Glass: King Lear / Various Glass: King Lear / Various CD

Orange Mountain Music is proud to present the premiere recording of Philip Glass's original score to the 2019 Broadway production of King Lear, which starred Glenda Jackson as Lear and Ruth Wilson as Cordelia/The Fool. For this new production, directed by Sam Gold and produced by Scott Rudin, Glass composed almost an hour of new music for string quartet. Complementing the quartet are three songs that Glass composed to the Shakespeare text featuring Ruth Wilson singing as part of a role that earned her a Tony nomination. Glass's quartet features violinists Natalie Cummins and Martin Agee, with Christopher Cardona on viola and Stephanie Cummins on cello. After over 100 Broadway performances, it was played in the recording studio with an absolute mastery that would not be possible for a concert piece. The recording was produced by Glass's long-time music director Michael Riesman.

1. Overture 2. These Late Eclipses 3. Goneril's House 4. Drinking Song 5. Fools Had Ne'er Less Grace in a Year 6. So Be My Lord 7. Let Me Not Be Mad 8. Entr'acte 9. Approach Thou Beacon 10. I Heard Myself Proclaimed 11. Winter's Not Gone Yet 12. Rumbling Storm Part 1 13. Rumbling Storm Part 2 14. Omen of the Storm 15. Lear and the Storm 16. Storm Unleashes 17. Avenge Gloucester's Eyes 18. Rumbling Storm Reprise 19. Remnants of the Storm 20. Gloucester ; Edmund 21. Prayer in Storm 22. Cordelia's Prayer 23. Military Music Part 1 24. Military Music Part 2 25. Edgar's Mention of the Gods 26. How Does My Royal Lord 27. It Raineth Every Day 28. Yet Better Thus 29. Here is My Pledge 30. Epilogue