tracks

"Opening" from Glassworks (1981)
Études (1991-2012): No. 6
Études (1991-2012): No. 3
"Opening" from Glassworks
Études: No. 5
Études: No. 13
Études: No. 14
Études: No. 5
Études: No. 9
Études: No. 15
Études: No.18
Études: No. 9
Études: No. 2
Études: No. 20
Études: No. 2

notes

Visionary Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson celebrates Philip Glass's 80th birthday with his personal selection of pieces from the minimalist master's two books of solo piano Études - works in which Ólafsson says, "Glass seems to be exploring the very essence of his ideas" - together with brand-new reworkings for piano and string quartet of two of the Études plus the hypnotic "Opening" from Glass's classic 1982 album Glassworks. "He played the blizzard of scales in No. 13 with amazing virtuosity, and gave the still quietness of No. 5 a monumental, rapt intensity" (The Telegraph on Ólafsson's 2015 performance of the Études at the Barbican).

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180g Heavyweight Vinyl Pressing
Includes voucher with unique code to download the digital audio files of the full album for free

In collaboration with Harpa Concert House and the Icelandic Broadcasting Company (RÚV)

Recording: Reykjavík, Harpa Concert House, 24 & 25 October 2016

The Philip Glass quotation preceding the booklet text is taken from his book Words Without Music: A Memoir. New York, Liverlight Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company / London, Faber & Faber Ltd, 2015.
German translation of the booklet note: Eva Zöllner
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credits

Art Direction, Design – Helga Gerður Magnúsdóttir
Composed By – Philip Glass
Cover, Photography By – Ari Magg
Editor – Karsten Zimmermann
Executive Producer – Christian Badzura
Piano – Víkingur Ólafsson
Producer, Editor – Christopher Tarnow
Project Manager – Anna-Lena Rodewald
Technician РSigur̡ur Kristinsson

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Copyright (c) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Published By – Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc.

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