Sunday, June 28, 2015

Satyagraha (1980)

PIECE: Satyagraha

YEAR: 1980

CAST: Orchestra, chorus, 2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 2 tenors, baritone, 2 basses

PREMIERE: September 5, 1980. Stadsschouwburg Theater, Rotterdam

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Satyagraha (1985)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Part of the opera has been arranged into the first movement of the "Piano Sonata No.1 -Trilogy-"
The sountrack of the film "The Hours" also have some music adapted from "Satyagraha".

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent: Trivium (1992)  [Act III - Finale] (organ arrangement)
Donald Joyce: Glass Organ Works (1993) [Act III - Finale] (organ arrangement)
Arturo Stalteri: Circles (1998) [Act III - Finale] (piano arrangement)

Bruce Brubaker: Glass Cage (2000) [Act III - Finale] (piano arrangement)

Kevin Bowyer: Music for Organ (2001) [Act III - Finale] (organ arrangement)
Watching, 20th Century Choral and Organ Music (2001) [Act III - Finale] (organ arrangement)

Philip Glass: Up Close (2004) [Act III - Finale] (piano arrangement)
Iveta Apkalna: Live (2006) [Act III - Finale] (organ arrangement)
Andrew Canning: Great European Organs No.78 (2009) [Act III - Finale] (organ arrangement)
Benjamin Saunders at the Organ of the Leeds Cathedral (2010) [Act III - Finale] (organ arrangement)
Philip Glass: Rework (2012) [Protest] (electronic remix)
Lisa Moore: Mad Rush (2015) [Act III - Finale] (piano arrangement)

Mad Rush (1979)

PIECE: Mad Rush

YEAR: 1979

CAST: piano or organ (organ version is also Known as Fourth Series Part IV)

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Solo Piano (1989)
Donald Joyce: Glass Organ Works (1993) [organ version]
Arturo Stalteri: Circles (1998)
Jay Gottlieb: Philip Glass Piano Music (1999)
Jeroen Van Veen: Minimal Piano Works Volume 1 (1999)
Aleck Karis: Philip Glass Piano Music (2000)
Bruce Brubaker: Glass Cage (2000)
Steffen Schleiermacher: Philip Glass Early Keyboard Music (2001) [organ version]
Gideon Rubin: The American Sound (2001)
Johannes Daum: Solo (2001)
Les Rita Mitsouko: En Concert Avec L'Orchestre Lamoreux (2004)
Jeroen Van Veen: Minimal Piano Collection (2006)
Branka Parlic: Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2006)
Philip Glass: Analog (2006) [organ version]
Carol Williams: Madness (2009) [organ version]
Sally Whitwell: Mad Rush, Solo Piano Music of Philip Glass (2011)
Bojan Gorisek: Philip Glass Solo Piano (2013)
Lisa Moore: Mad Rush (2015)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS: none

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Philip Glass: Rework (2012) [electronic remix]

Glassworks (1981)

PIECE: Glassworks

1. Opening
2. Floe
3. Island
4. Rubric
5. Façades
6. Closing

YEAR: 1981

CAST: Ensemble

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Glassworks (1982)
Signal Ensemble: Glassworks Live at Le Poisson Rouge (2011)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
Ransom Wilson: Reich Glass Becker (1982) [Façades]
Philip Glass: Dancepieces (1987) [Rubric / Façades]
London Chamber Orchestra (2004) [Façades]
Philip Glass: Up Close (2004) [Opening / Floe]
Michael Riesman and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra: Music from the Hours and Other Scores (2006) [Closing]
Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Philip Glass Portrait (2008) [Closing]
Sentieri Selvaggi plays Gavin Bryars & Philip Glass (2008) [Façades]
Piccola Accademia Degli Specchi: Minimamachta (2009) [Opening / Façades]
Lara James: Façades (2009) [Façades]
Lautten Compagney: Timeless (2010) [Opening / Façades]
Philip Glass Ensemble: A Retrospective (2010) [Façades]
Massimo Mercelli Performs Philip Glass (2012) [Façades]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Martin Goldray: La Chiesa -soundtrack- (1988) [Floe] organ version
Arturo Stalteri: Circles (1998) [Opening / Closing] piano version
Jay Gottlieb: Philip Glass Piano Music (1999) [Opening] piano version
Jeroen Van Veen: Minimal Piano Works Vol.I (1999) [Opening] piano version
Aleck Karis: Philip Glass Piano Music (2000) [Opening] piano version
John Sampen & Marilyn Shrude: Visions in Metaphor (2001) [Façades] piano & saxophone version
Ruth Wall: The Uncommon Harp (2004) [Opening] harp version
Alessandra Celletti: Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2005) [Opening] piano version
Jeroen Van Veen: Minimal Piano Collection (2006) [Opening] piano version
Branka Parlic: Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2006) [Opening] piano version
Nathaniel Bartlett: Precipice (2006) [Opening] marimba version
Cello Octet Conjunto Iberico: Glass Reflections (2006) [Façades] (cello octet version)
Bruce Brubaker: Hope Street Tunnel Blues (2007) [Opening] (piano version)
John Lenehan: Philip Glass, The Piano Music (2008) [Opening] (piano version)
Athens Guitar Trio: Emergence (2008) (guitar trio version)
Sally Whitwell: Mad Rush, Piano Music of Philip Glass (2011) [Opening] (piano version)
Massimo Mercelli Performs Philip Glass (2012) [Façades] (flute and piano version)
Lavinina Meijer: Harp (2012) [Opening] (harp version)
Philip Glass: Rework (2012) [Opening / Floe / Island / Rubric] (electronic remixes)
Floraleda Sacchi: Philip Glass Metamorphosis (2012) [Opening / Closing] (harp version)
Christine Hoock: Le Phenix (2013) [Façades] (4 double basses, harpsichord & piano version)
Jeremy Limb: The Piano Music of Philip Glass (2013) [Opening] piano version
Bojan Gorisek: Philip Glass Solo Piano (2013) [Opening] piano version
Philip Glass: Voices for Didjeridoo and Organ (2013) [Island] organ version (mov.III of the "Organ Suite")
Lisa Moore: Mad Rush (2015) [Closing] piano version

Etudes for Piano (1994)

PIECE: Etudes for Piano, book I

The original set of 6 etudes were renumbered as #2, #3, #4, #5, #9 and #10
Etude #7 was originally entitled "Now So Long After That Time"

YEAR: 1994

CAST: piano

PREMIERE: unknown

RECORDINGS: 
Philip Glass: Etudes for Piano Vol.I, Nos.1-10 (2002) [Etudes 1-10]
Philip Glass: The Complete Piano Etudes (2014)
Bojan Gorisek: Philip Glass Etudes for Piano Nos.1-10 (2014) [Etudes 1-10]

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:
The WNYC Commissions Vol.I [Now So Long After that Time, AKA Etude No.6]
Bruce Brubaker: Hope Street Tunnel Blues (2007) [Etude No.5]
Maki Namekawa / Dennis Russell Davis: Philip Glass Piano Music (2009) [Etudes 1-6]
Bruce Brubaker: Time Curve (2009) [Etudes 1-6]
Lisa Moore: Mad Rush (2015) [Etude No.2]

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Glass Cuts (2005) [Etudes 1, 2 and 5] electronic remixes
NYU Steel Ensemble Plays Philip Glass (2010) [Etudes 1-10] steel drum ensemble version
Julia Rovinsky: Dark (2012) [Etude No.2] harp version

Lisa Moore - Mad Rush (2015)


MAD RUSH
Lisa Moore
Orange Mountain OMM0099


1. Mad Rush
2. Metamorphosis I
3. Metamorphosis II
4. Metamorphosis III
5. Metamorphosis IV
6. Metamorphosis V
7. Etude No.2
8. Satyagraha Conclusion, Act 3
9. Closing

Lisa Moore, piano