Monday, April 30, 2012

Healing the Divide (2007)


HEALING THE DIVIDE
A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation
ANTI 6794-2

HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA
1. Special Address

THE GYUOTO TANTRIC CHOIR
2. Invocation

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
3. Nivedan

NAWANG KHECHOG & R. CARLOS NAKAI
4. Peace Chants

PHILIP GLASS & FODAY MUSA SUSO
5. The Gambia (from Orion)

TOM WAITS & KRONOS QUARTET with GREG COHEN
6. Way Down in the Hole
7. God's Away on Business
8. Lost in the Harbor
9. Diamond in Your Mind


Philip Glass - Orion (2005)


PHILIP GLASS
Orion
Orange Mountain Music OMM0021

CD 1:
1. Australia
2. Interlude: Australia & China
3. China
4. Canada
5. Interlude: Canada & the Gambia
6. The Gambia

CD 2:
1. Brazil
2. Interlude: Brazil & India
3. India
4. Greece

THE PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE
Eleftheria Arvanitaki, voice
Mark Atkins, didjeridoo
Ashley MacIsaac, violin
Wu Man, pipa
Gaurav Mazumdar, sitar
Foday Musa Suso, kora
UAKTI


Sunday, April 29, 2012

Dreaming Awake (2003)

PIECE: Dreaming Awake

YEAR: 2003

CAST: piano

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Dreaming Awake (2003) [limited edition. 500 units]

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Dreaming Awake (2003)


PHILIP GLASS
Dreaming Awake
limited edtion

1. Dreaming Awake

Philip Glass, piano

The Sound of a Voice (2003)

PIECE: The Sound of a Voice

YEAR: 2003

CAST: Ensemble

PREMIERE: May 24, 2003

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: From the Philip Glass Recording Archive, Vol.I, Theater Music (2007)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Symphony No.6 ''Plutonian Ode'' (2002)

PIECE: Symphony No.6 ''Plutonian Ode''

YEAR: 2002

CAST: Soprano, Orchestra

PREMIERE: February 3, 2002. Carnegie Hall, NY

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Symphony No.6 (2006)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Symphony No.6 ''Plutonian Ode'' (2005)


PHILIP GLASS
Symphony No.6 ''Plutonian Ode''
Orange Mountain Music OMM0020

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

 CD 2:
With Allen Ginsberg voice
1. Movement I
2. Movement II
3. Movement III

BRUCKNER ORCHESTER LINZ
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Lauren Flanigen, soprano
Allen GInsberg, recitation (CD 2)

Friday, April 27, 2012

Philip Glass - Songs and Poems for Solo Cello (2007)


PHILIP GLASS
Songs and Poems for Solo Cello
Orange Mountain Music OMM 0037

SONGS AND POEMS FOR SOLO CELLO
1. Song I
2. Song II
3. Song III
4. Song IV
5. Song V
6. Song VI
7. Song VII

TISSUES (from NAQOYQATSI) FOR CELLO, PERCUSSION AND PIANO
8. Tissue No.1
9. Tissue No.2
10. Tissue No.6
11. Tissue No.7

Wendy Sutter, cello
David Cossin, percussion
Philip Glass, piano


Philip Glass - Naqoyqatsi (2002)


PHILIP GLASS
Naqoyqatsi
Sony Classical SK87709

1. Naqoyqatsi
2. Primacy of Number
3. Massman
4. New World
5. Religion
6. Media Weather
7. Old World
8. Intensive Time
9. Point Blank
10. The Vivid Unknown
11. Definition

THE PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE
Michael Riesman, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Vassily Primakov - In Concerto, Volume 2 (2011)


VASSILY PRIMAKOV
In Concert, Vol.2
Bridge Records 9350

FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Lieder Ohne Worte, Op.30
1. No.1 Andante espressivo in E flat major
2. No.2 Allegro di molto in B flat minor
3. No.3 Adagio non troppo in E major
4. No.4 Agitato e con fuoco in B minor
5. No.5 Andante grazioso in D major
6. No.6 Allegretto tranquillo in F sharp minor

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV813
7. Allemande
8. Courante
9. Sarabande
10. Air
11. Menuet
12. Gigue

PHILIP GLASS
Suite from The Hours
13. The Poet Acts
14. Morning Passages
15. Tearing Herself Away
16. The Hours

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Suite Bergamasque
17. Prelude
18. Menuet
19. Clair de Lune
20. Passepied

Vassily Primakov, piano


Philip Glass / Michael Riesman - Music from The Hours (2004)



PHILIP GLASS / MICHAEL RIESMAN
Music from The Hours
Orange Mountain Music OMM0012

1. The Poet Acts
2. Morning Passages
3. Something She Has to Do
4. For Your Own Benefit
5. Vanessa and the Changelings
6. I'm Going to Make a Cake
7. An Unwelcome Friend
8. Dead Things
9. The Kiss
10. Why Does Someone Have to Die
11. Tearing Herself Away
12. Escape!
13. Choosing Life
14. The Hours

Michael Riesman, piano

Philip Glass - The Hours (2002)


PHILIP GLASS
The Hours
Nonesuch 7559-79693-2

1. The Poet Acts
2. Morning Passages
3. Something She Has to Do
4. For Your Own Benefit
5. Vanessa and the Changelings
6. I'm Going to Make a Cake
7. An Unwelcome Friend
8. Dead Things
9. The Kiss
10. Why Does Someone Have to Die
11. Tearing Herself Away
12. Escape!
13. Choosing Life
14. The Hours

The Lyric Quartet
Micheal Riesman, piano



Wednesday, April 25, 2012

The Fog of War (2002)

PIECE: The Fog of War (soundtrack)

YEAR: 2002

CAST: Orchestra

PREMIERE: none

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: The Fog of War (2002)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Philip Glass: Glass Cuts (2005) [Why Are We Here?] electronic remix
Michael Riesman: Philip Glass Soundtracks (2008) piano versions

Philip Glass - The Fog of War (2002)


PHILIP GLASS
The Fog of War
Orange Mountain Music OMM0010

1. 100.000 People
2. Target Destruction
3. Revolution in the Pentagon
4. Low Evil
5. Blind Moles
6. Behind the Moon
7. November 1, 1967
8. IBM Punch Card
9. The War to End All Wars
10. Statistical Control
11. A New Weapon
12. Damned If I Don't
13. The Family
14. Chengtu
15. Dominoes
16. 67 Cities
17. Rolling Thunder
18. Invitation
19. Success
20. Data
21. Across the World
22. 5 Weeks
23. Norman Morrison
24. Snowing
25. Gulf of Tonkin
26. Return from Vietnan
27. Private and Public
28. Unilateralism
29. Why Are We Here?
30. Evil Grade
31. Body Count
32. The Light That Failed
33. No Second Chance
34. The Fog of War



Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Philip Glass - The Concerto Project Vol.II (2006)


PHILIP GLASS
The Concerto Project Vol.II
Orange Mountain Music OMM0030

PIANO CONCERTO No.2 "After Lewis and Clark"
1. "The Vision" - Movement I
2. "Sacagawea" - Movement II
3. "The Land" - Movement III

CONCERTO FOR HARPSICHORD AND ORCHESTRA
4. Movement I
5. Movement II
6. Movement III

THE NORTHWEST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Paul Barnes, piano (1-3)
R. Carlos Nakai, flutes (1-3)
Jillon Stoppels Dupree, harpsichord (4-6)


Monday, April 23, 2012

Philip Glass - Philip on Film (2001)


PHILIP GLASS
Philip on Film
Elektra Nonesuch 79660-2

Compilation box with previously released music plus 2 bonus tracks.

CD 1:
KOYAANISQATSI
1. Koyaanisqatis
2. Organic
3. Cloudscape
4. Resource
5. Vessels
6. Pruit Igoe
7. The Grid
8. Prophecies

CD 2:
POWAQQATSI
1. Serra Pelada
2. The Title
3. Anthem - Part 1
4. That Place
5. Anthem - Part 2
6. Mosque and Temple
7. Anthem - Part 3
8. Train to Sao Paulo
9. Video Dream
10. New Cities in Ancient Lands, China
11. New Cities in Ancient Lands, Africa
12. New Cities in Ancient Lands, India
13. The Unnuterable
14. CAUGHT!
15. Mr.Suso #1
16. From Egypt
17. Mr.Suso #2 with Reflection
18. Powaqqatsi
CD 3:
DRACULA
1. Dracula
2. Journey to the Inn
3. The Inn
4. The Crypt
5. Carriage Without a Driver
6. The Castle
7. The Drawing Room
8. "Excellent, Mr. Renfield"
9. The Three Consorts of Dracula
10. The Storm
11. Horrible Tragedy
12. London Fog
13. In the Theatre
14. Lucy's Bitten
15. Seward Sanatorium
16. Renfield
17. In His Cell
18. When the Dream Comes
19. Dracula Enters
20. Or a Wolf
21. Women in White
22. Renfield in the Drawing Room
23. Dr. Van Helsing and Dracula
24. Mina on the Terrace
25. Mina's Bedroom / The Abbey
26. The End of Dracula
CD 4:
SELECTIONS FROM "LA BELLE ET LA BETE"
1. Ouverture
2. Les Soueurs
3. La Demande en Marriage d'Avenant
4. Le Voyage du Père
5. Le Domaine de la Bête
6. Le Retour du Père
7. La Belle va au Château
8. Le Dîner
9. Les Tourments de la Bête
10. Promenade dans le Jardin
11. La Saisie de Meubles
12. La Confiance de la Bête en la Belle
13. Belle retourne Chez son Père
14. Belle raconte son Histoire
15. Le Plan
16. La Passion d'Avenant
17. Le Magnifique apparaît
18. Le Miroir
19. Le Pavillon
20. La Métamorphose

CD 5:
FROM ANIMA MUNDI
1. The Beginning
2. Perpetual Motion
3. The Witness
FROM KUNDUN
4. Sand Mandala
5. Projector
6. Escape to India
FROM MISHIMA
7. Mishima / Opening
8. Osamu's Theme / Kyoko's House
9. November 25: Ichigaya
10. Mishima / Closing
FROM THE SECRET AGENT
11. Secret Agent
12. The First Meridian
13. Trust
FROM THE THIN BLUE LINE
14. End Credits
FROM THE PETER GREENAWAY FILM (previously unreleased)
15. The Man in the Bath
FROM THE GODFREY REGGIO FILM, EVIDENCE
16. Façades
FROM THE ATOM EGOYAN FILM (previously unreleased)
17. Diaspora

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (2001)

PIECE: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

YEAR: 2001

CAST: Cello, orchestra

PREMIERE: October 21, 2001. Beijing Music Festival

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: The Concerto Project Vol.I (2004)
Philip Glass: Cello Concerto (2011)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Cello Concerto (2011)


PHILIP GLASS
Cello Concerto
Orange Mountain Music OMM0076

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

ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS
Dante Anzolini, conductor
Wendy Sutter, cello

Saturday, April 21, 2012

In the Penal Colony (2000)

PIECE: In the Penal Colony

YEAR: 2000

CAST: String ensemble and soloists

PREMIERE: August 31, 2000. Seattle.

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: In the Penal Colony (2011)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - In the Penal Colony (2011)


PHILIP GLASS
In the Penal Colony
Orange Mountain Music OMM0078

1. The Machine
2. Prologue
3. Scene 1
4. Scene 2
5. Scene 3
6. Scene 4
7. Scene 5
8. Scene 6
9. Scene 7
10. Scene 8
11. Scene 9
12. Scene 10
13. Scene 11
14. Scene 12
15. Scene 13
16. Scene 14
17. Scene 15
18. Scene 16
19. Epilogue

THE MUSIC THEATRE WALES ENSEMBLE
Michael Rafferty, conductor

Friday, April 20, 2012

The University of Arizona Wind Ensemble - Towers of Power (2009)


THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WIND ENSEMBLE
Towers of Power
Albany Records TROY1108

DANIEL McCARTHY
Towers of Power: Chamber Symphony No.4 for Saxophone and Winds
1. Bump City
2. Quiet Scream
3. Knock Yourself Out

ANTHONY PLOG
Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble
4. Andante / allegro moderato
5. Andante
6. Allegro vivace

PHILIP GLASS
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra
7. Movement I
8. Movement II
9. Cadenza
10. Movement III


THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WIND ENSEMBLE
Gregg I. Hanson, conductor

Timothy McCarthy, saxophones (1-3)
Brian Luce, flute (4-6)
Jonathan Haas, timpani (7-10)
Gary Cook, timpani (7-10)

Philip Glass - The Concerto Project Vol.I (2004)


PHILIP GLASS
The Concerto Project Vol.I
Orange Mountain Music OMM0014

CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA
1. Movement I
2. Movement II
3. Movement III

CONCERTO FANTASY FOR TWO TIMPANISTS AND ORCHESTRA
4. Movement I
5. Movement II
6. Cadenza
7. Movement III

THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Gerard Schwarz, conductor

Julian Lloyd Webber, cello (1-3)
Evelyn Glennie, timpani (4-7)
Jonathan Haas, timpani (4-7)


Thursday, April 19, 2012

Symphony No.5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmankaya" (1999)

PIECE: Symphony No.5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmakaya"

YEAR: 1999

CAST: Orchestra and chorus

PREMIERE: August 28, 1999. Saltzburg Festival, Austria.

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Symphony No.5 (2000)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Symphony No.5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmankaya" (2000)


PHILIP GLASS
Symphony No.5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmankaya"
Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79618-2

CD 1:
1. Before the Creation
2. Creation of the Cosmos
3. Creation of the Sentient Beings
4. Creation of Human Beings
5. Love and Joy
6. Evil and Ingnorance

CD 2:
1. Suffering
2. Compassion
3. Death
4. Judgement and Apocalypse
5. Paradise
6. Dedication of Merit

VIENNA RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY CHOIR, Dr.Nathan Carter, music director
HUNGARIAN RADIO CHILDREN CHOIR, Gabriela Thesz, music director


Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The Truman Show (1998)

PIECE: The Truman Show (soundtrack)

YEAR: 1998

CAST: piano, ensemble

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Music from the Motion Picture The Truman Show (1998)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Jeroen Van Veen: Minimal Piano Collection (2006) [Truman Sleeps]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Music from the Motion Picture The Truman Show (1998)


MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE
The Truman Show
Milan 74321 60822-2

BURKHARD DALLWITZ
1. Trutalk
2. It's a Life
3. Aquaphobia

PHILIP GLASS
4. Dreaming of Fiji

BURKHARD DALLWITZ
5. Flashback

PHILIP GLASS
6. Anthem, part 2 (from Powaqqatsi)
7. The Beginning (from Anima Mundi)

FREDERIC CHOPIN
8. Romance, larghetto (from Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11)

BURKHARD DALLWITZ
9. Drive
10. Underground
11. Do Something!

PHILIP GLASS
12. Living Waters (from Anima Mundi)

BURKHARD DALLWITZ
13. Reunion

PHILIP GLASS
14. Truman Sleeps

BURKHARD DALLWITZ
15. Truman Sets Sail
16. Underground / Storm

PHILIP GLASS
17. Raising the Sail

WOJCIECH KILAR
18. Father Kolbe's Preaching

PHILIP GLASS
19. Opening (from Mishima)

BURKHARD DALLWITZ
20. A New Life

THE BIG SIX
21. Twentieth Century Boy (by Marc Bolan)


Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Psalm 126 (1998)

PIECE: Psalm 126

YEAR: 1998

CAST: Orchestra and chorus

PREMIERE: October 19, 1998. Lincoln Center, NY.

RECORDINGS:
Psalms of Joy and Sorrow (2006)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Psalms of Joy and Sorrow (2006)


PSALMS OF JOY AND SORROW
Naxos 8.559445

GEORGE ROCHBERG
1. Psalm 23
2. Psalm 150

JACOB DRUCKMAN
3. Psalm 93

URSULA MAMLOK
4. Cantata based on the First Psalm

YEHUDY WYNER
5. Ma Tovu
6. Shiru Ladonai (Psalm 96)

MIRIAM GIDEON
7. Ma Tovu
8. Adonai Malakh (Psalm 93)

MARTIN KALMANOFF
9. The Lord is My Shepherd

PHILIP GLASS
10. Psalm 126

DONALD WAXMAN
11. The 23th Psalm of David
12. Jonah's Prayer from the Belly of the Whale

RALPH SHAPEY
Psalm II
13. Prologue: Prais'd Be
14. Master of the Universe
15. Thy Covenant
16. Day of Wrath
17. Epilogue: Life and Joy

ROBERT STRASSBURG
18. Psalm 117

HEINRICH SCHALIT
19. The 23th Psalm

ZAVEL ZILBERTS
20. Psalm 137 (Al Naharot Bavel)


Various artists.

Philip Glass track performed by Coral Carmina, Barcelona Symphony / National Orchestra of Catalonia. Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor.


Monday, April 16, 2012

Bruce Levingston - Nightbreak (2011)


BRUCE LEVINGSTON
Nightbreak
Sono Luminus DSL 92144

FRANZ LISZT
1. Valee D'Obermann
2. Les Cloches de Geneve
3. Les Jeux D'Eaux a la Villa D'Este

JOHANNES BRAHMS
4. Intermezzo in E major, Op.116, No.4
5. Ballade in D minor, Op.10, No.1
6. Waltz in D minor, Op.39, No.9

WOLFGANG RIHM
7. Brahmsliebewaltzer

PHILIP GLASS
Dracula Suite
8. Dracula
9. Carriage Without a Driver
10. In His Cell
11. Van Helsing and Dracula
12. Dracula (reprise)

Bruce Levingston, piano

Michael Riesman - Dracula (2007)


MICHAEL RIESMAN
Dracula
Orange Mountain Music OMM0033

1. Dracula
2. Journey to the Inn
3. The Inn
4. The Crypt
5. Carriage Without a Driver
6. The Castle
7. The Drawing Room
8. "Excellent, Mr. Renfield"
9. The Three Consorts of Dracula
10. The Storm
11. Horrible Tragedy
12. London Fog
13. In the Theatre
14. Lucy's Bitten
15. Seward Sanatorium
16. Renfield
17. In His Cell
18. When the Dream Comes
19. Dracula Enters
20. Or a Wolf
21. Women in White
22. Renfield in the Drawing Room
23. Dr. Van Helsing and Dracula
24. Mina on the Terrace
25. Mina's Bedroom / The Abbey
26. The End of Dracula
27. Dracula: Epilogue

Michael Riesman, piano

Philip Glass - Dracula (1999)


PHILIP GLASS
Dracula
Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79584-2

1. Dracula
2. Journey to the Inn
3. The Inn
4. The Crypt
5. Carriage Without a Driver
6. The Castle
7. The Drawing Room
8. "Excellent, Mr. Renfield"
9. The Three Consorts of Dracula
10. The Storm
11. Horrible Tragedy
12. London Fog
13. In the Theatre
14. Lucy's Bitten
15. Seward Sanatorium
16. Renfield
17. In His Cell
18. When the Dream Comes
19. Dracula Enters
20. Or a Wolf
21. Women in White
22. Renfield in the Drawing Room
23. Dr. Van Helsing and Dracula
24. Mina on the Terrace
25. Mina's Bedroom / The Abbey
26. The End of Dracula

KRONOS QUARTET
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Joan Jeanrenaud, cello

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Streets of Berlin (1997)

PIECE: Streets of Berlin (from the soundtrack of "Bent")

YEAR: 1997

CAST: ensemble and soloist

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Ute Lemper: Punishing Kiss (2000)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Ute Lemper - Punishing Kiss (2000)


UTE LEMPER
Punishing Kiss
Decca

1. Little Water Song
2. The Case Continues
3. Passionate Fight
4. Tango Ballad
5. Couldn't You Keep That to Yourself
6. Streets of Berlin (Philip Glass)
7. The Part You Throw Away
8. Split
9. Punishing Kiss
10. Purple Avenue
11. You Were Meant for Me
12. Scope J
13. Lullaby (By-By-By)

Ute Lemper
The Divine Comedy


Saturday, April 14, 2012

Songs of Milarepa (1997)

PIECE: Songs of Milarepa

YEAR: 1997

CAST: Orchestra, baritone

PREMIERE: September 13, 1997. Peruggia, Italy

RECORDINGS:
Sagra Musicale Umbra: Grandi Prime (2001)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Grandi Prime Sagra Musicale Umbra (2001)


SAGRA MUSICALE UMBRA
Grandi Prime
no serial number

PHILIP GLASS
Songs of Milarepa
1. I Am the Man Called Milarepa
2. Song of the White Staff
3. Song of the Five Sisters

LEO BROWER
Concerto-Cantata de Perugia
4. Dies Irae
5. Laude
6. Aleluya
7. Gloria

1-3. Orchestra Sinfonica della Sagra Musicale Umbra, Marcello Panni, direttore. Robero Abbondanza, baritono.

4-7. Orchestra I Solisti di Perugia. Fabio Maestri, direttore. Coro Musica Nova (Roma). Fabrizio Barchi, maestro del coro. Leonardo De Angelis (chitarra).

Friday, April 13, 2012

Philip Glass - Monsters of Grace (2007)


PHILIP GLASS
Monsters of Grace
Orange Mountain Music OMM0041

1. Where Everything is Music
2. The Needle
3. Don'f Go Back to Sleep
4. In the Arc of Your Mallet
5. My Worst Habit
6. Like This
7. Stereo Gram
8. Let the Letter Read You
9. Boy Beach and Ball
10. The Say Paradise Will Be Perfect
11. The New Rule
12. An Artist Comes to Paint You
13. Boy on Fire

THE PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Kundun (1997)

PIECE: Kundun (original soundtrack)

YEAR: 1997

CAST: Ensemble

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Kundun (1997)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Kundun (1997)


PHILIP GLASS
Kundun
Elektra Nonesuch 7559-9460-2

1. Sand Mandala
2. Northern Tibet
3. Dark Kitchen
4. Choosing
5. Caravan Moves Out
6. Reting's Eyes
7. Potala
8. Lord Chamberlain
9. Norbu Plays
10. Norbulingka
11. Chinese Invade
12. Fish
13. Distraught
14. Thirteenth Dalai Lama
15. Move to Dungkar
16. Projector
17. Lhasa at night
18. Escape to India

THE PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE
The Gyuto Monks


Days and Nights in Rocinha (1997)

PIECE: Days and Nights in Rocinha

YEAR: 1997

CAST: Orchestra

PREMIERE: February 8, 1998.

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: From the Philip Glasss Recording Archive Volume II - Orchestral Music (2007)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Suite from Bent for String Quartet (2011)

PIECE: Suite from Bent for String Quartet

YEAR: 2011

CAST: String quartet

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Brooklyn Rider Performs Philip Glass (2011)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Philip Glass - "Heroes" Symphony (1996)


PHILIP GLASS
"Heroes" Symphony
Point Music 454-388-2

1. "Heroes"
2. Abdulmajid
3. Sense of Doubt
4. Sons of the Silent Age
5. Neuköln
6. V2 Schneider

THE AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Philip Glass - The Secret Agent (1996)


PHILIP GLASS
The Secret Agent
Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79442-2

1. Secret Agent
2. Winnie Remembers
3. Verloc and the Russian Embassy
4. Blood on the Stairs
5. The First Meridian
6. Emigration
7. Trust
8. Winnie?
9. Explosives
10. All the Money
11. Simple
12. Roast Beef
13. Safe Journey
14. Ossipon is Tempted
15. Winnie Goes to Sea
16. Secret Agent Ending

THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Harry Rabinowotz, conductor


Sunday, April 8, 2012

Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies - Music 4 Hands (2004)


MAKI NAMEKAWA AND DENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES
Music 4 Hands
Orange Mountain Music OMM0022

STEVE REICH
1. Piano Phase

PHILIP GLASS
Six Scenes from "Les Enfants Terribles"
2. Overture
3. The Bedroom
4. Paul Sleepwalking
5. Snow Falling in the Playground
6. Elizabeth Chooses a Career
7. Death of the Twins / Finale


Philip Glass - Les Enfants Terribles (2005)


PHILIP GLASS
Les Enfants Terribles
Orange Mountain Music OMM0019

CD 1:
1. Scene 1 - Les Enfants Terribles Overture
2. Scene 2 - Paul is Dying
3. Scene 3 - A Snowball
4. Scene 4 - Two Halves of the Same Body
5. Scene 5 - He Didn't Say Goodbye
6. Scene 6 - The Somnambulist
7. Scene 7 - She Slapped Me
8. Scene 8a - They Lived Their Dream
9. Scene 8b - And then Leave
10. Scene 9 - Call Me Elisabeth
11. Scenes 10, 11 - Crisscross Pattern

CD 2:
1. Scene 11 - A Terrible Interlude
2. Scene 12 - Unaware of Its Taboos
3. Scene 13 - One Wheel Spinning
4. Scene 14a, b - Cocoon of Shawls
5. Scene 15 - Lost
6. Scene 16 - He Wrote His Own Name
7. Scene 17 - Are You in Love, Agathe?
8. Scene 18 - From Dargelos
9. Scene 19 - She Took the Path
10. Scene 20 - Paul's End

Christine Arand, soprano
Philip Cutlip, bass-baritone
Hal Cazalet, tenor
Valerie Komar, mezzo-soprano
Philip Glass, piano
Nelson Padgett, piano
Eleanor Sandresky, piano


Saturday, April 7, 2012

The Witches of Venice (1995)

PIECE: The Witches of Venice

YEAR: 1995

CAST: Ensemble, solo voices

PREMIERE: December 12, 1995. Milan

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: The Witches of Venice (2006)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - The Witches of Venice (2006)


PHILIP GLASS
The Witches of Venice
Orange Mountain Music OMM0031

1. The Lagoon
2. The Philosophers Have Arrived
3. No Solution
4. The Fairies
5. "Life is Hard"
6. "I'm Not a Fool"
7. The Plant-Boy' Song
8. The Witches Rush In
9. The Wind Blows
10. The Witches Palace
11. Inside the Palace
12. Ghosts and Skeletons!
13. The Ogre
14. Ogre's Song
15. Plant-Boy Flees
16. Dance of the Witches
17. Witch Mother
18. Gondolas Bringing Guests
19. "Away Pigeon, Away!"
20. Plant-Boy's Tears
21. In the Chandelier
22. Gloriuos Escape!
23. A Happy Ending
24. Life is Hard, a Good Red Wine

THE PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE

The Glass Chamber Players - Schoenberg / Glass (2010)


THE GLASS CHAMBER PLAYERS
Schoenberg / Glass
Orange Mountain Music OMM0069

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
1. Verklärte Nacht, Op.4

PHILIP GLASS
SEXTET FOR STRINGS (arrangement of the Symphony No.3, Michael Riesman)
2. I
3. II
4. III
5. IV


THE GLASS CHAMBER PLAYERS
Tim Fain, violin
Maria Bachmann, violin
Misha Amory, viola
David Harding, viola
Wendy Sutter, cello
Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello


Friday, April 6, 2012

Melodies for Saxophone (1995)

PIECE: Melodies for Saxophone

YEAR: 1995

CAST: solo saxophone

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Saxophone (2002)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Lautten Compagney: Timeless (2010) [Melodies Nos.5, 10 & 12]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Jenipapo (1995)

PIECE: Jenipapo (original soundtrack)

YEAR: 1995

CAST: Orchestra

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
From the Philip Glass Recording Archive Volume III, Film Scores: Jenipapo (2008)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:

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

Ignorant Sky (1995)

PIECE: Ignorant Sky

YEAR: 1995

CAST: ensemble, voice

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
From the Philip Glass Recording Archive Volume III, Film Scores: Jenipapo (2008)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none