Browse: Orange Mountain (label)

Deutekom combines performances of Glass’s solo piano pieces with arrangements of his orchestral works. A fascinating new window onto the US composer’s hypnotic world. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

the work's main source of influence could hardly be further removed from the symphonic tradition...played with a combination of warmth and vigour by the Sinfonieorchester Basel — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 More…

Glass homes in with scary effectiveness on the officer's description of the machine...Omar Ebrahim's officer moves from robotic vibrato to loving devotion as Michael Bennett's lighter timbre... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Its extrovert origins as latter-day fireworks music remain clear, though, as Glass’s orchestration, with its brassy edge and martial percussion – lots of snare drum – underlines in Davies’s performance. — The Guardian, 20th August 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Tara Hugo is an outstanding performer and her voice sounds in remarkable condition. Those who enjoy the music of Philip Glass should not hesitate with this release which could even win over some... — MusicWeb International, February 2013 More…

what becomes abundantly clear from listening to almost any bar on thie recording is Moore's highly developed, intuitive and nuanced approach to this music, one which has been allowed to evolve... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2015 More…

This is certainly one of the most enjoyable recent releases of Glass's music. There is something fresh about both works, though the Glass fingerprints naturally also abound. The Piano Concerto... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Slightly over half the dances which Glass wrote for choreographer Twyla Tharp's In the UpperRoom in 1986 were issued by CBS a year later under the title Dance Pieces, but this disc presents the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…