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This is the best thing I've heard Phillip Glass do in a long time. Turns out he composed it, and this band played it. Uakti and Philip Glass - Aguas da Amazonia

A bootleg recording (well, sort of: it's a live taping off BBC Radio 3) of Philip Glass's 1988 opera "The Making of the Representative for Planet 8" has appeared on YouTube. Based on the book by Doris Lessing (with the libretto also written by her), I think it hasn't been released probably...

Have any of you ever heard of the composer David Borden? As I understand, he's a little obscure but was composing New Music in New York in the 70s around the same time as Glass, Reich and all the rest. He founded the Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, one of the first Moog...

Does anyone know if there is a timeline for when we can expect the release of Glass' Symphony No. 10 on CD? I did a search on this forum, but couldn't find anything on the topic. I have also been keeping my eye on new releases. I know it premiered in August 2012 with Davies (as do many of the...

I'm listening to Philip Glass' Symphony No. 8, and last night I heard his Symphony No. 2, both conducted by Dennis Russell Davies. Like his early ensembles, Glass had entrusted a small group of "specialists" or in this case, Davies, to realize his vision. The 8th has the Bruckner Orchestra Linz...

Last night I received this email Ringtones! Official Philip Glass Ringtones Now Available from Orange Mountain Music Go to iTunes on Your Phone and Search for "Philip Glass" in Ringtones! Orange Mountain Music is proud to announce the first volume of official Philip Glass ringtones...

Hello! I'm 29, and although I've been into music all my life, I've only recently started listening to classical. I've come to classical through a rather circuitous route: from The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon's band), who I learned was influenced by Michael Nyman, my growing appreciation of whom...