Philip Glass: Solo Piano

Philip Glass (Composer), Philip Glass (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Philip Glass
• Composer: Philip Glass
• Audio CD (August 7, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000026Y4
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,365 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #1 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Glass, Philip
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  • #43 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Keyboard > General

Track Listings

1. Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis One

2. Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis Two

3. Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis Three

4. Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis Four

5. Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis Five

6. Metamorphosis: Mad Rush

7. Metamorphosis: Wichita Sutra Vortex

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

65 of 68 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Meditative miracle October 9, 2000

By Paul Miller

Format:Audio CD

This is one of my favorite Glass CDs. Repetitive like alot of Glass's work, the fine shades of difference create a meditative miracle to the ear. Metamorphosis was written in 1988 and takes its title from a play based on Kafka's short story. Numbers three and four are from Glass's incidental music to the play. Numbers one and two use themes from Glass's soundtrack to the acclaimed Errol Morris film The Thin Blue Line. Mad Rush was written for the occasion of the Dalai Lama's first public address in New York City, in the fall of 1981. Originally an open-structured or open-ended piece, it was first performed by Glass on organ during the Dalai Lama's entrance into the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Wichita Vortex Sutra is the result of a chance meeting between two long-time friends, Glass and poet Allen Ginsberg, in St. Mark's Books, a popular bookstore in the East Village. This CD will recieve alot of play time because it can be listened to with headphones or played as a background while you read a novel or work.

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Songs for a Rainy Day September 25, 2005

By Roland

Format:Audio CD

This all piano recording is some of the most minimal of all Glass compositions - so in order to find this appealing the listener should be a decided fan of minimalism. That being said, it is fine music indeed, Glass uses his bittersweet motifs throughout the recording, lots of repetition on a few basic chords. Mad Rush is I believe one of his best, most signature works of all time, because it totally captures his

use of counterpoint to an effect of an ethereal auditory ambience. Mad Rush alone makes this worth buying.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing August 12, 2008

By D. DAEDALUS

Format:Audio CD

Don't play this in an elevator; don't play this while you make dinner; don't play this on a Sunday afternoon while you read; don't play this while you watch tv; don't play this while you put away the clothes; don't play this in your car; don't play this while you're getting ready for work in the morning or going to bed at night; don't play this while you're having a conversation with a friend on the phone whom you haven't seen in three years. Play this when you are ready to stop and listen. Don't even think. If you are able to listen and lose thought, you'll enjoy this music.