Biography

Renowned for his employment of insistent rhythms and hypnotically repetitive figures (often at intense volumes), American composer Philip Glass has an instantly recognizable style that he has applied to a variety of forms: operas, film scores, orchestral pieces, and celebrated works like KOYAANISQATSI, which seamlessly combine visual images with music. A student and protégée of Nadia Boulanger, Glass got his start on the contemporary classical scene in the late 1960s, and soon became linked with minimalist wunderkinds Steve Reich and Terry Riley. Glass made a name for himself in 1975 with the production of the opera EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH, a collaboration with Robert Wilson. Since that time, his style has become richer and more harmony-laden, but still represents the height of pulsing, minimalist, pop-influenced composition.

Top Tracks

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• Animals In Love, Film Score~the Bath

• Animals In Love, Film Score~the Orangutans And The Small Ducks

• Animals In Love, Film Score~the Peacock And The Japanese Cranes

• Changing Opinion

• Cloudscape

• Freezing

• Heroes

• Koyaanisqatsi

• Low Symphony, For Orchestra~warszawa

• Music With Changing Parts, For Ensemble

• Notes On A Scandal, Film Score~a Life Lived Together

• Notes On A Scandal, Film Score~barbara's House

• Notes On A Scandal, Film Score~confession

• Notes On A Scandal, Film Score~the Harts

• Notes On A Scandal, Film Score~the History

• Sense Of Doubt

• The Hours, Film Score~"why Does Someone Have To Die?"

• The Hours, Film Score~the Hours

• The Hours, Film Score~the Kiss

• The Hours, Film Score~the Poet Acts

Discography

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• Glass Box [Box Set]

  Nonesuch

  2008

• Philip Glass: The Witches of Venice

  Orange Mountain Music

  2006

• Analog

  Orange Mountain Music

  2006

• Glass Cuts: Philip Glass Remixed

  Orange Mountain Music

  2005

• Philip Glass: Orion

  Orange Mountain Music

  2005

• Philip Glass: Music in Fifths; Two Pages

  Cantaloupe

  2004

• Philip on Film: Filmworks by Philip Glass

  Elektra / Nonesuch

  2001

• Philip Glass: Early Keyboard Music

  MD&G (Dabringhaus & Grimm) / MDG

  2001

• The CIVIL WarS: Rome Section-Tree Is Best Measured

  Elektra / Nonesuch

  1999

• Philip Glass: "Heroes" Symphony (From the Music of David Bowie & Brian Eno)

  Polygram

  1997

• Philip Glass: Glassworks

  CBS Masterworks / Columbia

  1993

• Philip Glass: "Low" Symphony (From the Music of David Bowie & Brian Eno)

  Point / Point Classics

  1993

• Philip Glass: Music in Twelve Parts

  Orange Mountain Music

  1993

• Hydrogen Jukebox

  Elektra/Nonesuch / Nonesuch

  1993

• Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso: The Screens

  Point / Point Music

  1992

• 1000 Airplanes on the Roof

  Virgin

  1989

• Philip Glass: Solo Piano

  CBS Records / Columbia

  1989

• Philip Glass: In the Upper Room; Glasspieces

  CBS Masterworks / CBS Records

  1987

• Philip Glass: Songs from Liquid Days

  CBS Masterworks

  1986

• Glass: Satyagraha

  CBS Records

  1985

• Philip Glass: Akhnaten

  Sony Music Distribution

  1984

• Philip Glass: The Photographer

  CBS Records / Epic

  1983

• Dances, No. 1 and 3

  Tomato

  1980

• Glass: Einstein on the Beach

  CBS Masterworks / Elektra

  1979