Philip Glass Ensemble

Philip Glass, Robert Wilson: Einstein on the Beach Highlights: The Changing Image of Opera / Michael Riesman, Philip Glass Ensemble [CD/DVD]

2 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2012-11-13

Works: Philip Glass: Einstein On The Beach (Highlights)
Conductors:
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

In celebration of the 2012 revival of the seminal modern opera Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson at the Brooklyn Academy...continue...
Recording information: BAM (1984)....continue...

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

Glass - A Portrait of Philip in 12 Parts

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2009-04-14

Works: Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach; North Star; Mon pere, Mon pere; Etudes (10) for Piano; Thin Blue Line; A Musical Portrait of Chuck Close; Melodies for Saxophone; Symphony no 8; Orphée; Fl...
Performers: Barnes, Paul [piano]; Glass, Philip; Levingston, Bruce; Sterman, Andrew
Conductors: ; Riesman, Michael; Davies, Dennis Russell
Ensemble: ; Bruckner Orchester Linz; Philip Glass Ensemble

For eighteen months, director Scott Hicks (Shine, No Reservations) followed composer Philip Glass around with a video camera capturing all aspects of his life. His...continue...

Philip Glass Soundtracks / Michael Riesman, et al

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2008-11-11

Works: Philip Glass: Anima Mundi; Jenipapo; La belle et la bête; Neverwas set; Notes on a Scandal; A Brief History of Time Selections; Mishima; Naqoyqatsi "Life as War"; The Illusionist; The Fog of Wa...
Performers: Riesman, Michael
Conductors: Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

Michael Riesman is the conductor and producer of nearly every Philip Glass soundtrack recording. Riesman has artfully served Glass' music as a producer, conductor, transcriber...continue...
Personnel: Michael Riesman (piano).

Recording information: Looking Glass Studios, New York, NY....continue...

Glass Box - Philip Glass Nonesuch Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch / 2008-09-30

Works: Philip Glass: Contrary Motion; Music with Changing Parts; Music in Similar Motion; Music in 12 parts; Einstein on the Beach; Closing; North Star; Dressed like an Egg; Mad Rush; MEDLEY; Koyaanisqatsi;...
Performers: Allen, Sanford; Anderer, Joseph; Arner, Leonard; Baker, Timothy; Balm, Neil; Barab, Seymour; Bargen, Karl; Bauch, Ethan; Beckenstein, Marion; Benary, Barbara; Benincasa, Rex; Bielawa, Lisa; Bielecki,...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael; Keene, Christopher; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Goldray, Martin; Ingman, Nick
Ensemble: ; American Composers Orchestra; Bruckner Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Kronos Quartet; Lyric Quartet; New York City Opera Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Quena Ensemble; String Orchestra; S...

This elegantly packaged 10-disc retrospective surveys four decades of work by Philip Glass, from his earliest solo pieces to his world-renowned operas to his Oscar-nominated...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

Glasscuts - Philip Glass Remixed

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2005-09-13

Works: Philip Glass: Another Look at Harmony, Part IV, for chorus & electric organ; Etudes (10) for Piano; Concerto for Saxophone Quartet, for sax quartet & orchestra; Tirol Concerto, for piano & orchestra;...
Performers: Barnes, Paul [2~Jazz]; Coon, Kenneth; Davies, Dennis Russell [Piano/Conductor]; Glass, Philip; Raschèr, Carina; Riesman, Michael; Weinberger, Bruce; White, Harry-Kinross
Conductors: Riesman, Michael; ; Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble; Raschèr Saxophone Quartet ; Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Western Wind Vocal Ensemble

It has been said that Philip Glass is the 'Godfather of Trance' and evidence of that is found in the remixes that a number of...continue...
Personnel: Dennis Russell, Dennis Russell Davies (piano)....continue...

Glass: Orion / Philip Glass Ensemble

2 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2005-07-12

Works: Philip Glass: Orion
Performers: Arvanitaki, Eleftheria; Atkins, Mark; Glass, Philip Ensemble; MacIsaac, Ashley; Man, Wu; Mazumdar, Gaurav; Suso, Foday Musa
Conductors: Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble; Uakti

"The lesson of 'Orion' is that Glass gets us to listen. His voice is unmistakable, yet he always finds room for other voices. We aren't...continue...
Personnel: Philip Glass (keyboards); Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Lisa Bielawa (vocals); Foday Musa Suso (kora); Wu Man (pipa); Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar); Ashley MacIsaac (violin); Andrew Sterman (flute, picc...continue...

Glass: Descent Into the Maelstrom / Philip Glass Ensemble

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2003-12-01

Works: Philip Glass: A Descent into the Maelstrom
Conductors:
Ensemble: 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: La Belle et la Bête / Riesman, Philip Glass Ensemble

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1995-04-01

Works: Philip Glass: La belle et la bête
Performers: Felty, Janice; Kuether, John; Martinez, Ana Maria; Neill, Hallie; Purnhagen, Gregory; Zhou, Zheng
Conductors: Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

Glass: Two Pages, Contrary Motion, etc / Philip Glass, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1994-02-01

Works: Philip Glass: Two Pages; Contrary Motion; Music in 5ths; Music in Similar Motion
Performers: Chambers, Steve; Gibson, Jon [Avant-Garde]; Glass, Philip; Landry, Dickie; Landry, Richard; Munkacsi, Kurt; Murphy, Arthur; Prado, Robert; Riesman, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

Personnel: Philip Glass (organ); Robert Prado (flute); Jon Gibson , Dickie Landry (soprano saxophone); Michael Riesman (piano); Arthur Murphy, Steve Chambers (organ); Kurt Munkasci (electronics).
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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...