The World of Philip Glass

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The World of Philip Glass

The World of Philip Glass
Classical | Easy CD-DA, FLAC tracks, No CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Cover, HQ | 339 MB
CD Date: 26 Aug 2002 | Decca

Philip Glass is one of the most familiar names in contemporary music today. He is also one of the most successful and widely-performed living composers and his output ranges from instrumental works and large-scale operas and theater pieces to film music and collaborations with rock musicians. Glass was born in Baltimore in 1937 to Jewish immigrant parents and his early musical education began with violin lessons at the age of six and at the age of eight he was accepted at the Peabody Institute (the youngest student ever accepted at that august institution). Studies there included his by now preferred instrument, the flute, and by the time he reached his teens he began composing.

Philip Glass - Two Pages. Contrary Motion. Music in Fifths. Music in Similar Motion

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Philip Glass - Two Pages. Contrary Motion. Music in Fifths. Music in Similar Motion

Philip Glass - Two Pages. Contrary Motion. Music in Fifths. Music in Similar Motion
Classical | Easy CD-DA, FLAC tracks, No CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Cover, HQ | 449 MB
CD Date: February 1, 1994 | Nonesuch

To fully appreciate the sheer, unbridled audacity of these four early works by Philip Glass, it is helpful, for a moment, to imagine that it's 1969 and you've never heard any of the composer's music before. Indeed, in 1969, it would have been unlikely that you'd heard anything like this before.

Timeless (Tarquinio Merula. Philip Glass)

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Timeless (Tarquinio Merula. Philip Glass)

Timeless (Tarquinio Merula. Philip Glass)
Classical | Easy CD-DA, FLAC tracks, No CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Cover, HQ | 297 MB
CD Date: 12. Februar 2010 | De. Harmonia Mundi

Paul Klee 4tet - Philip Glass Quartets

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Paul Klee 4tet - Philip Glass Quartets

Paul Klee 4tet - Philip Glass Quartets
Classical | Easy CD-DA, FLAC tracks, No CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Cover, HQ | 374 MB
CD Date: 24 April 2009 | Blue Serge

Bright Day Star / Baltimore Consort

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Bright Day Star / Baltimore Consort

Bright Day Star / Baltimore Consort
Classical | Easy CD-DA, APE, CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Cover, LQ | 319 MB
CD Date: 10/04/1994 | Dorian Recordings

One of the finest Christmas recordings ever made, this 1994 production by the Baltimore Consort makes a welcome return (complete with a new cover) along with the revival of the Dorian label. Glowing with the high, clear soprano of Custer LaRue and brimming with versatile, virtuoso instrumental work by Mary Anne Ballard (viols, rebec), Mark Cudek (cittern, Baroque guitar, viols, bandora), Larry Lipkis (viol, recorder, gemshorn), Ronn McFarlane (lute), Chris Norman (wooden flutes, pennywhistle), and Webb Wiggins (organ), this program literally lives up to the promise of its title.

Philip Glass - Itaipu and Three Songs for Choir a Cappella

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Philip Glass - Itaipu and Three Songs for Choir a Cappella

Philip Glass - Itaipu and Three Songs for Choir a Cappella
Classical | Easy CD-DA, FLAC tracks, No CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Cover, HQ | 252 MB
CD Date: February 2, 2010 | Orange Mountain Music

Orange Mountain Music presents this album of choral music by Philip Glass. The first work on the record is a re-issue of the Los Angeles Master Chorale's performance of Glass' large-scale orchestra and choral oratorio Itaipu. The piece was inspired by the giant hydro-electric dam in Brazil. It was part of a series of pieces Glass has done involving depictions of nature, man's relationship to nature, and also more generally fell into a recurrent theme in Glass' catalog involving the country of Brazil. Itaipu is conducted by Los Angeles Master Chorale Music Director Grant Gershon. The second work on the album is Philip Glass' only work for chorus a cappella. Three Songs are set to poems by three prominent writers, Leonard Cohen, Octavio Paz, and Raymond Levesque. Three Songs is performed by the Crouch End Festival Chorus conducted by David Temple and is a re-issue of the Silva Screen recording of the work from 2000.

Philip Glass - Minimal Music

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Philip Glass - Minimal Music

Philip Glass - Minimal Music
Classical | Easy CD-DA, FLAC tracks, No CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Cover, HQ | 335 MB
CD Date: 16. Oktober 2009 | Sony

The Grand Master of minimal music, here portrayed with a cross-section of his major works - including his three undertook a "Portrait Trilogy" became known operas, each one of the personalities of contemporary violence: Akhenaten, Einstein and Gandhi

Philip Glass - Violin Concerto and Company (REUP)

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Philip Glass - Violin Concerto and Company (REUP)

Philip Glass - Violin Concerto and Company
Classical | Easy CD-DA, FLAC tracks, No CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Cover, HQ | 190 MB
CD Date: May 16, 2000 | Naxos

Philip Glass was unquestionably among the most innovative and influential composers of the 20th century. Postmodern music's most celebrated and high-profile proponent, his myriad orchestral works, operas, film scores, and dance pieces proved essential to the development of ambient and new age sounds, and his fusions of Western and world musics were among the earliest and most successful global experiments of their kind.

Lalo: Le Roi D'ys - Dervaux, Vanzo, Guiot

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Lalo: Le Roi D'ys - Dervaux, Vanzo, Guiot

Lalo: Le Roi D'ys, Etc - Dervaux, Vanzo, Guiot
Classical | Easy CD-DA, APE, CUE, No Log | 2 CD, Cover HQ | 650 MB
CD Date: May 31, 2005 | Gala

A broadcast performance before an unobtrusive audience, this production had already enjoyed a respectable life on LPs before being reissued on CDs in 1989 as the Silver Revolution penetrated the vaults (Le Chant du Monde LDC 278879/80, Fanfare 13:1). Taken on its own, it’s a grand account—ringing voices, spirited choral work, unflagging élan—making a persuasive case for a work which remains inexplicably fringe repertoire despite abundant melody (including Breton folk song), dramatic acuity fraught with startling rhythmic novelty, and a vividly compelling story looming from the demesne of the legendary and fabulous (the same which inspired Debussy’s La cathédrale engloutie)….

Christian Ferras - Les Grands Concertos pour Violon (APE)

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Christian Ferras - Les Grands Concertos pour Violon (APE)

Christian Ferras - Les Grands Concertos pour Violon
Classical | Easy CD-DA, APE, CUE, No Log | 2 CD, Covers HQ | 710 MB
CD Date: 6 april 1993 | Deutsche Grammophon

Ferras began studying the violin with his father, who was a pupil of Marcel Chailley. He entered the Conservatoire de Nice as a student of Charles Bistesi in 1941, and in 1943 obtained the First Prize. In 1944 he went to the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1946 he won the First Prize in both disciplines (violin and chamber music), and started his performing career with the Pasdeloup orchestra under the conductor Albert Wolff, and later Paul Paray.

The Strauss Family: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches / Boskovsky CD6 of 6

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The Strauss Family: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches / Boskovsky CD6 of 6

The Strauss Family: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches / Boskovsky CD6 of 6
Classical | Easy CD-DA, APE, CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Covers LQ | 384 MB
CD Date: November 2, 2004 | Decca

Willi Boskovsky was born and trained in Vienna and served as concertmaster of the great Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for forty years. The outstanding performances of Viennese waltzes and other music by Johann Strauss II – The Waltz King – as well as by his father Johann I, and his brothers Josef and Eduard which are presented on these CDs make clear that Boskovsky thoroughly mastered the essence of this delightful musical idiom. This is beautiful music superbly conducted and played by people who understand and love it. All of the Strauss favorites and many delightful lesser-known works are included. Very highly recommended.

Vivaldi - Per Archi - Concerto for String

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Vivaldi - Per Archi - Concerto for String

Vivaldi - Per Archi - Concerto for String
Classical | Easy CD-DA, FLAC tracks, CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Cover, HQ | 1.02 GB
CD Date: 26 Mar 199 | Analekta

Dubeau is a graduate and First Prize winner of the Montreal Conservatory of Music. She studied at the Juilliard School of Music with Dorothy DeLay and later went to Romania to work with Ştefan Gheorghiu. Since that time, Dubeau has been regarded as one of Canada's most prominent classical performing artists. She has performed in concert halls in more than 25 countries and won several important international competitions. In addition, she has sold more than 300,000 records as a solo classical recording artist. Besides Dubeau, only a few other classical soloists have a certified Gold record for 50,000 albums sold in a given year.

The Strauss Family: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches / Boskovsky CD5 of 6

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The Strauss Family: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches / Boskovsky CD5 of 6

The Strauss Family: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches / Boskovsky CD5 of 6
Classical | Easy CD-DA, APE, CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Covers LQ | 369 MB
CD Date: November 2, 2004 | Decca

Willi Boskovsky was born and trained in Vienna and served as concertmaster of the great Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for forty years. The outstanding performances of Viennese waltzes and other music by Johann Strauss II – The Waltz King – as well as by his father Johann I, and his brothers Josef and Eduard which are presented on these CDs make clear that Boskovsky thoroughly mastered the essence of this delightful musical idiom. This is beautiful music superbly conducted and played by people who understand and love it. All of the Strauss favorites and many delightful lesser-known works are included. Very highly recommended.

The Strauss Family: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches / Boskovsky CD4 of 6

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The Strauss Family: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches / Boskovsky CD4 of 6

The Strauss Family: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches / Boskovsky CD4 of 6
Classical | Easy CD-DA, APE, CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Covers LQ | 372 MB
CD Date: November 2, 2004 | Decca

Willi Boskovsky was born and trained in Vienna and served as concertmaster of the great Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for forty years. The outstanding performances of Viennese waltzes and other music by Johann Strauss II – The Waltz King – as well as by his father Johann I, and his brothers Josef and Eduard which are presented on these CDs make clear that Boskovsky thoroughly mastered the essence of this delightful musical idiom. This is beautiful music superbly conducted and played by people who understand and love it. All of the Strauss favorites and many delightful lesser-known works are included. Very highly recommended.

Philip Glass - Symphony No. 7 Toltec

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Philip Glass - Symphony No. 7 Toltec

Philip Glass - Symphony No. 7 Toltec
Classical | Easy CD-DA, FLAC tracks, No CUE, No Log | 1 CD, Cover, HQ | 190 MB
CD Date: August 18, 2009 | Orange Mountain Music

The present recording, which is once again a work conducted by Dennis Russell Davies performed by the Bruckner Orchester Linz, represents my more recent thinking about this symphony. The revisions which now appear at the end of the symphony, and indeed the warmth and enthusiasm of the Bruckner Orchester Linz under Davies' leadership, has finally provided me with an opportunity to make a definitive recording of the work.