Several strands come together beautifully on this release of songs by Philip Glass. He is hardly known for this genre, and the two voice-and-piano works here were originally in other media; Songs of Milarepa was for voice and orchestra, and the "Three Songs for baritone and piano" were written for voice and synthesizer, but they cohere beautifully. The two little sets are linked by their spiritual content, with the Songs of Milarepa setting actual texts by that Tibetan sage and poet, while the Three Songs have texts by ...
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Several strands come together beautifully on this release of songs by Philip Glass. He is hardly known for this genre, and the two voice-and-piano works here were originally in other media; Songs of Milarepa was for voice and orchestra, and the "Three Songs for baritone and piano" were written for voice and synthesizer, but they cohere beautifully. The two little sets are linked by their spiritual content, with the Songs of Milarepa setting actual texts by that Tibetan sage and poet, while the Three Songs have texts by Allen Ginsberg (another Buddhist) and Rumi. The songs arguably work better in this simpler format, which puts the focus on the text. Some of them have Glass' trademark motoric textures, but as a whole, they mark some of his biggest concessions to traditional expressive modes. Especially listen to "I Am the Man Called Milarepa," the first of the Songs of Milarepa. All of the texts have a didactic, oracular quality that baritone Martin Achrainer nails. Text intelligibility is good, and...
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