Saturday, February 15, 2014

John Sampen & Marilyn Shrude - Visions in Metaphor (2001)


JOHN SAMPEN & MARILYN SHRUDE
Visions in Metaphor
Albany Records TROY442

JOHN ADAMS
1. Postmark (from Fearful Symmetries)

MILTON BABBITT
2. Accompanied Recitative

KAREL HUSA
3. Postcard from Home

PAULINE OLIVEROS
4. Mirrorrim

WILLIAM ALBRIGHT
5. Postcard from Kansas

SAMUEL ADLER
6. Pensive Soliloquy

MARILYN SHRUDE
7. Continuum (Postscript'97)

BERNARD RANDS
8. Memo 6

MARILYN SHRUDE
9. Visions in Metaphor

PHILIP GLASS
10. Façades

JOAN TOWER
11. Wings

KAREL HUSA
12. Elegie et Rondeau

John Sampen, saxophone
Marilyn Shrude, piano

Monday, February 10, 2014

The Secret Agent (1996)

PIECE: The Secret Agent (soundtrack)

YEAR: 1996

CAST: Orchestra

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: The Secret Agent (1996)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Michael and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra: Music from The Hours and Other Film Scores (2006) [The Secret Agent]
Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Portrait (2008) [The Secret Agent]
Life: A Journey Through Time (2013) [The Secret Agent / The Secret Agent Ending]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Cello Octet Conjunto Iberico: Glass Reflections (2006) [The Secret Agent / Blood on the Stairs / Emigration / Winnie Goes to Sea / The Secret Agent Ending] cello-octet and synthesizer

Short Films (2001)

PIECE: Short Films

The Man in the Bath
Diaspora
Notes
Passage
Evidence

YEAR: 2001

CAST: ensemble

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS: none

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Philip on Film (2001) [The Man in the Bath / Diaspora / Evidence]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Life: A Journey Through Time (2013) [Passage / The Man in the Bath] Orchestra Version

Orion (2004)

PIECE: Orion

YEAR: 2004

CAST: Ensemble and soloists

PREMIERE: June 2004, Athens

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Orion (2005)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Healing the Divide (2007) [The Gambia]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Life: A Journey Through Time (2013) [Brazil] Orchestra version

Les Enfants Terribles (1996)

PIECE: Les Enfants Terribles

YEAR: 1996

CAST: 3 pianos, soprano, mezzo, tenor, baritone

PREMIERE: May 18, 1996. Theatre/Casine Zug. Switzerland

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Les Enfants Terribles (2005)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies: Music 4 Hands (2004) [Six Scenes from Les Enfants Terribles]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Life: A Journey Through Time (2013) [The Somnambulists / She Took the Path / Overture / Paul's End] Orchestra version

La Belle et la Bête (1994)

PIECE: La Belle et la Bête

YEAR: 1994

CAST: Orchestra, ensemble and soloists

PREMIERE: June 21, 1994. Gibelina, Italy.

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: La Belle et la Bête (1995)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Michael Riesman and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra: Music from the Hours and Other Scores (2006) [Overture]
Angele Dubau et la Pieta: Portrait (2008) [Overture]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Philip Glass: Up Close (2004) [Overture] piano version
Michael Riesman: Philip Glass Soundtrack (2008) [Overture] piano version
Life: A Journey Through Time (2013) [Promenade in the Garden / Belle Goes to the Castle] orchestra version

Life: A Journey Through Time (2006)

PIECE: Life: A Journey Through Time

Multimedia piece for full orchestra in seven sections, adapted from works originally composed by Philip Glass for smaller ensembles or solo instruments, and now presented for the first time in arrangements by Michael Riesman for full orchestra.

YEAR: 2006

CAST: Orchestra.

PREMIERE: June 29, 2006

RECORDINGS:
Life: A Journey Through Time (2006)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none


ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Life: A Journey Through Time (2013)

PHILIP GLASS / FRANS LANTING
Life: A Journey Through Time
EMS 201302

1. Elements (Act 1)
2. The Beginning (Act 2)
3. From the Sea (Act 3)
4. On the Land (Act 4)
5. The Air (Act 5)
6. Off the Dark (Act 6)
7. Living Planet (Act 7)

Concertgebow Residentie Orkest
Carolyn Kuan, conductor

CD+DVD release.

There are two different releases: one containing the full work and other with only two movements.

Wichita Vortex Sutra (1988)

PIECE: Wichita Vortex Sutra

YEAR: 1988

CAST: piano

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Solo Piano (1989)
Jay Gottlieb: Philip Glass Piano Music (1999)
Jeroen Van Veen: Minimal Piano Works Vol.I (1999)
Aleck Karis: Philip Glass Piano Music (2000)
Jeroen Van Veen: Minimal Piano Collection (2006)
Branka Parlic: Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2006)
Bruce Brubaker: Hope Street Tunnel Blues (2007)
Sally Whitwell: Mad Rush - Piano Music of Philip Glass (2011)
Bojan Gorisek: Philip Glass Piano Solo (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Philip Glass: Hydrogen Jukebox (1993) piano and narration (by Allen Ginsberg)
Elinor Bennett: Sea of Glass (1994) harp version

Orphée (1993)

PIECE: Orphée

YEAR: 1993

CAST: Orchestra, chorus and soloists

PREMIERE: May 14, 1993. American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Orphée (2010)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Symphony No.2 (1998) [Interlude, Act II, Scene 5]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Paul Barnes: The Orphée Suite for Piano, the Music of Philip Glass (2003) [Orphée Suite for Piano]
David Jalbert: John Adams / Philip Glass (2010) [Orphée Suite for Piano]
Bojan Gorisek: Philip Glass Solo Piano (2013) [Orphee's Bedroom] (piano version)

Metamorphosis (1988)

PIECE: Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis I
Metamorphosis II
Metamorphosis III
Metamorphosis IV
Metamorphosis V

YEAR: 1988

CAST: Piano

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Solo Piano (1989)
Jay Gottlieb: Philip Glass Piano Music (1999)
Jeroen Van Veen: Minimal Piano Works Vol.I (1999)
Aleck Karis: Philip Glass Piano Music (2000)
Bruce Brubaker: Glass Cage (2000)
Alessandra Celletti: Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2005)

Jeroen Van Veen: Minimal Piano Collection (2006)

Branka Parlic: Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2006)
Sally Whitwell: Mad Rush - Solo Piano Music by Philip Glass (2011)
Jeremy Limb: The Piano Music of Philip Glass (2013)
Bojan Gorisek: Philip Glass Solo Piano (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Arturo Stalteri: Circles (1998) [Metamorphosis I]
Philip Glass: A Portrait of Philip Glass in Twelve Parts (2009) [Metamorphosis II]
Piccola Accademia Degli Specchi: Minimamachta (2009) [Metamorphosis IV]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Elinor Bennett: Sea of Glass (1994) [Metamorphosis II] harp version
Uakti: Aguas da Amazonia (1999) [Metamorphosis I] ensemble version
Daniel Bernard Roumain: Etudes4violin&electronix (2007) [Metamorphosis I] violin and piano version
Floraleda Sacchi: Minimal Harp (2008) [Metamorphosis 1-5] harp version
Jeroen Van Veen: Minimal Piano Collection Vol.X-XX (2010) [Metamorphosis II, III & IV] 2, 3 and 4 pianos versions
Julia Rovinsky: Dusk (2010) [Metamorphosis I & II] harp version
Lavinia Meijer: Harp (2012) [Metamorphosis 1-5] harp version
Floraleda Sacchi: Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2012) [Metamorphosis 1-5] harp version
Neil Campbell / Carlo Bowry: Philip Glass Metamorphosis / Steve Reich Acoustic Counterpoint (2013) [Metamorphosis 1-5] 2 guitar version

Bojan Gorisek - Philip Glass Solo Piano (2013)


BOJAN GORISEK
Philip Glass Solo Piano
Audiophile Classics APC 101060

1. Metamorphosis 1
2. Metamorphosis 2
3. Metamorphosis 3
4. Metamorphosis 4
5. Metamorphosis 5
6. Mad Rush
7. Wichita Vortex Sutra
8. Orphee's Bedroom
9. Glassworks (Opening)

Bojan Gorisek, piano

Saturday, February 1, 2014

The Hours (2002)

PIECE: The Hours (soundtrack)

YEAR: 2002

CAST: Orchestra, string quartet, piano

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: The Hours (2002)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Michael Riesman: Music from The Hours and other Film Scores (2006) 3 movements suite
Angele Dubeau & la Pieta: Portrait (2008) 3 movements suite
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 / The Hours (2013) 3 movements suite

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Philip Glass / Michael Riesman: Music from The Hours (2004) piano version
Alessandra Celletti: Philip Glass Metamorphoses (2005) [The Poet Acts / Dead Things] piano versions
Jeroen Van Veen: Minimal Piano Collection (2006) piano version
Branka Parlic: Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2006) [The Hours] piano version
John Lenehan: Philip Glass, the Piano Music (2008) piano version
Philip Glass: Piano Music, Ruhr Piano Festival (2009) [Morning passages / Escape! / The Poet Acts] piano versions
Sally Whitwell: Mad Rush, Solo Piano Music of Philip Glass (2011) [Dead Things] piano version
Vassily Primakov: In Concert, Volume 2 (2011) [The Poet Acts / Morning Papers / Tearing Herself Away / The Hours] piano versions
Lavinia Meijer: Harp (2012) [The Poet Acts / Something She Has to Do / I'm Going to Make a Cake / An Unwelcome Friend / Choosing Life / The Hours] harp versions
Floraleda Sacchi: Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2012) [Why Does Someone Have to Die?] harp version
Katia & Marielle Labeque: Minimalist Dream House (2013) [The Poet Acts] piano version
Jeremy Limb: The Piano Music of Philip Glass (2013) [An Unwelcome Friend / Dead Things / I'm Going to Make a Cake / Something She Has to Do / Tearing Herself Away / The Hours / The Poet Acts / Why Does Someone Have to Die?]

Sonata for Piano No.1 ''Trilogy'' (2000)

PIECE: Sonata for Piano No.1 ''Trilogy'' (Paul Barnes arrangement)

YEAR: 2000

CAST: Piano

PREMIERE: April 19, 2001. NY.

RECORDINGS:
Paul Barnes: The Orphee Suite for Piano (2003)
Steffen Schleiermacher: Dances and Sonata (2006)
Jeroen Van Veen: Minimal Piano Collection (2006)
John Lenehan: Philip Glass Piano Music (2008)
Jeremy Limb: The Piano Music of Philip Glass (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Floraleda Sacchi: Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2012) [harp version]

Modern Love Waltz (1978)

PIECE: Modern Love Waltz (also known as Fourth Series Part III)

YEAR: 1978

CAST: Solo piano / flute, clarinet, keyboards, vibraphone and harp.

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Tom Constanten - Live in Concert With the Piano (1996) [piano]
Aleck Karis - Piano Music of Philip Glass (2000) [piano]
Gloria Cheng - Piano Dance: a 20th Century Portrait [piano]
Philip Glass - Up Close (2004) [piano]
Eric Moe - The Waltz Project Revisited (2004) [piano]
Alessandra Celletti - Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2005) [piano]
Jeroen Van Veen - Minimal Piano Collection (2006) [piano]
Branka Parlic - Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2006) [piano]
Philip Glass - Phaedra / Modern Love Waltz (2011) [piano plus 21 Robert Moran Orchestrations]
Jeremy Limb: The Piano Music of Philip Glass (2013) [piano]

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Margaret Leng Tan - The Art of the Toy Piano (1997) [toy piano]
They Might Be Giants - They Got Lost (2002)
Mario Falcao - The Unknown Road (2007) [harp]
Mie Miki - S'il Vous Plait (2011) [accordion version]
Floraleda Sacchi - Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2012) [harp version]

Jeremy Limb - The Piano Music of Philip Glass (2013)


JEREMY LIMB
The Piano Music of Philip Glass
Quartz QT2 2102

CD 1:

1. Opening (from Glassworks)

THE HOURS
2. An Unwelcome Friend
3. Dead Things
4. I'm Going to Make a Cake
5. Something She Has to Do
6. Tearing Herself Away
7. The Hours
8. The Poet Acts
9. Why Does Someone Have to Die?

CD 2:

TRILOGY SONATA
1. Knee Play No.4 from Einstein on the Beach
2. Satyagraha
3. Akhnaten

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

9. Modern Love Waltz

Jeremy Limb, piano

Le Phenix - Solo Double Bass in Baroque and Contemporary Music (2013)


LE PHENIX
Solo Double Bass in Baroque and Contemporary Music
NEOS 21301

ANTONIO VIVALDI
1-4. Sonata for Violoncello and Basso continuo in e minor No.5 (double bass version)

PHILIP GLASS
5. Façades (double basses, harpsichord & piano version)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
6-9. Sonata No.2 in D major for viola da gamba and harpsichord (double bass & harpsichord version)

ARVO PÄRT
10. Spiegel Im Spiegel (double bass & piano version)

MICHEL CORRETTE
11-13. Le Phenix

JULIEN-FRANCOIS ZBINDEN
14. Hommage a J.S.Bach Op.44 for solo double bass

GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL
15-18. Trio Sonata in g minor for 2 violins and Basso continuo (2 double basses & basso continuo version)

Christina Hoock, double bass

Thomas Martin, double bass
Thomas Jauch, double bass
Stephan Bauer, double bass
Florian Birsak, harpsichord
Barbara Nussbaum, piano

Piece in the Shape of a Square (1967)

PIECE: Piece in the Shape of a Square

YEAR: 1967

CAST: 2 flutes

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Alter Ego Performs Music by Philip Glass: Music in the Shape of a Square (2001)
Claire Chase: Density (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Brian Sacawa: American Voices (2007) [saxophone version]

Claire Chase - Density (2013)


CLAIRE CHASE
Density
FCR 135 DDD

STEVE REICH
1. Vermont Counterpoint

MARCOS BALTER
2. Pessoa

ALVIN LUCIER
3. Almost New York

PHILIP GLASS
4. Piece in the Shape of a Square

MARIO DIAZ DE LEÓN
5. Luciform

EDGAR VARESE
6. Density 21.5

Claire Chase, flutes

Phaedra (1986)

PIECE: Phaedra (*)
(*) music composed for the "Mishima" soundrack but deleted from the film

YEAR: 1986

CAST: Strings

PREMIERE: 18 February, 1986

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Phaedra / Modern Love Waltz and 21 Robert Moran Orchestrations (2011)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none


ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Philip Glass - Phaedra / Modern Love Waltz and 21 Robert Moran Orchestrations (2011)


PHILIP GLASS
Phaedra / Modern Love Waltz and 21 Robert Moran Orchestrations
OgreOgress Producctions 85767

PHAEDRA
1. Scene 2 for String Trio
2. Scene 4 for Percussion and String Trio
3. Scene 6 for Guitar and String Trio
4. Scene 14 for Guitar and String Trio
5. Scene 15a for Percussion

MODERN LOVE WALTZ
6. Original Version
7. With 2 Drummers
8. With 3 Marimbas
9. With 5 Vibraphones
10. With 2 Drummers and 3 Marimbas
11. With 6 Strings
12. With 2 Drummers and 5 Vibraphones
13. With 3 Marimbas and 5 Vibraphones
14. With 8 Keyboards
15. With 10 Percussionists
16. With 11 Winds
17. With 6 Strings and 8 Keyboards
18. With 6 Strings and 10 Percussionists
19. With 6 Strings and 11 Winds
20. With 8 Keyboards and 10 Percussionists
21. With 8 Keyboards and 11 Winds
22. With 10 Percussionists and 11 Winds
23. With 6 Strings, 8 Keyboards and 10 Percussionists
24. With 6 Strings, 8 Keyboards and 11 Winds
25. With 6 Strings, 10 Keyboards and 11 Winds
26. With 8 Keyboards, 10 Percussionists and 11 Winds
27. With 6 Strings, 8 Keyboards, 10 Percussionists and 11 Winds


Elizabeth Colpean, Harp
Christina Fong, Violin
Glenn Freeman, Drums, Percussion, Recording, Timpani, Vibraphone
GR Winds Ensemble
Grand Valley State University Percussion Ensemble
David Hall, Marimba
Paul Hersey, Piano
Karen Krummel, Cello
Christopher Martin, Viola
Robert Moran, Orchestration
Rangzen Quartet
Greg Secor, Ensemble Director
David Toub,  Keyboards
Paul Vondiziano, Guitar

DVD Audio Only.

Music in Similar Motion (1969)

PIECE: Music in Similar Motion

YEAR: 1969

CAST: any group of instruments

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Two Pages / Contrary Motion / Music in Fifths / Music in Similar Motion (1994)
Alter Ego Performs Philip Glass: Music in the Shape of a Square (2001)
Steffen Schleiermacher: How Now (2010)
Signal: Glassworks + Music in Similar Motion Live at le Poisson Rouge (2011)
Eighth Blackbird: Meanwhile (2012)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Eighth Blackbird - Meanwhile (2012)


EIGHTH BLACKBIRD
Meanwhile
Cedille Records CDR 90000 133

MISSY MAZZOLI
1. Still Life with Avalanche

PHILIPPE HUREL
2. ...a mesure

ROSHANNE ETEZADY
3. III. About Time (from Damaged Gods)

STEPHEN HARTKE
Meanwhile: Incidental music to imaginary puppet plays
4. I. Procession
5. II. Fanfares
6. III. Narration
7. IV. Spikefiddlers
8. V. Cradle-songs
9. VI. Celebration

PHILIP GLASS
10. Music in Similar Motion

THOMAS ADES
11. Catch

ROSHANNE ETEZADY
12. IV. Eleventh Hour (from Damaged Gods)


EIGHTH BLACKBIRD


Galileo Galilei (2001)

PIECE: Galileo Galilei

YEAR: 2001

CAST: Orchestra and soloists

PREMIERE: june 24, 2002

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Galileo Galilei (2013)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS: none

Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra (2000)

PIECE: Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra

YEAR: 2000

CAST: Orchestra, 2 timpanists

PREMIERE: November 19, 2000. Lincoln Center, NY

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

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
The University of Arizona Wind Ensemble: Towers of Power (2009) wind ensemble version
Glass / Fairouz: In the Shadow of No Towers (2013) wind ensemble version

Glass / Fairouz - In the Shadow of No Towers (2013)


GLASS / FAIROUZ
In the Shadow of No Towers
Naxos 8.573205

PHILIP GLASS
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra
1. Movement 1
2. Movement 2
3. Cadenzas
4. Movement 3

MOHAMMED FAIROUZ
Symphony No.4 "In the Shadow of No Towers"
5. I. The New Normal
6. II. Notes of a Heartbroken Narcissist
7. III. One Nation Under Two Flags
8. IV. Anniversaries


UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS WIND ENSEMBLE
Paul W. Popiel, conductor

Philip Glass - Galileo Galilei (2013)


PHILIP GLASS
Galileo Galilei
Orange Mountain Music OMM0091

CD 1:
1. Scene 1: Opening Song
2. Scene 2: Recantation
3. Scene 3: Pears
4. Scene 4: Trial
5. Scene 5: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World

CD 2:
1. Scene 6: Incline Plane
2. Scene 7: A Walk on the Garden
3. Scene 8: Lamps
4. Scene 9: Presentation of the Telescope
5. Scene 10: Opera Within Opera

PORTLAND OPERA
Anne Manson, concuctor