Glass, Philip > Symphony no 2

Of Beauty & Light - The Music of Philip Glass

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Philip Glass: The Light; Heroes Symphony; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 2; Company; Concerto for Violin; Akhnaten; Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Conlon Nancarrow: Toccata ...
Performers: Anthony, Adele; Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Gunn, Nathan; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kliegel, Maria; Mikkola, Laura; Moser, Elsbeth; Plaetner, Jorgen; Rabus, Kathrin; Shorr, Aaron; Skaerved, Peter Shep...
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Yuasa, Takuo; Wit, Antoni; ; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu; Benedek, Tamás
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum

This beautifully designed 4 CD package contains the complete Naxos recordings of the work of Philip Glass including: The Light, Heroes Symphony, Symphonies 2 &...continue...

Glass: Symphonies no 2 & 3 / Alsop, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Philip Glass: Symphony no 3; Symphony no 2
Performers: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Though he prefers not to be labeled a 'minimalist' composer, that is the style with which Philip Glass is most associated. His compositions, however, though...continue...

Glass: Symphony no 2, etc / Dennis Russell Davies, et al

1 CD / Nonesuch / 1998-04-21

Works: Philip Glass: Symphony no 2; Orphée, chamber opera; Concerto for Saxophone Quartet, for sax quartet & orchestra
Performers: Davies, Dennis Russell [Piano/Conductor]; ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Rascher Saxophone Quartet; Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Raschèr Saxophone Quartet; Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

"...Symphony No. 2 was a BAM commission, and although it is presented as an escapade in polytonality, to me it sounds like Glass from the...continue...
Personnel: Raschèr Saxophone Quartet (saxophone).

Recording information: Austrian Broadcasting Studios, Vienna, Austria (09/1996-10/1996); Liederkranzhalle, Stuttgart, Germany (09/1996-10/...continue...