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2. Glass: Einstein on the Beach (1979)
by Philip Glass
This opera, composed in 1975 and premiered in 1976, is scored for four principal actors, 12 singers doubling as dancers and actors, a solo violinist, ... More
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3. Philip Glass: Songs from Liquid Days (1986)
by Philip Glass
Songs From Liquid Days became Philip Glass' most popular and successful recording. The title holds the clue to the music's accessibility: These are ... More
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4. Philip Glass: The Photographer (1983)
by Philip Glass
Composing the music for a theater piece revolving around the life and work of photographer Eadweard Muybridge must have seemed a natural fit for ... More
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10. Mishima (1985)
by Philip Glass
Philip Glass' soundtrack to Paul Schrader's retelling of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima is one of his strongest early scores, one that ... More
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12. Philip Glass: Glassworks (1993)
by Philip Glass
List of all editionsThe usual stuff is here: arpeggio versus ostinato, ostinato versus arpeggio. And as always, the Philip Glass Ensemble's synthesizers double their ... More
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13. The Hours [Music from the Motion Picture] (2002)
by Philip Glass
List of all editionsThe score for the movie adaptation of Michael Cunningham's The Hours, composed by Philip Glass. The music is somewhat continuous, all built upon the ... More
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16. Philip Glass: Music with Changing Parts (1994)
by Philip Glass
List of all editionsMusic With Changing Parts is one of the seminal works in Philip Glass' career, and a defining point for the genre known as minimalism. Recorded in ... More
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18. Philip Glass: Music in Twelve Parts (1993)
by Philip Glass
List of all editionsPhilip Glass is renowned for his style of pattern music, presented in its most developed form in this early work, still one of his best. Glass ... More
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19. Philip Glass: Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
by Philip Glass
Parodied more than once, derided, blessed, hailed as a wonder, and decried as a travesty, this (abbreviated) soundtrack is capable of generating ... More
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20. Glass: Satyagraha (1985)
by Philip Glass
List of all editionsThe first sound one hears is Douglas Perry's breathtakingly pure tenor intoning Sanskrit syllables from the Bhagavad-Gita, followed immediately by ... More
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21. Kundun Original Soundtrack (1997)
by Philip Glass
List of all editionsPhilip Glass' soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's Dalai Lama epic Kundun captures the grace, beauty, joy and melancholy within the film. Glass uses ... More
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22. Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance [Original Soundtrack] (1990)
by Philip Glass
List of all editionsParodied more than once, derided, blessed, hailed as a wonder, and decried as a travesty, this (abbreviated) soundtrack is capable of generating ... More
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23. Philip Glass: Orion (2005)
by Philip Glass
List of all editionsWhen it comes right down to it, the music of Philip Glass is simply one of those love-it-or-hate-it propositions: most people find his signature ... More
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25. Notes on a Scandal [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (2007)
by Philip Glass
List of all editionsWith his music for The Hours and Notes on a Scandal, Philip Glass seems to be carving out a niche for himself as a scorer of intensely dramatic films ... More







