GLASS, P.: Of Beauty and Light (US Version) (4 CD Box Set)

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The Light (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Philip Glass
Conducted by: Marin Alsop
Recording date: 16-17 May 2006
Produced by: Handley, Tim


1. The Light - 23:43


Symphony No. 4, "Heroes" (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Philip Glass
Conducted by: Marin Alsop
Recording date: 16-17 May 2006
Produced by: Handley, Tim


2. I. Heroes - 7:24
3. II. Abdulmajid - 9:19
4. III. Sense of Doubt - 7:57
5. IV. Sons of the Silent Age - 7:36
6. V. Neukoln - 6:48
7. VI. V2 Schneider - 7:22

Symphony No. 3 (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Philip Glass
Conducted by: Marin Alsop
Recording date: 20 - 21 July 2003
Produced by: Handley, Tim


1. I. -- - 4:27
2. II. -- - 6:17
3. III. -- - 9:38
4. IV. -- - 3:32


Symphony No. 2 (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Philip Glass
Conducted by: Marin Alsop
Recording date: 20 - 21 July 2003
Produced by: Handley, Tim


5. I. -- - 16:42
6. II. -- - 13:23
7. III. -- - 13:08

Company (more info)
Performed by: Ulster Orchestra
Composed by: Philip Glass
Conducted by: Takuo Yuasa
Recording date: 19th to 21st May, 1999
Produced by: Handley, Tim


1. I. - - 2:33
2. II. - - 1:54
3. III. - - 1:48
4. IV. - - 2:30


Violin Concerto (more info)
Performed by: Ulster Orchestra
Composed by: Philip Glass
Conducted by: Takuo Yuasa
Adele Anthony, violin
Recording date: 19th to 21st May, 1999
Produced by: Handley, Tim


5. I. - - 6:42
6. Second Movement - 8:31
7. III. - - 9:20


Akhnaten: Prelude and Dance (more info)
Performed by: Ulster Orchestra
Composed by: Philip Glass
Conducted by: Takuo Yuasa
Recording date: 19th to 21st May, 1999
Produced by: Handley, Tim


8. Prelude - 12:14
9. Dance (Act II Scene 3) - 5:35

Tren (Threnody), "To the Victims of Hiroshima" (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Krzysztof Penderecki
Conducted by: Antoni Wit


1. Tren (Threnody), "To the Victims of Hiroshima" - 9:00


Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Krzysztof Penderecki
Conducted by: Antoni Wit


2. Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima - 9:00


Toccata for Violin and Player Piano (more info)
Composed by: Conlon Nancarrow
Mia Wu, violin


3. Toccata for Violin and Piano Player - 1:38


Toccata for Violin and Player Piano (more info)
Composed by: Conlon Nancarrow
Mia Wu, violin


4. Toccata for Violin and Player Piano - 1:38


First Interlude (more info)


5. First Interlude - 3:26


Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: First Interlude (more info)
Composed by: John Cage
Boris Berman,


6. Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: First Interlude - 3:30


Symphony No. 4, "Heroes" (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Philip Glass
Conducted by: Marin Alsop
Recording date: 16-17 May 2006
Produced by: Handley, Tim


7. V. Neukoln - 6:48


5 Night-Pieces (more info)
Composed by: Hans Werner Henze
Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin
Aaron Shorr, piano


8. No. 1. Elegie - 3:08


In C (excerpt) (more info)
Composed by: Terry Riley
Conducted by: Paul Hillier


9. In C (excerpt) - 5:17


String Quartet No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Charles Wuorinen


10. II. — - 5:55


In C (more info)
Composed by: Terry Riley
Conducted by: Paul Hillier
Recording date: 17 January 2005
Produced by: Sorensen, Gert


11. In C - 5:17


4 Pezzi: II. — (more info)
Performed by: Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Giacinto Scelsi


12. 4 Pezzi: II. - 2:30


String Quartet No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Charles Wuorinen
Recording date: 22 April 1991
Produced by: Fine, Michael


13. I. - 5:00


Déserts (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Edgard Varese
Conducted by: Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Recording date: 25th to 29th April & 13th to 14th May, 2000
Produced by: Jankowska, Beata


14. Third Electronic Interpolation (beginning) - 4:12


Deserts (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Edgard Varese
Conducted by: Christopher Lyndon-Gee


15. Third Electronic Interpolation (beginning) - 4:12


Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death (more info)
Composed by: George Crumb
Conducted by: Fuat Kent
Nicholas Isherwood, bass-baritone


16. Death-Drone II - 1:48


Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death (more info)
Composed by: George Crumb
Conducted by: Fuat Kent
Nicholas Isherwood, bass-baritone


17. Death-Drone II - 1:48


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18. Giacinto Scelsi - Quattro pezzi per orchestra (I) - 2:30
19. Gyorgy Ligeti - Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (1953) Allegro grazioso - 2:42


6 Bagatelles: No. 3. Allegro grazioso (more info)
Composed by: Gyorgy Ligeti


20. 6 Bagatelles: No. 3. Allegro grazioso - 2:42


Silenzio (for accordion, violin and cello) (more info)
Performed by: Camerata Transsylvanica
Composed by: Sofia Gubaidulina
Conducted by: Gyorgy Selmeczi
Elsbeth Moser, accordion
Kathrin Rabus, violin
Maria Kliegel, cello
Recording date: 15-18 August 1995
Produced by: Vagnsson, Hrolfur


21. II - 2:33


Silenzio (for accordion, violin and cello) (more info)
Performed by: Camerata Transsylvanica
Composed by: Sofia Gubaidulina
Conducted by: Gyorgy Selmeczi
Elsbeth Moser, accordion
Kathrin Rabus, violin
Maria Kliegel, cello


22. II - 2:33


Beta (more info)
Composed by: Jorgen Plaetner
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Plaetner Jorgen, electronics


23. Beta - 5:39


Beta (more info)
Composed by: Jorgen Plaetner
Jørgen Plaetner,
Produced by: Plaetner, Jørgen


24. Beta - 5:39


Shaker Loops (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: John Adams
Conducted by: Marin Alsop


25. A Final Shaking - 4:09


Shaker Loops (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: John Adams
Conducted by: Marin Alsop
Recording date: 10 - 11 June 2003
Produced by: Handley, Tim


26. A Final Shaking - 4:09


Piano Concerto No. 1 (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Composed by: Einojuhani Rautavaara
Conducted by: Hannu Lintu
Laura Mikkola, piano


27. Con grandezza - 9:51


Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 45 (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Composed by: Einojuhani Rautavaara
Conducted by: Hannu Lintu
Laura Mikkola, piano


28. I. Con grandezza - 9:51


Fratres for Strings and Percussion (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Arvo Part
Conducted by: Tamas Benedek


29. Fratres for Strings and Percussion - 8:54


Fratres for Strings and Percussion (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Arvo Part
Conducted by: Tamas Benedek
Recording date: 10-16 December 1995
Produced by: Benedek, Tamas


30. Fratres for Strings and Percussion - 8:54

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