Piano Works 1 - Opening from Glassworks / Dreaming

Piano Works 1 - Opening from Glassworks / Dreaming

• Glassworlds, Volume 1: Piano Works and Transcriptions

Philip Glass, best known for a series of innovative works for the stage and, prior to that,<br>a sequence of groundbreaking scores for his own ensemble of electric keyboards, wind<br>instruments and voices, has made an immense and stylistically wide-ranging contribution to<br>piano repertoire. The Orphee Suite, a transcription of excerpts from the first opera in Glass'<br>Cocteau Trilogy, is one of his most distinctive piano pieces, blending virtuosity and melodic<br>richness. In contrast, the hypnotic How Now is structurally influenced by Indian ragas and<br>gamelan music, whilst Dreaming Awake contains one of the most powerful climaxes in all<br>Glass' works. Performed by Nicolas Horvath, a Scriabin Competition first prize winner, this is<br>the first release in the complete Glass solo piano edition, which will include many premieres.