Nicolas Horvath, the pianist on this album, began his music studies at the Académie de Musique Prince Rainier III de Monaco and received a scholarship from the Princess Grace Foundation.
Composer Biography
Philip Glass discovered 'modern' music while working as a teenager in his father's Baltimore record shop.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Philip Glass rejects the label 'minimalist,' despite sometimes being grouped with composers like Steve Reich and Terry Riley.
Compositional Technique
Philip Glass's "Music in Fifths" (1969) is a playful tribute to Nadia Boulanger, as it is composed exclusively of parallel fifths, a compositional 'deadly sin' for students.
Recording & Production
This album includes a world premiere recording of Philip Glass's transcription of "Notes on a Scandal" for piano.
Performer Biography
Nicolas Horvath is known for organizing unusually long concerts, sometimes lasting over twelve hours, including performances of the complete piano music of Philip Glass and Erik Satie's Vexations.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Philip Glass developed a system that combined the modular and repetitive structure of Indian music, which he learned from Ravi Shankar, with traditional Western melody and simple triadic harmony.
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