Glass: String Quartets Nos.1-5

Brooklyn Rider (Artist, Orchestra, Performer), Philip Glass (Composer), None (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Brooklyn Rider
• Orchestra: Brooklyn Rider
• Conductor: None
• Composer: Philip Glass
• Audio CD (May 10, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: ORANGE MOUNTAIN
• ASIN: B004OZIKJA
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,186 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Suite from Bent for String Quartet - 1997 Movement I

2. Movement II

3. Movement III

4. Movement IV

5. Movement V

6. Movement VI

7. Movement VII

8. Movement VIII

9. String Quartet No.3 Mishima 1957 Award Montage

10. November 25 Ichigaya

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Disc: 2

1. String Quartet No.4 Buczak Movement I

2. Movement II

3. Movement III

4. String Quartet No.2 Movement I

5. Movement II

6. Movement III

7. Movement IV

8. String Quartet No.5 Movement I

9. Movement II

10. Movement III

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars String Quartets in One, October 2, 2011

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blueboy714 (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Glass: String Quartets Nos.1-5 (Audio CD)

I'm not sure why the previous reviewer is so upset over the liner notes - there are virtually none. Just a list of the group members and a quick statement that are playing P. Glass' music because... As for the music - it is very good and other than "Bent" which is a new recording all of the quartets are slightly different than the original recordings. I don't think the original recordings can be topped - esp. "Mishima" but it's nice to hear a fresh sound.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!, November 28, 2011

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Roland (Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Glass: String Quartets Nos.1-5 (Audio CD)

I have been criticizing Philip Glass music a lot recently as being too focused on composing overblown symphony stuff that all sounds the same. But, this recording brings me back to why I am a big fan of Glass, especially the smaller scale ensemble stuff. Philip Glass music seems to always sound best with a small group of players and this is another example. It sounds great and the pure sound of the instrument, the cello, is most captured here. I say NO MORE SYMPHONIES, and MORE MINIMALISM!!!! I had this on loop in my car driving across the country from NYC to Tucson Arizona and it was awesome!!! The "Bent" stuff is great and the new recordings of "Mishima," etc. are BETTER than Kronos Quartet! Move over Kronos Quartet, here comes Brooklyn Rider!!!

3 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Notes included in the sleeve...,, May 22, 2011

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Janlou (PARIS, FRANCE.) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Glass: String Quartets Nos.1-5 (Audio CD)

...Are just blah-blah from the "BROOKLIN Riders" more or less about themselves,

NOTHING about the 5 string quartets of the author !

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