The brilliance of Philip Glass, by seven leading musicians<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>Like banana bread and birdwatching, the piano\u2019s popularity spiked during the 2020-21 crisis, and Glass appears to have made the most of the time to refocus on his pianism. His Etudes, written for that very purpose, explore idea kernels that are carefully dissected; their complexity is such that the composer once revealed that he cannot play the entirety of Book\u00a02. And why would he need to, when brilliant pianists including Vicky Chow (Cantaloupe), Maki Namekawa (OM) and V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson (DG) can on his behalf? <\/p>
For this recording, Glass sticks with music he\u2019s more comfortable with: Metamorphosis<\/em> 1-5 (except for No.\u00a04), which he recorded (including No.\u00a0 4) for Sony back in 1989. There\u2019s liquidity to the shimmering repetition, and the resonant sound of Glass\u2019s Baldwin piano is closely captured. The gentle hum induced by the sustaining pedal (a little too obvious in \u2018Truman Sleeps\u2019) is a reminder of the intimacy of this recital. <\/p>The evergreen \u2018Mad Rush\u2019, meanwhile, soothes through subtle undulations and broken chords that, in less expert hands, tend towards lumpy porridge. Here, in contrast, we have the ultimate interpreter.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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