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The Essential Philip Glass / The Philip Glass Ensemble [3 CDs]

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-24

Works: Philip Glass: Songs from Liquid Days; Glassworks; The Photographer; Naqoyqatsi; Metamorphosis; Liquid Days; In the Upper Room; Glasspieces; Akhnaten; Wichita Vortex Sutra, for piano; Itaipu; Satyagra...
Performers: Andoniadis, George; Cummings, Claudia; Dunkel, Paul; Esswood, Paul; Fowler, Bernard [Producer/Songwriter]; Gibson, Jon [Avant-Garde]; Glass, Philip; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Hiskey, Iris; K...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael; Davies, Dennis R.; Shaw, Robert; Keene, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Philip Glass Ensemble

Amy Dickson plays Glass, Tavener & Nyman

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-10-06

Works: Philip Glass: Concerto for Violin; John Tavener: The Protecting Veil; Michael Nyman: Where the Bee Dances, for saxophone & orchestra
Performers: Dickson, Amy
Conductors: Toms, Mikel
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Still only in her mid-twenties, Amy Dickson has rapidly established herself as one of the world's leading classical saxophonists. On her latest release 'Glass, Taverner...continue...

Classical Cuisine - American Barbeque

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-12-05

Works: Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Overture, for orchestra or band; Morton Gould: American Salute; Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; William Schuman: New England Triptych; ...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard
Conductors: Copland, Aaron; Ormandy, Eugene; Schippers, Thomas; Kostelanetz, André; Bernstein, Leonard; Williams, John; Riesman, Michael; Schuller, Gunther
Ensemble: ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Incredible Columbia All-Star Band; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble

Expanded Edition - Philip Glass: Glassworks / Glass, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-09-30

Works: Philip Glass: Closing; In the Upper Room
Performers: Glass, Philip Ensemble
Conductors: Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

"...the Glass works gathered together on Glassoworks make an excellent introduction to the sharp, hard sonorities, densely packed, slowly changing patterns and seemingly unstoppable linear...continue...
Personnel: Philip Glass (organ); Jill Jaffe (violin, viola); Elliot Rosoff, Mayuki Fukuhara, Anahid Ajemian, Sanford Allen, Carol Pool (violin); Julien Barber, Maureen Gallagher, Linda Moss, Harold Co...continue...

Music for you - What does your world sound like?

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-05-07

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopédies (3) for Piano; Miles Davis: Flamenco Sketches; Johannes Brahms: Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118; Howard Skempton: Well, Well, Cornelius; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem ...
Performers: Adderley, Julian "Cannonball"; Ax, Emanuel; Brubeck, Dave; Chambers, Paul; Cobb, Jimmy; Coltrane, John; Davis, Miles; Evans, Bill [Piano]; Groethuysen, Andreas; Ma, Yo-Yo; Perahia, Murray; Shimada, R...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; ; Riesman, Michael; Williams, John [Guitar]
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Tal & Groethuysen Duo

Glass: Itaipu, The Canyon / Shaw, Atlanta SO & Chorus

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1993-06-29

Works: Philip Glass: Itaipu, symphonic portrait for chorus & orchestra; The Canyon, for orchestra (or marching band)
Performers: Shaw, Robert [Conductor/Chorus Director]
Conductors: Shaw, Robert

Glass: Solo Piano / Philip Glass

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-08-22

Works: Philip Glass: Metamorphosis, for piano; Mad Rush; Wichita Vortex Sutra, for piano
Performers: Glass, Philip

Mention "minimalism" and certain names will pop up, both within and outside of the classical world: Terry Riley, Steve Reich, John Adams. The most famous one, however, would be Philip Glass. Unlike mo...continue...

Songs from the Trilogy

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-08-22

Works: Philip Glass: MEDLEY; Akhnaten; Einstein on the Beach
Performers: Andoniadis, George; Childs, Lucinda; Cummings, Claudia; Esswood, Paul; Gibson, Jon [Avant-Garde]; Glass, Philip; Hiskey, Iris; Johnson, Samuel [Reggae]; Landry, Richard; Liss, Rhonda; McFarland, Robe...
Conductors: Keene, Christopher; Davies, Dennis R.; Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: New York City Opera Chorus; New York City Opera Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Stuttgart State Opera Chorus; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra; Stuttgart State Orchestra

Personnel: Philip Glass (organ); Iris Hiskey, Claudia Cummings, Sheryl Woods (soprano); Paul Esswood, Douglas Perry (tenor); Paul Zukofsky (violin); Richard Landry (bass clarinet); Jon Gibson (sopra...continue...

Glass: Dancepieces / Riesman, Philip Glass Ensemble

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-04-21

Works: Philip Glass: In the Upper Room; Glasspieces, ballet for chamber ensemble (from "Glassworks" & "Akhnaten")
Performers: Abramowitz, John; Ajemian, Anahid; Allen, Sanford; Anderer, Joseph; Barab, Seymour; Barber, Julien; Brown, Al; Carlisle, Robert; Christensen, Don; Colleta, Harold; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Fujikawa, Mayu...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

Personnel: Philip Glass (keyboards); Jill Jaffe (violin, viola); Anahid Ajemian (violin, piano, synthesizer); Elliot Rosoff, Mayuki Fukuhara, Sanford Allen, Carol Pool (violin); Julien Barber, Maureen...continue...

Glass: Songs from Liquid Days

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-01-01

Works: Philip Glass: Songs from Liquid Days, songs (6) for voice & chamber ensemble
Performers: Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Fowler, Bruce; Gibson, Jon; Kripl, Jack; Peck, Richard; Pendarvis, Janice; Perry, Douglas; Riesman, Michael; Roches, The [Folk]; Ronstadt, Linda
Conductors: Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

Additional recording for this disc took place at The Complex, Los Angeles, California.

Songs From Liquid Days became Philip Glass' most popular and successful recording. The title holds the clu...continue...