Naxos' bargain-priced compilation of three of its previously released discs of music by Philip Glass is especially valuable because it consists entirely of works for orchestra, a genre in which he is not especially well represented on recordings. (Many of his film scores are written for orchestra, but his absolute music -- symphonies and concertos -- isn't as widely known.) Glass came to the symphony relatively late in his career; he wrote his first in 1992, his "Low" Symphony, based on the several tracks from David Bowie's ...
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Naxos' bargain-priced compilation of three of its previously released discs of music by Philip Glass is especially valuable because it consists entirely of works for orchestra, a genre in which he is not especially well represented on recordings. (Many of his film scores are written for orchestra, but his absolute music -- symphonies and concertos -- isn't as widely known.) Glass came to the symphony relatively late in his career; he wrote his first in 1992, his "Low" Symphony, based on the several tracks from David Bowie's and Brian Eno's 1977 album of the same name. Naxos' collection includes his Second (1994), Third (1994), and Fourth, (1996) and the "Heroes" Symphony, based on another album by Bowie and Eno. His distinctive Violin Concerto (1987), written for Paul Zukofsky, is probably the most substantial and fully satisfying work in the set, which also includes two instrumental selections from the opera Akhnaten, the symphonic poem The Light, and the orchestral version of Company, originally for...
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Add this copy of Of Beauty & Light: Music of Philip Glass to cart. $19.99, very good condition, Sold by Half Price Books Inc rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Naxos Special Products.
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