Glass: Glassworlds, Vol. 4 – On Love (THE HOURS • MODERN LOVE WALTZ • NOTES ON A SCANDAL • MUSIC IN FIFTHS) - Nicholas Horvath

This volume focuses on love, one of Philip Glass’ most glorious themes. The timeless melancholy of his BAFTA award-winning music for The Hours forms an organic suite driven by the film’s three powerful characters, here complete with three unpublished movements. The breathtakingly energetic Modern Love Waltz expands the limits of minimalism by combining Glass’s style with Viennese dance tradition, while his transcription of Notes on a Scandal is a recording première. Steve Reich described the iconic Music in Fifths as being “like a freight train”.

 
The Hours (arr. N. Muhly and M. Riesman for piano) (2002) (00:47:22 )
1
The Poet Acts (00:03:20)
2
Morning Passages (00:05:06)
3
Something She Has to Do (00:02:55)
4
For Your Own Benefit (00:01:55)
5
Vanessa and the Changelings (00:01:29)
6
I'm Going to Make a Cake (00:03:02)
7
An Unwelcome Friend (00:04:17)
8
Dead Things (00:02:49)
9
The Kiss (00:03:37)
10
Why Does Someone Have to Die? (00:03:05)
11
Tearing Herself Away (00:03:20)
12
Escape! (00:03:08)
13
Choosing Life (00:03:44)
14
The Hours (00:05:35)
15
Modern Love Waltz (1977) (00:03:36)
16
Notes on a Scandal: The Harts - I Knew Her (version for piano) (2006) * (00:04:15)
17
Music in Fifths (1969) (00:05:59)