Cutting-edge pianist meets trendsetting composer: Valentina Lisitsa, whose artistry has bewitched thousands of followers on YouTube, is releasing a double album selection of the most special pieces for solo piano by Philip Glass, whose brand of minimalism has made him one of the most influential composers of our time. Valentina Lisitsa plays Philip Glass brings together two artists with enormous followings, a truly winning combination. Minimalism has never been so big. Music on the album includes tracks from Stephen Daldry s BAFTA-winning and Academy Award-nominated film The Hours, using the building blocks of minimalism to achieve a huge, inventive soundscape of musical richness and contrasts. The most substantial piece in the collection is the mesmerising 30-minute How Now, one of the first compositions written for the Philip Glass Ensemble in 1968. Also featured is Metamorphosis, a five-movement work of music for a theatrical adaptation of Kafka s play of the same name. All five movements will be available as a free download for anyone pre-ordering the release digitally. Other tracks include the iconic Mad Rush, which Glass performed at the first public appearance of the 14th Dalai Lama in New York City in 1981 and Mishima / Closing, part of the soundtrack to the 1985 film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. Richly harmonic, this collection of definitive Glass is a deeply evocative listening experience, with revelatory performances from Lisitsa. Lisitsa is truly in her element with minimalism her Michael Nyman album, Chasing Pianos, released April 2014, won rave reviews. The YouTube sensation is really at the top of her game and she really makes the music move (Classic FM). Lisitsa is an ideal interpreter, making the music her own (International Piano). The Glass follows her November 2014 release of Chopin and Schumann Etudes. The Ukraine-born pianist first came to prominence as an online sensation, now with more than 83 million YouTube views and some 165,000 subscribers to her channel, and she has converted her online success into a global concert career in the most prestigious venues of Europe, the USA, South America and Asia.
Disc: 1 1. Glassworks: Opening 2. Truman Sleeps 3. The Poet Acts 4. Morning Passages 5. How Now 6. Something She Has To Do 7. I'm Going To Make A Cake 8. Olympian: Lighting of the Torch 9. Mad Rush
Disc: 2 1. Dead Things 2. Tearing Herself Away 3. Wichita Sutra Vortex 4. Escape! 5. Choosing Life 6. The Hours 7. Metamorphosis One 8. Metamorphosis Two 9. Metamorphosis Three 10. Metamorphosis Four 11. Metamorphosis Five 12. Mishima: Closing
ミニマルの世界へさらに踏み込んだ美しき新録音！
トラックリスト《ヴァレンティナ・リシッツァ プレイズ・フィリップ・グラス》
現在、その演奏が最も注目されるピアニストの一人、ヴァレンティーナ・リシッツアによる、これまた注目の作曲家フィリップ・グラスの作品集です。インターネット上でのリストやラフマニノフなどでの熱演で、もともと一部のファンの間で絶大な人気を誇っていたリシッツァですが、度々の来日やCDリリースにより、その類い稀なる才能が広く知られるようになりました。そんな彼女が前作のマイケル・ナイマンで新境地を開拓し、ミニマルの世界への親和性を印象付けた上での今回のフィリップ・グラスは、まさに満を持したアルバムといえるでしょう。グラスの代表作とも言える「めぐりあう時間たち」を中心に、初期の作品から「ミシマ」のサウンドトラックの1曲まで、様々にきらめく音楽を魅惑的かつ刺激的に聴かせます。
Cutting-edge pianist meets trendsetting composer: Valentina Lisitsa, whose artistry has bewitched thousands of followers on YouTube, is releasing a double album selection of the most special pieces for solo piano by Philip Glass, whose brand of minimalism has made him one of the most influential composers of our time. Valentina Lisitsa plays Philip Glass brings together two artists with enormous followings, a truly winning combination. Minimalism has never been so big.
Music on the album includes tracks from Stephen Daldry s BAFTA-winning and Academy Award-nominated film The Hours, using the building blocks of minimalism to achieve a huge, inventive soundscape of musical richness and contrasts. The most substantial piece in the collection is the mesmerising 30-minute How Now, one of the first compositions written for the Philip Glass Ensemble in 1968. Also featured is Metamorphosis, a five-movement work of music for a theatrical adaptation of Kafka s play of the same name. All five movements will be available as a free download for anyone pre-ordering the release digitally. Other tracks include the iconic Mad Rush, which Glass performed at the first public appearance of the 14th Dalai Lama in New York City in 1981 and Mishima / Closing, part of the soundtrack to the 1985 film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.
Richly harmonic, this collection of definitive Glass is a deeply evocative listening experience, with revelatory performances from Lisitsa.
Lisitsa is truly in her element with minimalism her Michael Nyman album, Chasing Pianos, released April 2014, won rave reviews. The YouTube sensation is really at the top of her game and she really makes the music move (Classic FM). Lisitsa is an ideal interpreter, making the music her own (International Piano).
The Glass follows her November 2014 release of Chopin and Schumann Etudes.
The Ukraine-born pianist first came to prominence as an online sensation, now with more than 83 million YouTube views and some 165,000 subscribers to her channel, and she has converted her online success into a global concert career in the most prestigious venues of Europe, the USA, South America and Asia.
【CD1】1)グラスワークス:オープニング, 2)トゥルーマン・ショー - トゥルーマン・スリープス(ショート・ヴァージョン), 3)めぐりあう時間たち - ポエット・アクツ（M.リーズマンによるピアノ編）, 4)めぐりあう時間たち - モーニング・パッセージ（M.リーズマンによるピアノ編）, 5)ハウ・ナウ, 6)めぐりあう時間たち - 彼女がしなければならない何か(M.リーズマンによるピアノ編）, 7)めぐりあう時間たち - ケーキを作りましょう(M.リーズマンによるピアノ編）, 8)ザ・オリンピアン:ライティング・オブ・ザ・トーチ, 9)マッド・ラッシュ／【CD2】1)めぐりあう時間たち - デッド・シングス(M.リーズマンによるピアノ編）, 2)めぐりあう時間たち - ティアリング・ハーセルフ・アウェイ(M.リーズマンによるピアノ編）, 3)ウィチカ・スートラ・ヴォルテックス, 4)めぐりあう時間たち - 逃避(M.リーズマンによるピアノ編）, 5)めぐりあう時間たち - 人生の選択(M.リーズマンによるピアノ編）, 6)めぐりあう時間たち - めぐりあう時間たち(M.リーズマンによるピアノ編), 7)メタモルフォーシス1, 8)メタモルフォーシス2, 9)メタモルフォーシス3, 10)メタモルフォーシス4, 11)メタモルフォーシス5, 12)ミシマ:クロージング
【演奏】ヴァレンティナ・リシッツァ（ピアノ） 【録音】2014年9月, ノイマルクト
Disc: 1
1. Glassworks: Opening
2. Truman Sleeps
3. The Poet Acts
4. Morning Passages
5. How Now
6. Something She Has To Do
7. I'm Going To Make A Cake
8. Olympian: Lighting of the Torch
9. Mad Rush
Disc: 2
1. Dead Things
2. Tearing Herself Away
3. Wichita Sutra Vortex
4. Escape!
5. Choosing Life
6. The Hours
7. Metamorphosis One
8. Metamorphosis Two
9. Metamorphosis Three
10. Metamorphosis Four
11. Metamorphosis Five
12. Mishima: Closing