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Valentina Lisitsa plays Philip Glass

Valentina Lisitsa (piano)

Valentina Lisitsa plays Philip Glass
Lisitsa brings grace and warmth to a collection of works by Glass, which includes solo piano arrangements from cinematic scores to The Truman Show and The Hours.

BBC Music Magazine, June 20154 out of 5 stars

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Valentina Lisitsa plays Philip Glass

Valentina Lisitsa (piano)

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Lisitsa brings grace and warmth to a collection of works by Glass, which includes solo piano arrangements from cinematic scores to The Truman Show and The Hours.

BBC Music Magazine, June 20154 out of 5 stars

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This album brings together two artists with enormous followings: Valentina Lisitsa, with her dazzling artistry and hundreds of thousands of followers on YouTube; and Philip Glass, with his hugely popular minimalist piano music.

A generous selection of Philip Glass’s most successful and best-loved pieces for solo piano, brought together on one 150min release (2CD physical) including tracks from the BAFTA-winning and Academy Award nominated film “The Hours.”

Here is Glass at his best – using the building blocks of minimalism to achieve a huge, inventive soundscape of musical richness and contrasts. His music is richly harmonic, and this album is a deeply evocative listening experience.

Revelatory performances from YouTube sensation, pianist Valentina Lisitsa; a wonderful artist with exceptional musicality and a stunning technique.

Contents and tracklist

Glass, P: Glassworks
Work length6:08
Opening
Track length6:08
Glass, P: The Truman Show: Truman Sleeps
Work length2:40
Excerpt,Glass, P: The Hours
Work length10:13
The Poet Acts (Arr. Michael Riesman)
Track length4:01
Morning Passages (Arr. Michael Riesman)
Track length6:12
Glass, P: How Now
Work length29:52
Excerpt,Glass, P: The Hours
Work length7:20
Something She Has To Do (Arr. Michael Riesman)
Track length4:00
I'm Going To Make A Cake (Arr. Michael Riesman)
Track length3:20
Glass, P: Olympian: Lighting of the Torch
Work length3:31
Glass, P: Mad Rush
Work length16:17
Excerpt,Glass, P: The Hours
Work length9:55
Dead Things (Arr. Michael Riesman)
Track length4:41
Tearing Herself Away (Arr. Michael Riesman)
Track length5:14
Glass, P: Wichita Vortex Sutra
Work length7:22
Excerpt,Glass, P: The Hours
Work length17:01
Escape! (Arr. Michael Riesman)
Track length4:34
Choosing Life (Arr. Michael Riesman)
Track length4:42
The Hours (Arr. Michael Riesman)
Track length7:45
Glass, P: Metamorphosis I
Work length7:40
Glass, P: Metamorphosis II
Work length8:25
Glass, P: Metamorphosis III
Work length5:39
Glass, P: Metamorphosis IV
Work length8:28
Glass, P: Metamorphosis V
Work length6:45
Glass, P: Mishima: Closing (Arr. Michael Riesman)
Work length3:32

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June 2015

Lisitsa brings grace and warmth to a collection of works by Glass, which includes solo piano arrangements from cinematic scores to The Truman Show and The Hours.
4 out of 5 stars

June 2015

Glass has rarely been played with as much care shown to the subtle nuances of his minimalist style and aesthetic...one cannot deny the inherent musicality that lies at the heart of Lisitsa's playing. If nothing else, she proves here that Glass's music can sound stunning when given a more self-consciously Romantic treatment.
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