1. Movement I
2. Movement II
3. Movement III

Bruckner Orchester Linz
Dennis Russell Davies

Monday, June 4, 2012

Nosso Lar (2010)

PIECE: Nosso Lar (soundtrack)

YEAR: 2010

CAST: Orchestra

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Nosso Lar (2010)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Nosso Lar (2010)


PHILIP GLASS
Nosso Lar
Biscoito Fino BF359

1. Opening
2. Shadow
3. Chambers
4. Nosso Lar
5. Andre's Theme
6. Andre's Family
7. Eloise
8. War
9. Andre's Mother
10. Ending

Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira
Marcos Arakaki, conductor

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (2010)

PIECE: Double Concerto for Violin Cello and Orchestra

YEAR: 2010

CAST: Violin, cello, orchestra

PREMIERE: April 22, 2010. Hague.

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: The Concerto Project Vol.IV (2011)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - The Concerto Project Vol.IV (2011)


PHILIP GLASS
The Concerto Project Vol.IV
Orange Mountain Music OMM0077

Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
1. Duet No.1
2. Part 1
3. Duet No.2
4. Part 2
5. Duet No.3
6. Part 3
7. Duet No.4

Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
8. Movement I
9. Movement II
10. Movement III

Tim Fain, violin (1-7)
Wendy Sutter, cello (1-7)
The Hague Philharmonic (1-7)
Jurgen Hempel, conductor (1-7)

Dennis Russell Davies, piano (8-10)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (8-10)



Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 "Tirol" (2000)

PIECE: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 ''Tirol''

YEAR: 2000

CAST: Piano, orchestra

PREMIERE: September 22, 2000. Tyrol Festival.

RECORDINGS:
Dennis Russell Davies: Performs Philip Glass (2004)
The Concerto Project Vol.IV (2010) [same recording]

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Glass Cuts: Philip Glass Remixed (2005) electronic remix

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Duo for Solo Viola and Percussion (2009)

PIECE: Duo for Solo VIola and Percussion

Adapted from "A Madrigal Opera" solo viola parts

YEAR: 2009

CAST: Viola and percussions

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Duo Jalal: A Different World (2010)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Duo Jalal - A Different World (2010)


DUO JALAL
A Different World
Innova 793

DAVID KRAKAUER
1. Klezmer a la Bechet

DEREK BERMEL
2. Thracian Sketches

YOUSIF SHERONICK
3. Jubb Janin

ENZO RAO CAMEMI
4. A Different World

KENJI BUNCH
Lost & Found
5. Lost in Time
6. Found Objects
7. Lost in Space
8. Lost & Found

GLEN VELEZ
Hommage for Frame Drum and Viola
9. Movement I
10. Movement II

PHILIP GLASS
11. Duo for Solo Viola and Percussion

JOHN PATITUCCI
Scenes for Viola and Percussion
12. Tempo Rubato; Tempo Nouvo
13. Tempo Moderato
14. Rubato; Andante

Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Yousif Sheronick, percussion

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Philip Glass - Violin Concerto No.2 (2010)


PHILIP GLASS
Violin Concerto No.2 "The American Four Seasons"
Orange Mountain Music OMM0072

1. Prologue
2. Movement I
3. Song No.1
4. Movement II
5. Song No.2
6. Movement III
7. Song No.3
8. Movement IV

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Robert McDuffie, violin


Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Kepler (2009)

PIECE: Kepler

YEAR: 2009

CAST: Orchestra, chorus and soloists

PREMIERE: September 20, 2009. Linz

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Kepler (2009)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Kepler (2009)


PHILIP GLASS
Kepler
Orange Mountain Music OMM0071

CD 1:
ACT I
1. Prologue
2. I - Questions 1
3. II- Polyeder
4. III - Genesis
5. IV - Gryphius 1: Upon the Night
6. V - Physica Coelestis
7. VI - Gryphius 2
8. VII - Questions 2
9. VIII - Gryphius 3: Eyes. Optical Paradox

CD 2:
ACT II
1. I - On Astrology
2. II - Gryphius 4: To the Stars
3. III - Hypotheses
4. IV - Gryphius 5: Tears of the Fatherland
5. V - Emphemerides
6. Epilogue

Bruckner Orchester Linz
Soloists and Chorus of the Landestheater Linz.
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor


Monday, May 14, 2012

Maria Bachmann - Glass Heart (2010)

MARIA BACHMANN
Glass Heart
Orange Mountain Music OMM 7006

PHILIP GLASS
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1
1. Movement I
2. Movement II
3. Movement III

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / CHARLES GOUNOD
4. Ave Maria, Meditation on Prelude No.1 in C major

FRANZ SCHUBERT
Sonata in A major for violin and piano, Op.162
5. Allegro moderato
6. Scherzo: presto
7. Andantino
8. Allegro vivace

MAURICE RAVEL
9. Sonate Opus Posthume for Violin and Piano

Maria Bachmann, violin
Jon Klibonoff, piano

Songs and Poems for Solo Cello (2007)

PIECE: Songs and Poems for Solo Cello

adapted from the score of "Chaotic Harmony" 

YEAR: 2007

CAST: cello

PREMIERE: February 13, 2007. NY

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Songs and Poems for Solo Cello (2007)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Sunday, May 13, 2012

No Reservations (2007)

PIECE: No Reservations (soundtrack)

YEAR: 2007

CAST: ensemble

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
No Reservations Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Michael Riesman: Philip Glass Soundtracks (2008) piano version

Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack No Reservations (2007)


NO RESERVATIONS
Music fron the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Decca 475 9222

1. Truffles and Quail (Conrad Pope)
2. Sway (Michael Buble)
3. Celeste Aida (Luciano Pavarotti)
4. O mio babbino caro (Renata Tebaldi)
5. Zoe & Kate Watch Video (Philip Glass)
6. Libiamo ne lieti calici (Joan Sutherland & Carlo Bergonzi)
7. Via con me (Paolo Conte)
8. La donna e mobile (Joseph Calleja)
9. Un bel di (Renata Tebaldi)
10. Zoe Goes to the Restaurant (Philip Glass)
11. Cielo e mar (Luciano Pavarotti)
12. Mambo Gelato (Ray Gelato)
13. Nessun dorma (Luciano Pavarotti)
14. Count of My Love (Liz Phair)


Philip Glass - Book of Longing (2007)


PHILIP GLASS
Book of Longing, a Song Cycle Based on the Poetry and Images of Leonard Cohen
Orange Mountain Music OMM0043

CD 1:
1. Prologue - I Can't Make the Hills
2. I Came Down from the Mountain
3. A Sip of Wine
4. Want to Fly
5. The Light Came Through the Window
6. Puppet Time
7. G-d Opened My Eyes
8. You Go Your Way
9. I Was Doing Something
10. Not a Jew
11. How Much I Love You
12. Babylon
13. I Enjoyed the Laughter

CD 2:
1. The Morning I Woke Up Again
2. I Want to Love You Now
3. Don't Have the Proof
4. The Night of Santiago
5. Mother Mother
6. You Came to Me this Morning
7. I Am Now Able
8. Roshi's Very Tired
9. Epilogue - Merely a Prayer

The Philip Glass Ensemble
Michael Riesman, conductor
Leonard Cohen, spoken text

Friday, May 11, 2012

Animals in Love (2007)

PIECE: Animals in Love (soundtrack)

YEAR: 2007

CAST: orchestra

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Animals in Love (2007)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Animals in Love (2007)


PHILIP GLASS
Animals in Love
Orange Mountain Music OMM0040

1. Swans Take Flight
2. The Bath
3. The Gaze, the Scents
4. The Battle
5. Ballet of the Birds
6. The Birth of the Fawn
7. The Peacock and the Japanese Cranes
8. The Grebe's Race on Water
9. The Kangaroos
10. From Insects to Whales
11. The Happy Couples
12. The Orangutans and the Small Ducks
13. From Gazelles to Kangaroos
14. The Return of the Animals
15. The Swans Return / End Title


Cassandra's Dream (2007)

PIECE: Cassandra's Dream (soundtrack)

YEAR: 2007

CAST: Orchestra

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Cassandra's Dream (2007)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Cassandra's Dream (2007)


PHILIP GLASS
Cassandra's Dream
Orange Mountain Music OMM0038

1. Cassandra's Dream
2. Buying the Boat
3. Sailing
4. The Cockney Brothers
5. A Drive in the Country
6. Angela
7. Howard's Request / In the Apt.
8. The Pursuit & Murder in the Park
9. Suspicion
10. The Plot Unravels
11. Death on the Boat
12. Cassandra's Dream Finale


Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Roving Mars (2006)

PIECE: Roving Mars (soundtrack)

YEAR: 2006

CAST: orchestra

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Roving Mars (2006)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Roving Mars (2006)


PHILIP GLASS
Roving Mars
Lakeshore Records LKS 33867

1. Opening Titles
2. Robot Geologist
3. Origami Spacekraft
4. Spirit and Opportunity
5. Eyes, Hands, Wheels
6. So Much of Our Hopes
7. 7 Months After Launch
8. Unfolding
9. Sediments
10. Landing
11. Opportunity vs Spirit
12. Floating in Space
13. Life Itself
14. Glosoli (composed by Sigur Ros)


Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

PIECE: Notes on a Scandal (soundtrack)

YEAR: 2006

CAST: orchestra

PREMIERE: none

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Notes on a Scandal (2007)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Michael Riesman: Philip Glass Soundtracks (2008) [I Knew Her] piano version

Philip Glass - Notes on a Scandal (2007)


PHILIP GLASS
Notes on a Scandal
Decca 475 8661

1. First Day of School
2. The History
3. Invitation
4. The Harts
5. Discovery
6. Confession
7. Stalking
8. Courage
9. Sheba & Steven
10. The Promise
11. Good Girl
12. Sheba's Longing
13. Someone in Your Garden
14. A Life Lived Together
15. Someone Has Died
16. Betrayal
17. It's Your Choice
18. Barbara's House
19. Going Home
20. I Knew Her



Monday, May 7, 2012

The Illusionist (2006)

PIECE: The Illusionist (soundtrack)

YEAR: 2006

CAST: Orchestra

PREMIERE: none

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: The Illusionist (2006)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Michael Riesman: Philip Glass Soundtracks (2008) [Finale] piano version