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With a prolific output spanning across various genres including opera, film scores, symphonies, and chamber music, Glass has established himself as one of the most influential composers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublishing under [l266896], Philip Glass continues to captivate audiences worldwide with his innovative compositions that push the boundaries of traditional musical conventions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"songs-from-liquid-days","title":"Songs from Liquid Days","description":"\u003cp\u003eSongs from Liquid Days is a collection of songs composed by composer Philip Glass with lyrics by Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, David Byrne and Laurie Anderson. Glass began the project scoring lyrics by Byrne and then thought to collaborate with additional songwriters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the project, Glass said: The words come first. From these I fashioned a set of six songs which, together, form a cycle of themes ranging from reflections on nature to classic romantic settings. After the music was written, I - along with producer Kurt Munkacsi and conductor Michael Riesman - began the long and difficult process of ‘casting’ singers for the individual songs. We felt that the interpretation a singer brings to a song is an immense contribution to its character - contributing their own personality to the work perhaps more than any other performer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSongs from Liquid Days has brought together quite an astonishing assortment of people, from the progressive Kronos String Quartet to singers Linda Ronstadt, Doug Perry and Janice Pendarvis and Bernard Fowler. 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Only instead of Satie's lyrical-to-antic jumps, Glass creates the ruminative-to-excitable kind. \"Opening\"'s softly rolled piano melody is music to fold your hands and muse by, and when Sharon Moe's French horn sets up \"Floe,\" everything seems nice and level - until the flailing woodwinds and synthesizers of the ensemble crash in. \u003cem\u003eGlassworks\u003c\/em\u003e is tuneful in the most pleasingly direct sense - the arrangements define the melodies so cleanly they're instantly memorable. In addition, the album is programmed with a particular shape in mind. It's kind of a waveform, where every other relaxed melody is upset by a classic Glass rush - \"Floe\" is even outpaced by \"Rubric\"'s honking saxophones and enough cascading counterpoint to give David Helfgoff a case of carpal tunnel syndrome. These two tunes are so disruptive, so complex, that it's easy to think that they dominate the whole project. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut they're also the shortest tunes on the album. Most of the time, harmonies bob around in the strings and woodwinds, though Jon Gibson's soprano sax glides atop \"Facades.\" \"Closing,\" based on \"Opening\" (funny), contains his second prettiest orchestration after the finale of Satyagraha. In fact, it's probably the source of Glass' subsequent reputation in the new age music industry. Of interest to those who keep up with Glass' re-use of his work: \"Rubric\" was originally intended for use in Godfrey Reggio's movie Koyanisqqaatsi. It was re-used along with \"Facades\" on the 1987 album Dancepieces. \"Opening,\" \"Floe,\" \"Facades,\" and \"Rubric\" were performed in Peter Greenaway's film 4 American Composers, devoted to Glass and his ensemble; in this performance segment, Dora Ohrenstein's vocals replace \"Floe\"'s brass section.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Music On Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"LP - Translucent Blue","offer_id":57559265444171,"sku":"R7361-9081","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Clear","offer_id":50403246342475,"sku":"1170578","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":50403247554891,"sku":"1080422","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3368aecc-4564-48f7-b625-cf975ad4b8b7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726559036"},{"product_id":"candyman-original-1992-motion-picture-soundtrack","title":"Candyman (Original 1992 Motion Picture Soundtrack)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Clive Barker's 1992\u003ci\u003e Candyman\u003c\/i\u003e composed and performed by Philip Glass. 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