Philip Glass

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Nominated for 2007 Film Composer of the Year in the World Soundtrack Academy awards.

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Philip Morris Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer. He is considered one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century. His music is often controversially described as minimal music, along with the work of the other "major minimalists" La Monte Young, Terry Riley and Steve Reich.

Glass has distanced himself from the "minimalist" label, describing himself instead as a composer of "music with repetitive structures". Though his early mature music shares much with what is normally called "minimalist", he has since evolved stylistically. Currently, he describes himself as a "classicist", pointing out that he is trained in harmony and counterpoint and studied such composers as Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Nadia Boulanger.

Glass has founded a namesake musical group, the Philip Glass Ensemble, with which he still performs on keyboards, and has written operas, musical theatre works, ten symphonies, eleven concertos, solo works, chamber music including seven string quartets and instrumental sonatas, and film scores. Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards.

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Year Title Artist RatingReleases
1971 Music With Changing Parts Philip Glass 4 3
1974 Music in Twelve Parts, Parts 1 & 2 Philip Glass 3 1
1979 Einstein on the Beach Glass; The Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman 4.25 4
1980 Dance Nos. 1 & 3 Philip Glass 3 1
1982 Glassworks Philip Glass 5 7
1983 The Photographer Philip Glass 4 3
1985 Satyagraha Philip Glass; New York City Opera Orchestra, New York City Opera Chorus, Christopher Keene 2
1986 Songs From Liquid Days Philip Glass 4 2
1987 Akhnaten Philip Glass; The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies 2
1988 Dance Nos. 1-5 Philip Glass 1 3
1989 1000 Airplanes on the Roof Philip Glass 2
1989 Solo Piano Philip Glass 3 2
1990 Music in Twelve Parts (1975/1987 recording) Philip Glass 1
1990 Passages Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass 2 3
1990 Minimalist Adams, Glass, Reich, Heath; London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green 4
1992 Trivium Arvo Pärt, Peter Maxwell Davies, Philip Glass; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent 3
1993 “Low” Symphony Philip Glass 3.5 3
1993 Itaipu / The Canyon Philip Glass; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw 2 1
1993 Glass Organ Works Philip Glass 1
1993 Hydrogen Jukebox Philip Glass 2 1
1993 Barber / Dvořák / Glass Barber, Dvořák, Glass; The Duke Quartet 1
1994 Two Pages / Contrary Motion / Music in Fifths / Music in Similar Motion Philip Glass 4 1
1995 Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass Philip Glass; Kronos Quartet 3.5 1
1996 Music in Twelve Parts Philip Glass 4 2
1997 “Heroes” Symphony: From the Music of David Bowie & Brian Eno Philip Glass 4
1998 Symphony No. 2 / Interlude from Orphée / Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra Philip Glass 1
1998 Circles (piano: Arturo Stalteri) Philip Glass 1
1998 Symphony No. 2 Philip Glass 1
1999 the CIVIL warS, a tree is the best measured when it is down Philip Glass 1
1999 Aguas da Amazonia Philip Glass 1
1999 Minimal Piano Works, Volume I (Piano: Jeroen van Veen) Philip Glass 1
1999 Piano Music Philip Glass 2
2000 Maximum Minimalists Steve Reich, John Adams, Terry Riley & Philip Glass 1
2000 Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company Philip Glass; Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa, Adele Anthony 1
2000 Glass Cage Philip Glass, John Cage; Bruce Brubaker 1
2000 Symphony No. 5: Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya Philip Glass 1
2001 Music in the Shape of a Square Philip Glass; Alter Ego 1
2001 Early Keyboard Music Philip Glass; Steffen Schleiermacher 1
2001 Music for Organ Philip Glass, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent; Kevin Bowyer 1
2002 Early Voice Philip Glass 1
2002 Glass Reflections Philip Glass; Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico, Elias Arizcuren 1
2003 Piano Music of Philip Glass Philip Glass; Aleck Karis 1
2003 Etudes for Piano, Volume 1: Nos. 1-10 Philip Glass; Philip Glass 1
2003 Music From the Thin Blue Line Philip Glass 1
2003 600 Lines / How Now Philip Glass; Alter Ego 1
2003 The Orphée Suite Philip Glass 1
2004 Dennis Russell Davies Performs Philip Glass: Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and Selections from Passages Philip Glass; Dennis Russell Davies, The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra 1
2004 The Concerto Project, Volume I (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic feat. conductor: Gerard Schwarz) Philip Glass 1
2004 Music in Fifths (Bang on a Can) Philip Glass 1
2004 Symphonies nos. 2 and 3 Philip Glass; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop 1
2004 Metamorphosis Philip Glass; Alessandra Celletti 1
2005 Les Enfants Terribles Philip Glass 1
2005 Orion Philip Glass 1
2005 Music 4 Hands Philip Glass, Steve Reich; Maki Namekawa, Dennis Russell Davies 1
2005 Symphony No. 6 "Plutonian Ode" Philip Glass 1
2006 Symphony No. 8 Philip Glass 1
2006 The Voyage Philip Glass 1
2006 Analog Philip Glass 1
2006 The Concerto Project, Volume II Philip Glass 1
2006 The Witches of Venice Philip Glass 1
2006 Dances & Sonata Philip Glass; Steffen Schleiermacher 1
2006 Metamorphosis (piano: Branka Parlić) Philip Glass 1
2007 Symphony No. 4, "Heroes" / The Light (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Marin Alsop) Philip Glass 1
2007 Dracula Philip Glass; Michael Riesman 1
2007 Music with Changing Parts (Icebreaker) Philip Glass 1
2007 Theater Music, Volume 1 Philip Glass 1
2007 Book of Longing Philip Glass 1
2007 Monsters of Grace Philip Glass 1
2008 Songs and Poems for Solo Cello Philip Glass; Wendy Sutter 1
2008 Complete String Quartets Philip Glass; The Smith Quartet 1
2008 The Concerto Project, Volume III Philip Glass 1
2008 Music in Twelve Parts (2008 recording) Philip Glass 1
2008 Another Look at Harmony, Part IV Philip Glass 1
2008 Philip Glass Soundtracks (piano: Michael Riesman) Philip Glass 1
2008 Philip Glass: Portrait Philip Glass; Angèle Dubeau, La Pietà 1
2008 Sentieri Selvaggi Plays Gavin Bryars & Philip Glass Philip Glass 1
2008 Waiting for the Barbarians Philip Glass 1
2009 Symphony No. 7 "Toltec" (Bruckner Orchester Linz & Linz Opera Chorus, conductor: Dennis Russell Davies) Philip Glass 1
2009 A Madrigal Opera. Cameo. A Symphonic Poem Philip Glass 1
2009 In the Upper Room Philip Glass 5 1
2009 The Juniper Tree Philip Glass & Robert Moran 1
2010 Itaipu and Three Songs Philip Glass 1
2010 String Quartets nos. 1-4 Philip Glass; Carducci Quartet 1
2010 Schoenberg/Glass Arnold Schoenberg, Philip Glass; The Glass Chamber Players 1
2010 Violin Concerto No. 2: The American Four Seasons Philip Glass 1
2011 Mad Rush: Solo Piano Music of Philip Glass Philip Glass 1
2011 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra no. 1 Philip Glass; Wendy Sutter, Dante Anzolini, Orchestra of the Americas 1
2011 The Concerto Project, Volume IV: Double Concerto for Violin, Cello & Orchestra / Tirol Concerto for Piano & Orchestra Philip Glass 1
2011 Works for Saxophone Quartet Philip Glass & Michael Nyman 1
2011 In the Penal Colony Philip Glass 1
2011 Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass Philip Glass; Brooklyn Rider 1
2011 Kepler Philip Glass 1
2011 Phaedra, Modern Love Waltz and 21 Robert Moran Orchestrations Philip Glass 5 1
2011 Symphony No. 9 Philip Glass 1
2012 Metamorphosis Philip Glass; Floraleda Sacchi 1
2012 Metamorphosis - The Hours Lavinia Meijer & Philip Glass 2
2012 Tara Hugo Sings Philip Glass Philip Glass 1
2012 The Passion of Ramakrishna Philip Glass 1
2013 Cello Concerto no. 2: Naqoyqatsi Philip Glass; Matt Haimovitz, Dennis Russell Davies, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra 1
2013 Harpsichord Concertos Philip Glass, Jean Françaix, John Rutter; Christopher Lewis, John McMurtery, West Side Chamber Orchestra, Kevin Mallon 1

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