Glass, Philip > Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Mishima")

Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols / Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

2 CD / King's College / 2012-10-09

Works: Philip Glass: Facades; Chaotic Harmony, song for voice & cello (for the film "Taiji; Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Mishima"); Taoist Sacred Dance, for piano & flute; Glassworks
Performers: Boccadoro, Carlo; Mercelli, Massimo; Sapere, Leonardo
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen;
Ensemble: I Virtuosi Italiani; King's College Cambridge Choir

With a TV and radio audience of millions, the annual broadcast of the Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols is an essential Christmas tradition for...continue...
Recording information: Sala Maffeiana del Teatro Filarmonico di Verona (02/2009)....continue...

Americana - transcriptions of pieces by Copland, Bernstein, Gershwin, Dvorak, Monroe et al. / Modern Mandolin Quartet

2 CD / Sono Luminus / 2012-08-28

Works: Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Antonin Dvorák: Quartet for Strings no 12 in F major, Op. 96/B 179 "American"; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; American Traditional: Shenandoah, folk song; George Gersh...
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Ensemble: The Modern Mandolin Quartet

Sono Luminus presents this uniquely engaging collection of music that embodies the American spirit in Americana, the latest release by Modern Mandolin Quartet. The package...continue...
Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California (08/22/2011-08/24/2011).

Fans of the Modern Mandolin Quartet will eagerly snap up Americana, the group's 2012 release on Dorian'...continue...

Philip Glass & Michael Nyman: Works for Saxophone Quartet / sonic.art

1 CD / Genuin / 2012-01-31

Works: Philip Glass: Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Mishima"); Saxophone Quartet, for 4 saxophones; Michael Nyman: Songs for Tony
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Ensemble: Sonic.Art Saxophonquartett

Electric - or perhaps more fittingly electrifying - are the sounds emanating from the loudspeakers. And all of it is unplugged. The sounds are created...continue...
Personnel: Alexander Doroshkevich (alto saxophone); Annegret Schmiedl (baritone saxophone).

Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany (02/28/2011-03/01/2011)....continue...

Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass

2 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2011-05-10

Works: Philip Glass: Bent, film score suite for string quartet; Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Mishima"); Quartet for Strings no 1; Quartet for Strings no 4 ("Buczak"); Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Company"); Qua...

On this new set from Orange Mountain, the fast-rising New York-based ensemble Brooklyn Rider performs the complete works for string quartet by Philip Glass. The...continue...

Glass: String Quartets Nos. 1-4

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-06-29

Works: Philip Glass: Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Company"); Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Mishima"); Quartet for Strings no 1; Quartet for Strings no 4 ("Buczak")

Although Philip Glass came late to the string quartet, his contribution to the genre has since become a significant one. This disc features the first...continue...
Recording information: Holy Innocents Church, Highnam, Gloucestershire, UK (12/08/2008-12/10/2008)....continue...

Glass: Complete String Quartets / The Smith Quartet

2 CD / Signum UK / 2008-04-05

Works: Philip Glass: Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Mishima"); Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Company"); Quartet for Strings no 4 ("Buczak"); Quartet for Strings no 1; Quartet for Strings no 5

Following the critically acclaimed albums, 'Different Trains' and 'Ghost Stories', Signum is pleased to announce the release of The Smith Quartet's latest album, the complete...continue...

25 Years: Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch Import / 1998-10-20

Works: John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances, for string quartet; Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Psalom, for string quartet; Summa; Missa sillabica, for chorus; Ken Benshoof: Traveling Music no 4, for string ...
Performers: Brosnan, Michael; Hargis, Ellen; Hillier, Paul; Krakauer, David; Kronos Quartet; Nolan, Mark; Piazzolla, Astor; Rogers, Neal; Takahashi, Aki

The 20th century has not been kind to most standard classical music forms. The piano sonata, the concerto, the symphony -- none of them have disappeared entirely, but none remain in a state that could...continue...