Glass / Van Veen Solo Piano Music CD

This selection of pieces showcases Glass?s music for solo piano, with each of the works baring the hallmarks of minimalism. Among the pieces featured in the collection is Metamorphosis, a set of five variations that evolve over the course of the entire work to create a stirring final movement. Also present are extracts from the soundtrack of Stephen Daldry?s film The Hours, as well as µTruman Sleeps? from The Truman Show (which earned Glass a Golden Globe award for µBest Original Score?). The collection ends with the µTrilogy? Sonata, containing piano transcriptions of Glass?s three µportrait? operas: Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha and Akhnaten. Recorded 23?28 October 2006, Barbara Church, Culemborg, The Netherlands. A new compilation of the music for piano solo by Philip Glass, icon of minimalism. In his piano music, Glass presents structures of repeated patterns which slowly and gradually, seemingly unconsciously, change in rhythm, speed or form, creating a fascinating sound landscape of slowly shifting colours and patterns. Dutch pianist Jeroen van Veen is a champion of the minimalist piano school. His earlier set of minimalist piano works won rave reviews in the international press.

1. Glassworks - Opening (Arr. Jeroen Van Veen) 2. Metamorphosis: No.1 3. Metamorphosis: No.2 4. Metamorphosis: No.3 5. Metamorphosis: No.4 6. Metamorphosis: No.5 7. Mad Rush 8. Wichita Vortex Sutra 9. Glassworks - Opening 10. The Hours: The Poet Acts 11. The Hours: Morning Passages 12. The Hours: Something She Has to Do 13. The Hours: I'm Going to Make a Cake 14. The Hours: An Unwelcome Friend 15. The Hours: Dead Things 16. The Hours: Why Does Someone Have to Die? 17. The Hours: Tearing Herself Away 18. The Hours: Escape! 19. The Hours: Choosing Life 20. The Hours: The Hours 21. 'Truman Sleeps' from the Truman Show 22. Glassworks - Opening 23. Olympian 24. Modern Love Waltz 25. How Now 26. 'Trilogy' Sonata: I. Einstein on the Beach - Knee Play No. 4 27. 'Trilogy' Sonata: II. Satyagraha - Act III Conclusion 28. 'Trilogy' Sonata: III. Akhnaten - Dance (From Scene 3)