Orange Mountain

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…

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…

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... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 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…

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... — MusicWeb International, February 2013 More…

In his arrangements, Michael Riesman has managed to keep the character of the original pieces and produce a wonderful, varied disc which is a worthy companion to Volume 1 of this series and... — MusicWeb International, August 2019 More…

An impressive orchestral makeover for what was an obscure 1985 theatre score. Swirling, evocative and overflowing with drama, kudos must go to arrangers Alexander Waaktaar. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars 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…

dealing with Ramakrishna obliged Glass to look beyond his customary box of melodic and harmonic get-out-of-jail-free cards...musically Glass restricts himself to uncomplicated speech contours,... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2013 More…