GLASS PHILIP

(P/B) WORDS WITHOUT MUSIC
Rapturous in its ability to depict the creative process, Words Without Music allows readers to experience that sublime moment of creative fusion when life merges with art. Biography lovers will be inspired by the story of a precocious Baltimore boy, the son of a music-shop owner, who entered college at age fifteen, before traveling to Paris to study under the legendary Nadia Boulanger; Glass devotees will be fascinated by the stories behind Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha, among so many other works. Whether recalling his experiences ...
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(3-CD SET) SOLO PIANO MUSIC
Accepted onto the early admissions programme of the University of Chicago, Philip Glass graduated aged just nineteen with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, practising the piano in his spare time. Subsequently studying at the Juilliard School, Glass's name has since become synonymous with the minimalist style. His film compositions have earned him a Golden Globe as well as three Academy Award nominations. This selection of pieces showcases Glass's music for solo piano, with each of the works baring the hallmarks of minimalism. Among t...
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(CD) TRIVIUM
Recorded October 1990...
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(CD) MUSIC FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
This special collection brings together three minimalist works for violin and piano by composers of three nationalities - the USA's Philip Glass, Georgian Giya Kancheli and Estonia's Erkki-Sven Tuur. Each of the three pieces explores different facets of the genre, providing a showcase of what can be achieved within the minimalist framework. Glass' Sonata for Violin and Piano begins with the rhythmic pulsations and wheel of emotions of the first movement, followed by the intimate second and dance-like final movement. In Kancheli's Time ... ...
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PHILIP GLASS: SOLO PIANO