Philip Glass – Violin Concerto, Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten – Adele Anthony

Philip Glass (b.1937):
Company
Violin Concerto *
Akhnaten - Prelude & Dance

Adele Anthony - violin *
Ulster Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa - conductor

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Philip Glass – 'The Light', Heroes Symphony – Marin Alsop

Philip Glass (b.1937):
The Light
Heroes Symphony

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop - conductor

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Philip Glass – Symphony no.8 – Dennis Russell Davies

Philip Glass (b.1937):
Symphony no.8

Bruckner Orchester Linz
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor

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'The Essential Philip Glass' [Sony Edition]

tribute to Philip Glass on his birthday

(born January 31, 1937)

Philip Glass (b.1937):

CD 1:
Lightning from Songs from Liquid Days
Façades from Glassworks
A Gentleman's Honor from The Photographer
Primacy of Number from Naqoyqatsi
Metamorphosis IV
Open the Kingdom - Liquid Days, part II
Dance II from In the Upper Room
Dance VIII from In the Upper Room
Glasspiece #1 - Rubric from Glassworks
Changing Opinion from Songs from Liquid Days

CD 2:
Opening from Glassworks
Floe from Glassworks
Funeral of Amenhotep III - scene 1 from Akhnaten
Point Black from Naqoyqatsi
Wichita Vortex Sutra
Forgetting from Songs from Liquid Days
Dance IX from In the Upper Room
The Dam from Itaipu
Definition from Naqoyqatsi

CD 3:
Protest from Satyagraha
Evening Song from Satyagraha
Hymn to the Sun from Akhnaten
Trial - Prison from Einstein on the Beach
Akhnaten and Nefertiti from Akhnaten
Kuru Field of Justice from Satyagraha
Knee Play 1 from Einstein on the Beach
Tolstoy Farm from Satyagraha
Window of Apparences from Akhnaten
Bed from Einstein on the Beach
Epilogue from Akhnaten
Kneew Play 5 from Einstein on the Beach

Philip Glass - piano
Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Kronos Quartet
The Philip Glass Ensemble
New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Michael Riesman - conductor
Christopher Keene - conductor
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor

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Philip Glass – Itaipu; The Canyon – Robert Shaw

Philip Glass (b.1937):
Itaipu
The Canyon

Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw - conductor

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Philip Glass – Satyagraha – Keene

Philip Glass (b.1937):
Satyagraha - opera in 3 acts

The New York City Opera Chorus
The New York City Opera Orchestra
Christopher Keene - conductor

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Glass – Symphonies Nos.2 & 3 – Marin Alsop

Philip Glass (b.1937):
Symphony No.3
Symphony No.2

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop - conductor

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Glass – The Concerto Project Vol.4 – Double Concerto & Tirol Concerto for Piano

Philip Glass (b.1937) - The Concerto Project Vol.4:
Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra *
Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra +

Tim Fain - violin *
Wendy Sutter - cello *
Residentie Orchestra The Hague *
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra +
Jurgen Hempel - conductor *
Dennis Russell Davies - piano & direction +

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Glass – The Concerto Project Vol.3 – Concerto Grosso & Concerto for Saxophon Quartet

Philip Glass (b.1937) - The Concerto Project Vol.3:
Concerto Grosso *
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet +

Beethoven Orchester Bonn *
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor *
Raschèr Saxophone Quartet +

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Glass – The Concerto Project Vol.2 – Piano Concerto No.2 & Concerto for Harpsichord

Philip Glass (b.1937) - The Concerto Project Vol.2:
Piano Concerto No.2, after Lewis and Clark *
Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra

Paul Barnes - piano *
R.Carlos Nakai - native american flute *
Jillon Stoppels Dupree - harpsichord
The Northwest Chamber Orchestra
Ralf Gothóni - conductor

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Glass – The Concerto Project Vol.1 – Concerto for Cello & Fantasy for 2 Timpanists

Philip Glass (b.1937) - The Concerto Project Vol.1:
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra

Julian Lloyd Webber - cello
Evelyn Glennie - timpani
Jonathan Haas - timpani
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz - conductor

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Philip Glass – Heroes Symphony, Low Symphony – Dennies Russell Davies

Philip Glass (born 1937):

CD 1:
"Heroes" symphony *

CD 2:
"Low" symphony +

The American Composers Orchestra *
The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra +
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor

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Glass & Schnittke - Violin Concertos - Kremer

Philip Glass (b.1937):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998):
Concerto Grosso No.5 for Violin, an invisible Piano and Orchestra *

Gidon Kremer - violin
Rainer Keuschnig - piano *
Wiener Philharmoniker
Christoph von Dohnányi - conductor

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