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Philip Glass [original film soundtrack]
Koyaanisqatsi [ Island / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Parodied more than once, derided, blessed, hailed as a wonder, and decried as a travesty, this (abbreviated) soundtrack is capable of generating fascination and annoyance, often simultaneously. The truth is that this isn't merely minimalism -- it's... |
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MOZART / DONIZETTI / SCHULZ / etc
Music for Glass Harmonica Thomas Bloch (Glass Harmonica) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "If you have a keen interest in the glass harmonica you may wish to investigate a Naxos issue of performances by Thomas Bloch. Playing time is generous (70:56) and price is budget...a fascinating listening experience." - R.E.B. Classical CD Review... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and other works Truls Mørk (cello) Louis Lortie (piano), Hélène Mercier (piano) & Alasdair Malloy (glass harmonica) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jan/2016 ] "This is one of those recordings where it seems invidious to look for faults and which just encourages you to sit back, relax, listen and wallow. Mørk brings his characteristic incisiveness and mountain-spring tone to the concertos" (Gramophone) |
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Glass Animals
I Love You So F***king Much [ Polydor / CD - released 19/Jul/2024 ] The follow-up to 2020's critically revered Dreamland, which sold over 12M copies globally and gave life to 'Heat Waves', the record-breaking song that became the biggest international hit from a British band in almost 30 years. It was the first song... |
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Glass Animals
I Love You So F***king Much (LP) [ Polydor / LP - released 19/Jul/2024 ] The follow-up to 2020's critically revered Dreamland, which sold over 12M copies globally and gave life to 'Heat Waves', the record-breaking song that became the biggest international hit from a British band in almost 30 years. It was the first song... |
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Glass Beams
Mahal (LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 17/May/2024 ] The genesis for the Melbourne-based trio, which formed around founding member Rajan Silva, was through the rekindling of childhood memories relating to his father, who emigrated to Melbourne from India in the late 1970's. |
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Glass Vaults
The New Happy [ Melodic CD / CD - released 12/May/2017 ] This is the fifth release (and second album) from Wellington-born psych-pop outfit Glass Vaults. The New Happy is an exploration of the euphoric sensations associated with Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR). ASMR, otherwise known as a... |
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STEVE REICH
Reich: Four Organs / Phase Patterns (LP) Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Art Murphy, Steve Chambers [ Superior Viaduct / LP - released 26/Feb/2016 ] Steve Reich remains one of the most important figures in 20th century music. Though he studied at the prestigious arts institutions Julliard and Mills College, by the mid-1960s Reich set about dismantling the very orthodoxy that he had been trained... |
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Glass Animals
Zaba [ Caroline / CD - released 6/Jun/2014 ] Zaba is Oxfordshire quartet Glass Animals' debut album. As one of the first signings to Paul Epworth's Wolf Tone label, Glass Animals have polished their pulsing indie electronica-by-way-of-RnB under the production of the band's vocalist and... |
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Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman
Koyaanisqatsi :-Original Soundtrack [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 27/Oct/1998 ] A brand new re-recording of the soundtrack classic! |
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PHILIP GLASS
Orion Philip Glass Ensemble with Mark Atkins (didgeridoo), Wu Man (pipa), Foday Musa Suso (kora), UAKTI (multi-instrumentalists) etc [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] Orion, a new concert work for the Philip Glass Ensemble and world musicians, was commissioned by the Cultural Olympiad 2001-2004 and premiered in Athens in June 2004, preceding the Olympic Games. |
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PHILIP GLASS
Glass Box (10 CD set incls Koyaanisqatsi, Satyagraha & Hydrogen Jukebox) various artists, including the Kronos Quartet, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lyric Quartet, Douglas Perry (tenor), Philip Glass Ensemble [ Nonesuch Records / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2009 ] A deluxe 10-CD compilation taken from Glass' extensive catalog and ranging from 1969 to 2005.e Godfather of minimalism Philip Glass |
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Paul Moravec
Paul Moravec: Useful Knowledge Cecilia Brauer (glass harmonica), Randall Scarlata, Amy Burton, Simon Mulligan (piano), La Fenice & Trio Solisti [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Moravec's tribute to Benjamin Franklin, Useful Knowledge, is a soliloquy-come-fantasy that celebrates Franklin's pioneering rationality with music of dextrous imagination. |
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PHILIP GLASS
Philip Glass: The Complete Sony Recordings Douglas Perry, Paul Esswood, Claudia Cummings, Yo Yo Ma / New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Christopher Keene / The Philip Glass Ensemble [ Sony Opera House / 24 CD Box Set - released 17/Dec/2016 ] This Ltd, deluxe x24 CD box set see's the first ever release of the complete Philip Glass recordings on Sony Classical. The release coincides with the occasion of the composer's 80th Birthday celebrations on 31st January 2017. |
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Glass Animals
Dreamland [ Polydor / CD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Dreamland finds the British group taking a nostalgic and deeply personal turn. The frontman Dave Bayley revealed that Dreamland "goes through many of the most confusing moments in my life. It's about growing up, from my first memories as a little... |
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Glass Animals
Dreamland: Real Life Edition [ Universal / CD - released 12/Aug/2022 ] To celebrate the two year anniversary of critically acclaimed third album 'Dreamland', record breaking BRIT and GRAMMY Award nominated global sensations Glass Animals will release their special 'Dreamland: Real Life Edition'. Remaining on the Global... |
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Glass Animals
Dreamland (Coloured LP) [ Universal / LP - released 12/Aug/2022 ] To celebrate the two year anniversary of critically acclaimed third album 'Dreamland', record breaking BRIT and GRAMMY Award nominated global sensations Glass Animals will release their special 'Dreamland: Real Life Edition'. Remaining on the Global... |
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GLASS / SCHOENBERG
Symphony No. 3 (arranged for string sextet) / Verklaerte Nacht Op. 4 Glass Chamber Players [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] This first recording by the group combines Schoenberg's 1899 masterpiece Verklärte Nacht for string sextet with Glass' four-movement Symphony No.3 transcribed for string sextet. The ensemble give a subtle reading of the Schoenberg and demonstrate... |
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Glass Cloud
The Royal Thousand [ UNFD / CD - released 13/Jul/2012 ] Glass Cloud's remarkable calibre of musical proficiency and creativity shines on their debut full-length album 'The Royal Thousand'. |
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The Glass Hours
The Glass Hours [ Cornelius Chapel / CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] The Glass Hours are American songwriters Brad Armstrong and Megan Barbera. Their music blurs between Sunday afternoon country-folk and the Golden Age of the 1970s. With the exception of Sue Westcott on fiddle (Chet Atkins, Tom Jones), the album... |
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PHILIP GLASS
Book Of Longing: A Song Cycle based on the Poetry and Images of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen (spoken text) Dominique Plaisant (soprano) Tara Hugo (mezzo) Will Erat (tenor) Daniel Keeling (bass-baritone) Philip Glass (keyboard) [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "For me, this work is both a departure from past work and a fulfillment of an artistic dream." -Philip Glass |
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PHILIP GLASS
Etudes For Piano Vol 1-10 Philip Glass (Piano) [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "The Etudes began for me in the mid-90s and I am still adding new music to this collection as I write these notes in 2003." - Philip Glass |
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PHILIP GLASS
Remixed / Glass Cuts Philip Glass / Various Performers [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] These absorbing new interpretations of Philip's work represent a very diverse programme without any one dominant style - dance, techno, trance, ambient and downtempo influences are all there. |
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PHILIP GLASS
Les Enfants Terribles [Children of the Game] Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] Les Enfants Terribles, Jean Cocteau's novel (written in 1929 and was later made into both a play and a film) forms the basis of the third installment of the trilogy of music/theater works of Philip Glass. |
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PHILIP GLASS
Monsters Of Grace: A digital opera in three dimensions The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman [ Orange Mountain / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "Digital Opera in 3-D," Monsters of Grace is a collaboration between Philip Glass and artist Robert Wilson. The recording features the Philip Glass Ensemble & singers conducted by Michael Riesman. |
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Glass P
The Undertow [ Orange Mountain / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] |
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Glass Vaults
The New Happy (LP) [ Melodic LP / LP - released 12/May/2017 ] This is the fifth release (and second album) from Wellington-born psych-pop outfit Glass Vaults. The New Happy is an exploration of the euphoric sensations associated with Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR). ASMR, otherwise known as a... |
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Glass Vaults
Sojourn [ Flying Out / CD - released 5/Aug/2016 ] Glass Vaults' debut album. "Enthralling New Zealand psych-folk..." - Clash Magazine. "Glass Vaults are a group of close friends making pop music in Wellington, New Zealand. Formed in 2010 and once referred to as 'Glacial Pop', the songs from... |
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Glass Vaults
Sojourn (LP) [ Flying Out / LP - released 5/Aug/2016 ] Glass Vaults' debut album. "Enthralling New Zealand psych-folk..." - Clash Magazine. "Glass Vaults are a group of close friends making pop music in Wellington, New Zealand. Formed in 2010 and once referred to as 'Glacial Pop', the songs from... |
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Glass Vaults
Sounds That Sound Like Music (Limited Edition Yellow Coloured LP) [ Glass Vaults / LP - released 30/Oct/2020 ] Glass Vaults are Richard Larsen, Bevan Smith and Rowan Pierce. Since their conception in 2010, they have produced a stream of releases and transcendental live performances developing a unique brand of dreamy psychedelic pop. Conceived in Wellington,... |
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Glass/Wilson/Riesman/The Ensem
Glass:einstein On The Beach [ Nonesuch / 3 CD - released 23/Jan/2012 ] |
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THOMAS BLOCH
Missa Cantate Jörg Waschinski (male soprano) / Thomas Bloch (glass harmonica, crystal bells, waterphone, bells, ondes martenot) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] Rare-instrument specialist Thomas Bloch is equally at home performing on the soundtrack to Milos Forman's Amadeus, with rock group Radiohead, or at La Scala, Milan or the Salzburg Festival. He has given more than 3000 concerts and made more than 100... |
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PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Glassworks Philip Glass Ensemble conducted by Michael Riesman [ Sony / CD - released 10/Mar/2003 ] Philip Glass is an American composer. His music is considered to be minimal music, although he himself uses the term theatre music. Glassworks was originally released in 1982. The album is a six-part chamber music work by Philip Glass. After his... |
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PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Solo Piano Philip Glass (piano) [ Sony / CD - released 10/Mar/2003 ] With SOLO PIANO, Glass presents himself "unplugged" - no electronic keyboards or synthesizers, and no overdubs, either - just solo piano. Here, Glass' connection to the established "classical" tradition is most evident. Though his pieces are... |
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Philip Glass
Glass:kundun - O.S.T. [ Nonesuch / CD - released 17/Nov/1997 ] |
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PHILIP GLASS
Concert of the Sixth Sun (recorded Aug 2013) Philip Glass, Daniel Medina de la Rosa, Roberto Carillo Cocio [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 5/Sep/2013 ] |
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PHILIP GLASS
Analog: etoile Polaire, Dressed Like and Egg, Mad Rush Philip Glass (electric organ) [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] Analog contains three seminal works in Glass's musical history. |
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GLASS
The Secret Agent (Film Scores Volume V) Philip Glass Ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] |
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PHILIP GLASS
In the Upper Room (complete score) Philip Glass Ensemble conducted by Michael Riesman [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] The complete Philip Glass score to the Glass-Tharp ballet In the Upper Room. The 1986 ballet was never released entirely, just an abbreviated version on Sony. This new Orange Mountain Music recording is on all acoustic instruments without synthesized... |
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PHILIP GLASS
A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (soundtrack) Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Reisman [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] For 18 months director Scott Hicks (Shine, No Reservations) followed composer Philip Glass around with a video camera capturing all aspects of his life. His film provides an intimate look at Glass as a family man, delves into his spiritual life and... |