Glass: Cello Concerto No.1

Wendy Sutter (Artist, Performer), Orchestra of the Americas (Artist, Orchestra), Dante Anzolini (Artist, Conductor), Philip Glass (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Wendy Sutter
• Orchestra: Orchestra of the Americas
• Conductor: Dante Anzolini
• Composer: Philip Glass
• Audio CD (September 13, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: ORANGE MOUNTAIN
• ASIN: B0055UBGCQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,570 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Movement I

2. Movement II

3. Movement III

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Passionate Concerto, A Dramatic Performance, December 25, 2011

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Dr. Debra Jan Bibel "World Music Explorer" (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glass: Cello Concerto No.1 (Audio CD)

In his more recent compositions, Glass has become lyrical, profound, sometimes brooding, sometimes bright, and intense. His concerti have given soloists opportunities for dramatic expression. This Cello Concerto is such an example, especially with the gritty bowing technique and encompassing, passionate interpretation by Wendy Sutter, who has made the concerto her own, repeatedly performing the work with different orchestras. Some 31 minutes in duration, the concerto is strong, complex in development, and often beautiful. Its three movements are largely of one driving temperament. The last two minutes of Movement I is gripping, even suspenseful. The longer, slower Movement II reaches into romanticism. The orchestra commences the shortest Movement III as an intensifying engine and includes castanets. Sutter matches the propulsion with verve to a rapid, sudden finish with four orchestral chords and a cello flourish. Orchestra of the Americas, led by Dante Anzolini, is very fine, and the recording of July 31, 2010 in Quito, Ecuador, is also excellent, with Sutter up front but balanced with the orchestra.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Passion of Glass, December 16, 2011

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Marvin Cohodas "Glassoperaphile" (Vancouver, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glass: Cello Concerto No.1 (Audio CD)

I used to see the Glass cello concerto as really secondary in relation to the outstanding violin and piano concerti, but Sutter has changed my view. Sutter lets loose the passion in the concerto and in so doing discovers its lyricism. If you still think that Glass just composes cool and mechanical mechanical music, this recording will change your mind!