Sunday, December 1, 2013

Neil Campbell / Carlo Bowry / Gordon Ross - Philip Glass: Metamorphosis / Steve Reich: Acoustic Counterpoint (2013)


NEIL CAMPBELL / CARLO BOWRY / GORDON ROSS
Philip Glass: Metamorphosis / Steve Reich: Acoustic Counterpoint
Burning Shed 8 87516 99498 2

PHILIP GLASS
Metamorphosis
1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V

STEVE REICH
Acoustic Counterpoint
6. I
7. II
8. III

Neil Campbell, classical guitar, bass guitar (6-8)
Carlo Bowry, electric guitar (1-5)

Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra (2002)

PIECE: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra

YEAR: 2002

CAST: Harpsichord, orchestra

PREMIERE: September 21, 2002. Benaroya Hall, Seattle.

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: The Concerto Project (2006)
Glass / Rutter / Françaix: Harpsichord Concertos (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Glass / Rutter / Françaix - Harpsichord Concertos (2013)


GLASS / RUTTER / FRANÇAIX
Harpsichord Concertos
Naxos 8.573146

JOHN RUTTER
Suite Antique
1. Prelude: Moderato con moto tranquillo
2. Ostinato: Vivace
3. Aria: Andante
4. Waltz: A Jazz Waltz
5. Chanson: Andante espressivo ma con moto
6. Rondeau: Vivace

PHILIP GLASS
Concerto for Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra
7. I
8. II
9. III

JEAN FRANÇAIX
Concerto pour Clavecin et Ensemble Instrumental
10. I. Toccata I
11. II. Toccata II
12. III. Andantino
13. IV. Menuet
14. V. Finale

Christopher D. Lewis, harpsichord
John McMurtery, flute (1-5)
West Side Chamber Orchestra
Kevin Mallon, conductor

O Apostolo (2013)

PIECE: O Apostolo (soundtrack) [Opening / Town / Procession]

YEAR: 2013

CAST: Orchestra

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass / Xavi Font / Arturo Vaquero: "O Apostolo" (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none


ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass / Xavi Font / Arturo Vaquero - O Apostolo (2013)



PHILIP GLASS / XAVI FONT / ARTURO VAQUERO
O Apostolo
ArteFacto [no number]

1. Opening (Philip Glass)
2. Arrival to Xanaz (Arturo Vaquero)
3. Ms. Luisa's House (Xavi Font)
4. Ramon Investigates (Arturo Vaquero)
5. Graveyard (Xavi Font)
6. Awake (Arturo Vaquero)
7. Town (Philip Glass)
8. Ms. Luisa's House II (Xavi Font)
9. Don Cesareo's Sensitive Side
10. Poison (Arturo Vaquero)
11. Rest, in Peace (Arturo Vaquero)
12. Santa Compaña I (Xavi Font)
13. Ms. Luisa's House III (Xavi Font)
14. Forest (Arturo Vaquero)
15. Trapped in the Forest (Arturo Vaquero)
16. Why I'm Reaching Always the Same Place? (Xavi Font)
17. Santa Compaña II (Xavi Font)
18. We're Only Five (Arturo Vaquero)
19. Sebastian's Damm (Xavi Font)
20. Who's That Man? (Arturo Vaquero)
21. Lactose Intolerance (Arturo Vaquero)
22. Rioja, Do Not Worry (Arturo Vaquero)
23. Procession (Philip Glass / Xavi Font)
24. Santa Compaña III (Xavi Font)
25. Finale (Xavi Font)
26. Sebastian Damm (instrumental)

Real Filharmonia de Galicia
David Hernando, conductor

Monday, October 7, 2013

Gradus (1968)

PIECE: Gradus

YEAR: 1968

CAST: Soprano saxophone

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Jon Gibson: In Good Company (1992)
Idit Shner: Le Merle Noir (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Alter Ego Performs Philip Glass: Music in the Shape of a Square (2001) [bass clarinet version]

Idit Shner - Le Merle Noir (2013)


IDIT SHNER
Le Merle Noir
Origin Classical OC33017

EUGENE BOZZA
Concertino
1. Fantasqueetleger
2. Andantino
3. Tarentelle

OLIVIER MESSIAEN
4. Le Merle Noir

ÖDÖN PARTOS
5. Yizkor (in memoriam)

EUGENE BOZZA
6. Scaramouche

PAUL-BAUDOUIN MICHEL
7. Movements

PHILIP GLASS
Gradus
8. Part I
9. Part II

ROSS LEE FINNEY
Sonata in A minor
10. Allegro moderato con moto
11. Largo Sostenuto
12. Allegretto con spirito

Idit Shner, soprano & alto saxophones
Svetlana Kotova, piano


Candyman (1992)

PIECE: Candyman

YEAR: 1992

CAST: Ensemble

PREMIERE: Unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: The Music of Candyman (2001)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Michael Riesman: Philip Glass Soundtracks (2008) [Helen's Theme and more] piano version
Floraleda Sacchi: Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2012) [Cue 2] 3 harp versions

Floraleda Sacchi - Philip Glass: Metamorphosis (2012)


FLORALEDA SACCHI
Philip Glass: Metamorphosis
Amadeus Arte AAP12002

1. Opening (from Glassworks)

HELEN'S TUNE (from Candyman
2. Cue 2a
3. Cue 2b
4. Cue 2c

METAMORPHOSIS
5. I. Moderate
6. II. Flowing
7. III. Moderately Fast
8. IV. Flowing
9. V. Moderate

10. Modern Love Waltz

11. Why Does Someone Have to Die (from The Hours)

"TRILOGY" SONATA
12. I. Knee Play No.4 (from Einstein on the Beach)
13. II. Act III (from Satyagraha)
14. III. Dance (from Akhnaten)

15. Closing (from Glassworks)

Floraleda Sacchi, harp


Visitors (2013)

PIECE: Visitors (soundtrack)

YEAR: 2013

CAST: Orchestra

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Visitors (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none


ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Visitors (2013)


PHILIP GLASS
Visitors
Orange Mountain Music OMM0089

1. Novus Ordo Seclorum
2. The Day Room
3. Off Planet, Part 1
4. Off Planet, Part 2
5. Gone
6. The Reciprocal Gaze

Bruckner Orchestra Linz
Dennis Russell Davies

Concert of the Sixth Sun (2012)

PIECE: Concert of the Sixth Sun

YEAR: 2012

CAST: violin, guitar, piano and voice

PREMIERE: December 12, 2012, San Luis de Potosí, México

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Concert of the Sixth Sun (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none


ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Concert of the Sixth Sun (2013)


PHILIP GLASS
Concert of the Sixth Sun
Orange Mountain Music OMM0090

1. Deer Flowers
2. Wise Man
3. Hikuri
4. Falling Rocks

Philip Glass, piano
Roberto Carillo Cocio, guitar
Daniel Medina de la Rosa, violin

Duet (2013)

PIECE: Duet

YEAR: 2013

CAST: 2 pianos

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Clint Mansell: Stoker (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Clint Mansell - Stoker (2013)



CLINT MANSELL
Stoker
Milan Records 399 456-2

1. I'm Not Formed By Things That Are od Myself Alone [Mia Wasikowska]
2. Becomes the Color [Emily Wells]
3. Happy Birthday (a Death in the Family)
4. Uncle Charlie
5. A Whistling Tune From a Lonely Man [Hudson Thames]
6. The Hunter and the Game
7. Blossoming
8. Summer Wine [Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood]
9. A Family Affair
10. Becoming...
11. Duet [Philip Glass]
12. Crawford Institute (Family Secrets)
13. Stride la Vampa (From "Il Trovatore") [Giuseppe Verdi]
14. The Hunter Plays the Game
15. Full Bloom
16. The Hunter Becomes the Game
17. We Are Not Responsible for Who We Come to Be (Free)
18. If I Ever Had a Heart [Emily Wells & Clint Mansell]

All tracks by Clint Mansell except where indicated

Duet is performed by Sugar Vendill & Trevor Gureckis, pianos.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Four Movements for Two Pianos (2008)

PIECE: Four Movements for Two Pianos

YEAR: 2008

CAST: 2 pianos

PREMIERE: July 07, 2008. Klavier Festival Ruhr

RECORDINGS:
Maki Namekawa & Dennis Russell Davies: Philip Glass Piano Music (2009)
Katia & Marielle Labeque: Minimalist Dream House (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Katia and Marielle Labeque - Minimalist Dream House (2013)


KATIA & MARIELLE LABEQUE
Minimalist Dream House
KML 2117

CD 1:

PHILIP GLASS
Four Movements for Two Pianos
1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV

HOWARD SKEMPTON
Three Nocturnes
5. I
6. II
7. III

WILLIAM DUCKWORTH
The Time Curve Preludes
8. I
9. II
10. VII
11. X
12. XII
13. XVII

HOWARD SKEMPTON
Images
14. Prelude I
15. Interlude 4
16. Prelude 5
17. Interlude 5
18. Prelude 7
19. Postlude

CD 2:

JOHN CAGE
1. Experiences I

DAVID CHALMIN
2. Gameland

NICOLA TESCARI
3. Suonar Rimembrando

APHEX TWIN
4. Nanou2
5. Avril 14th

BRIAN ENO
6. In Dark Trees

PHILIP GLASS
7. The Poet Acts

ARVO PÄRT
8. Hymn to a Great City

NICOLA TESCARI
9. En 4 Parentheses

RADIOHEAD
10. Pyramid Song

RAPHAEL SEGUINIER
11. Free to X

SUICIDE
12. Ghost Rider

CD 3:

TERRY RILEY
1. In C

MICHAEL NYMAN
Water Dances
2. Dipping
3. Stroking
4. Submerging
5. Gliding
6. Synchronising

Katia Labeque, piano
Marielle Labeque, piano
David Chalmin, vocals, guitar, bass, electronics
Raphael Seguinier, drums, percussion, electronics
Nicola Tescari, keyboards, electronics, piano

Symphony No.3 (1995)

PIECE: Symphony No.3

YEAR: 1995

CAST: String orchestra

PREMIERE: February 5, 1995.Kunzeslau, Germany

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (1998)
Philip Glass: Symphonies Nos.2-3 (2004)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 / The Hours (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Cello Octet Conjunto Iberico: Glass Reflections (2002) [Movement III] eight cellos version
The Glass Chamber Players: Schoenberg / Glass (2010), string sextet version

Philip Glass - Symphony No.3 / The Hours (2013)


PHILIP GLASS
Symphony No.3 / The Hours
Orange Mountain Music OMM0086

SUITE FROM "THE HOURS"
1. Movement I
2. Movement II
3. Movement III

SYMPHONY No.3
4. Movement I
5. Movement II
6. Movement III
7. Movement IV


MANITOBA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Anne Manson
Michael Riesman, piano.

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No.2 'Naqoyqatsi' (2012)


PIECE: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No.2 'Naqoyqatsi'

YEAR: 2012

CAST: Orchestra, cello

PREMIERE: March 30, 2012

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Cello Concerto No.2 'Naqoyqatsi'

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Cello Concerto No.2 ''Naqoyqatsi'' (2013)


PHILIP GLASS
Cello Concerto No.2 "Naqoyqatsi"
Orange Mountain Music OMM0087

1. Naqoyqatsi
2. Massman
3. New World
4. Intensive Time
5. Old World
6. Point Blank
7. The Vivid Unknown

Cinccinnati Symphony Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies
Matt Haimovitz, cello

The Screens

PIECE: The Screens

YEAR: 1990

CAST: Ensemble

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso: Music from "The Screens" (1992)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: 
Philip Glass: Rework (2012) [Warda's Whorehouse] (electronic remix)

Music in Twelve Parts (1971-1974)

PIECE: Music in Twelve Parts

YEAR: 1971-1974

CAST: Ensemble

PREMIERE: The Philip Glass Ensemble, New York, 1974

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Music in Twelve Parts (1988)
Philip Glass: Music in Twelve Parts (1996)
Philip Glass: Music in Twelve Parts (2008)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
The Philip Glass Ensemble: A Retrospective (2010) [Parts 1 & 2]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Philip Glass: Rework (2012) [Part 1] electronir remix

Etoile Polaire (1977)

PIECE: Etoile Polaire

YEAR: 1977

CAST: Keyboards, sax, flute, voices

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Analog (2006)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Mike Oldfield: Platinum (1979) [Etoile Polaire] rock version
Arturo Stalteri: Circles (1998) [Etoile Polaire / Victor's Lament / River Run / Ave] piano and cello versions
Blüchel & Von Deylen (2004) [Etoile Polaire] electronic version
Philip Glass: Rework (2012) [Etoile Polaire] electronic mix

Philip Glass - Rework (2012)


PHILIP GLASS
Rework
Orange Mountain Music OMM0082

CD 1:

1. Music in Twelve Parts Part 1 (My Great Ghost)
2. Rubric Remix (Tyondai Braxton)
3. Knee 1 Remix (Nosaj Thing)
4. Alight Spiral Snip Philip Glass Remix (Dan Deacon)
5. Warda's Whorehouse Inside Out Version (Amon Tobin)
6. Etoile Polaire Little Dipper (Silver Alert)
7. Floe'87 Remix (Memory Tapes)
8. Opening from Glassworks (Cornelius)

CD 2:
1. NYC: 73-78 (Beck)
2. Protest Remix (Johann Johannsson)
3. Mad Rush Organ Remix (Pantha du Prince)
4. Island Remix (Peter Broderick)

Remixes of Philip Glass Music.


Julia Rovinsky - Dark (2012)


JULIA ROVINSKY
Dark
EnT-T EnT-T 7

HAROLD BUDD
1. The Room

PHILIP GLASS
2. Etude for piano No.2

MUNIR BASHIR
3. Du'a - Invocation

ARVO PÄRT
4. Für Alina

STEVE REICH
5. Piano Phase


JULIA ROVINSKI, HARP

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Echorus (1995)

PIECE: Echorus

YEAR: 1995

CAST: 2 violins, string orchestra

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Edna Michell: Compassion (2001)
Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Portrait (2008)
Daniel Hope: Spheres (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Daniel Hope - Spheres (2013)


DANIEL HOPE
Spheres
Deutsche Grammophon 289 479 0571

JOHANN PAUL VON WESTHOFF
1. Imitazione delle campane

LUDOVICO EINAUDI
2. I Giorni

PHILIP GLASS
3. Echorus

GABRIEL FAURE
4. Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.2

LERA AUERBACH
5. Adagio sognando from 24 preludes, Op.46

ARVO PÄRT
6. Fratres

ELENA KATS-CHERNIN
7. Eliza Aria from "Wild Swans Suite"

ALEX BARANOWSKI
8. Musica universalis

GABRIEL PROKOFIEV
9. Spheres

MAX RICHTER
10. Berlin by Overnight

ALEX BARANOWSKI
11. Biafra

ALEKSEY IGUDESMAN
12. Lento

LUDOVICO EINAUDI
13. Passagio

LERA AUERBACH
14. Andante from 24 preludes, Op.46

KARL JENKINS
15. Benedictus from "The Armed Man"

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
16. Prelude in E minor BWV855

MICHAEL NYMAN
17. Trysting Fields from "Drowning by Numbers"

KARSTEN GUNDERMANN
18. Faust, Episode 2, Nachspiel

Daniel Hope, violin
DEUTSCHES KAMMERORCHESTER BERLIN
Members of the RUNDFUNKCHOR BERLIN
Simon Halsey, conductor


Neverwas (2005)

PIECE: Neverwas (soundtrack)

YEAR: 2005

CAST: Orchestra, piano

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
From the Philip Glass Recording Archive Volume IV: Film Scores. Neverwas (2008)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Tara Hugo Sings Philip Glass (2012) [Always Neverwas]

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

Monsters of Grace (1997)

PIECE: Monsters of Grace

YEAR: 1997

CAST: Ensemble

PREMIERE: April 15, 1998. Royce Hall, UCLA.

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Monsters of Grace (2007)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Tara Hugo Sings Philip Glass (2012) [Let the Letter Read You / The New Rule]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Paul Barnes: The Orphee Suite for Piano (2003) [Epilogue] solo piano

Hydrogen Jukebox (1990)

PIECE: Hydrogen Jukebox

YEAR: 1990

CAST: Ensamble

PREMIERE: May 26, 1990. Spoletto Music Festival

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Hydrogen Jukebox (1993)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Tara Hugo Sings Philip Glass (2012) [Cabin in the Rockies]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Spinning (2012)


PIECE: Spinning (song)

YEAR: 2012

CAST: voice, ensemble

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
- Tara Hugo Sings Philip Glass (2012)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Kabul (2012)


PIECE: Kabul (song)

YEAR: 2012

CAST: voice, ensemble

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
- Tara Hugo Sings Philip Glass (2012)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Feeding Frenzy (2012)


PIECE: Feeding Frenzy (song)

YEAR: 2012

CAST: voice, ensemble

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
- Tara Hugo Sings Philip Glass (2012)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Planctus (1997)


PIECE: Planctus (song)

YEAR: 1997

CAST: Voice, piano

PREMIERE: February 17, 1997, Carnegie Hall, NY

RECORDINGS:
- Tara Hugo Sings Philip Glass (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Tara Hugo Sings Philip Glass (2012)


TARA HUGO
Sings Philip Glass
Orange Mountain Music OMM0084

1. Always Neverwas (from Neverwas, lyric: Tara Hugo)
2. Let the Letter Read You (from Monsters of Grace)
3. How Much I Love You (from Book of Longing)
4. The New Rule (from Monsters of Grace)
5. Spinning (lyric: Tara Hugo)
6. Feeding Frenzy (lyric: Tara Hugo)
7. Streets of Berlin (from Bent)
8. A Sip of Wine (from Book of Longing)
9. Cabin in the Rockies (from Hydrogen Jukebox)
10. Kabul (lyric: Tara Hugo)
11. Planctus
12. The Night of Santiago (from Book of Longing)

Tara Hugo, voice
Megan Gould, violin
Luke Cissell, violin
Claudia Chopek, violin
Karen Waltuch, viola
Noah Hoffeld, cello
Logan Coale, double-bass
Alex Sopp, flute
Hideaki Aomori, clarinet
Alicia Lee, bass clarinet
Ashley Jackson, harp
Freddie Stevenson, guitar
Danielle Schwob, guitar