Nicolas Horvath Essential Philip Glass: 80th Anniversary (Vinyl)
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Label: Grand Piano
This compilation celebrates Philip Glass’ 80th birthday through his unique contribution to the solo piano repertoire. It includes the sweepingly diverse and intricately melodic Etudes which are both technique-expanding and also intimately personal statements. His importance as a film composer is shown in the subtle power of his transcriptions from stage and screen music, Metamorphosis I-V, and in his BAFTA-winning score for the The Hours “Music In Fifths” – which Steve Reich called “like a freight train” – dates from his experimental years and is full of a mesmerizing variety of pulse patterns.