Best Of Philip Glass

$11.99
Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
September 15, 2011
Format
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2007 issued double CD anthology of recordings by one the most influential classical composers of the 20th Century commemorating his 70th birthday.

Tracks:
1. GLASS, PHILIP - LIGHTING
2. GLASS, PHILIP - FACADES
3. GLASS, PHILIP - EVENING SONG
4. GLASS, PHILIP - A GENTLEMAN'S HONOR
5. GLASS, PHILIP - HYMN TO THE SUN
6. GLASS, PHILIP - METAMORPHOSIS FOUR
7. GLASS, PHILIP - OPEN THE KINGDOM
8. GLASS, PHILIP - DANCE II
9. GLASS, PHILIP - GLASSPIECE NO. 1
10. GLASS, PHILIP - CHANGING OPINION
11. GLASS, PHILIP - OPENING
12. GLASS, PHILIP - FLOE
13. GLASS, PHILIP - KNEE PLAY
14. GLASS, PHILIP - FUNERAL FO AMENHOTEP
15. GLASS, PHILIP - WICHITA SUTRA VORTEX
16. GLASS, PHILIP - FORGETTING
17. GLASS, PHILIP - DANCE IX
18. GLASS, PHILIP - DAM


Product Description:

  • Release Date: September 15, 2011


  • UPC: 886970511926


  • Catalog Number: SONY705119


  • Label: Sony Masterworks


  • Number of Discs: 2


  • Composer: Philip, Glass


  • Performer: Glass Philip



Works:

  1. Songs from Liquid Days: no 2, Lightning

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

    Performer: Janice Pendarvis (Voice)

    Conductor: Michael Riesman


  2. Songs from Liquid Days: no 5, Open the Kingdom (Liquid Days Part 2)

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

    Performer: Douglas Perry (Tenor)

    Conductor: Michael Riesman


  3. Songs from Liquid Days: no 1, Changing Opinion

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

    Performer: Bernard Fowler (Voice)

    Conductor: Michael Riesman


  4. Songs from Liquid Days: no 6, Forgetting

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass Ensemble, The Roches (Folk)

    Performer: Linda Ronstadt (Soprano)

    Conductor: Michael Riesman


  5. Satyagraha: Evening Song

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: New York City Opera Chorus, New York City Opera Orchestra

    Performer: Douglas Perry (Tenor)

    Conductor: Christopher Keene


  6. Akhnaten: Hymn to the Aten [Sun]

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Chorus, Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

    Performer: Paul Esswood (Countertenor)

    Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies


  7. Akhnaten: Funeral

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Chorus, Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

    Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies


  8. In the Upper Room: Dance no 2

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

    Conductor: Michael Riesman


  9. In the Upper Room: Dance no 9

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

    Conductor: Michael Riesman


  10. Facades

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

    Conductor: Michael Riesman


  11. The Photographer: A Gentleman's Honor

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

    Conductor: Michael Riesman


  12. Rubric

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

    Conductor: Michael Riesman


  13. Floe

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

    Conductor: Michael Riesman


  14. Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play 1

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

    Conductor: Michael Riesman


  15. Wichita Vortex Sutra

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Performer: Philip Glass (Piano)


  16. Opening

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Performer: Philip Glass (Piano)


  17. Metamorphoses (5): no 4

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Performer: Philip Glass (Piano)


  18. Itaipu: The Dam

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Robert Shaw