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.