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Philip Glass, Víkingur Ólafsson - Piano Works / Deutsche Grammophon 2x LP 2017 / 00289 479 7258
UPC 028947972587
Philip Morris Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive phrases and shifting layers. Glass describes himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures", which he has helped evolve stylistically.
Glass founded the Philip Glass Ensemble, with which he still performs on keyboards. He has written fifteen operas, numerous chamber operas and musical theatre works, fourteen symphonies, twelve concertos, nine string quartets and various other chamber music, and several film scores. Three of his film scores have been nominated for an Academy Award.
Víkingur Ólafsson (born 14 February 1984) is an Icelandic pianist.
He has performed with leading orchestras in Europe and America, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and with such conductors as Thomas Adès, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Santtu-Matias Rouvali. He has won numerous awards, including Album of the Year at the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards for Johann Sebastian Bach.
Víkingur's album Philip Glass Piano Works saw him named "Iceland's Glenn Gould" by the New York Times, and a "breathtakingly brilliant pianist" by Gramophone; Le Monde heralded his "volcanic temperament, great virtuosity, taste for challenges".
| Label: | Deutsche Grammophon – 00289 479 7258 |
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| Format: |
2 x Vinyl, LP
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
Apr 14, 2017 |
| Genre: | Electronic, Classical |
| Style: | Contemporary |
Tracklist:
| A1 | "Opening" From Glassworks (1981) | 7:45 | |
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Études (1991-2012) |
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| A2 | No. 6 | 4:26 | |
| A3 | No. 3 | 4:01 | |
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| A4 | "Opening" From Glassworks (Reworked By Christian Badzura) |
6:39 | |
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Études |
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| B1 | No. 5 | 8:55 | |
| B2 | No. 13 | 3:28 | |
| B3 | No. 14 | 4:37 | |
| B4 | No. 5 (Reworked By Christian Badzura) | 8:55 | |
| C1 | No. 9 | 2:32 | |
| C2 | No. 15 | 7:40 | |
| C3 | No.18 | 6:02 | |
| C4 | No. 9 (Reworked By CFCF) | 2:32 | |
| D1 | No. 2 | 6:00 | |
| D2 | No. 20 | 11:24 | |
| D3 | No. 2 (Reworked By Christian Badzura) | 6:00 |
- Arranged By [Reworked By] – CFCF (tracks: C4), Christian Badzura (tracks: A4, B4, D3)
- Art Direction, Design – Helga Gerður Magnúsdóttir
- Cello – Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson (tracks: A4, B4, D3)
- Composed By – Philip Glass
- Cover, Photography By – Ari Magg
- Editor [Additional] – Karsten Zimmermann
- Ensemble – Siggi String Quartet (tracks: A4, B4, D3)
- Executive Producer – Christian Badzura
- Lacquer Cut By – KR (3)
- Liner Notes – Víkingur Ólafsson
- Mastered By – Götz-Michael Rieth (tracks: C4)
- Piano – Víkingur Ólafsson
- Producer [Recording], Mixed By [Tonmeister], Editor – Christopher Tarnow
- Project Manager – Anna-Lena Rodewald
- Technician [Piano] – Sigurður Kristinsson
- Translated By [German Liner Notes] – Eva Zöllner
- Viola – Þórunn Ósk Marínósdóttir* (tracks: A4, B4, D3)
- Violin [Violin II] – Helga Þóra Björgvinsdóttir (tracks: A4, B4, D3)
- Violin [Violin I] – Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (tracks: A4, B4, D3)
