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Readers following the career of Philip Glass will know that he provided the score to Paul Schrader's film Mishima, which was released in 1985. It is some of his finest work from that period. What I did not know is that music written for Mishima, but not used in the film, was used in the ballet Phaedra. This disc's booklet notes place Phaedra in 1984, but Glass s website places it in 1986, which makes more sense if the music is, in fact, 'based on the Mishima film music.' Phaedra was a commission from the Dallas Ballet, and choreographed by Flemming Flindt. It is scored for percussion, guitar, and string trio. Its mood and style place the music as contemporaneous with Mishima, particularly the militaristic writing for drums in the second and fifth movements. The first movement, for an evenly arpeggiating string trio, is reminiscent of Koyaanisqatsi. Writing for guitar is not prominent in Glass's other works, so it is interesting to hear it in the third and fourth movements; Glass treats the guitar more like a harp in the fourth. As far as I know, this is this music's first appearance on disc, and as such, it is welcome; it is a worthwhile addition to the Glass discography. The GVSU (Grand Valley State University, I assume) Percussion Ensemble plays with the requisite precision, as do the other performers. Glass wrote the Modern Love Waltz in 1977 as part of Robert Moran s 'The Waltz Project,' in which 25 composers were invited to participate. Glass s contribution became one of the Project's most performed works, thanks, at least in part, to the willingness of the more adventurous classical radio stations to program it. (Other contributors included Milton Babbitt, Lou Harrison, Roger Sessions, John Cage, and Virgil Thomson.) That same year, Moran composed 'a series of 2-measure melodic variations for a few specified instruments,' and continued to do so for several years, until he had created a total of 35 instrumental parts that could be played, by themselves or in combinations, with Glass's original. 'The result is a modular work with almost limitless timbral and formal variations,' according to OgreOgress's note. (Apparently Glass approved of Moran's project, requesting only that the fragments be repeated an even number of times.) Here, then, for your aural and mental delectation, are 21 different orchestrations or realizations, if you will, of Modern Love Waltz, plus the original work. Each orchestration requires exactly 4:25 to play. Sensibly, they have been arranged in order of increasing timbral complexity. The first orchestration adds two drummers, the second three marimbas, the third five vibraphones, and so on, up until the final one, which is scored for piano plus six strings, eight keyboards, 10 percussionists, and 11 winds. The incessant deedle-deedle-deedle-deedle of the piano original is comically irritating; 100 minutes of Modern Love Waltz might induce auditory hallucinations. As for the performers, I m sure a good time was had by all, and you will too, as long as you are willing to surrender yourself to this maximally minimalist exploit, which falls somewhere between a feat, a prank, and a stunt. Incidentally, OgreOgress's fondness for audio DVD releases, while limiting the music s portability, makes sense, as it allows much longer works to be programmed without disc changes. Simeon Ten Holt's music would benefit from being heard in this medium. --Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare, January/February 2014
Glass's Phaedra was commissioned by the Dallas Ballet and premiered in 1986. The music derives from his work for Paul Schrader's film Mishima, and comprises five cues not used in the film. Since the music is clearly related to the cues that appeared in the film, however, it will sound familiar to listeners who know the film score. It is beautifully performed by Fong, Martin, Krummel, Vondiziano, Freeman, and the GVSU ensemble. Modern Love Waltz served as Glass's contribution to Robert Moran's Waltz Project, a collection of 25 waltzes published by C. F. Peters (and later released on Nonesuch). Between 1977 and 2010, Moran wrote a number of variations intended to be played alongside the original piano score in all sorts of possible combinations. This disc includes all of the 35 parts Moran eventually composed in a total of 21 realizations. The original waltz is simplicity incarnate, consisting as it does of no more than two alternating chords--A major dominant seventh and B-flat-major dominant seventh. Listening to the 21 realizations in succession begins to remind me of Mozart's Musical Dice Game, a short work that presented many numbered melodic fragments that could be used to assemble a little waltz by throwing dice. It's also an exercise in Buddhist attention, as the individual moments in the music soon become so familiar that one no longer needs to expect what happens next and, as a result, attends simply to a perpetual musical present. The performances are fine. --Rob Haskins, American Record Guide, November/December 2013
Philip Glass wrote the ballet Phaedra in 1984 for a 1986 Dallas Ballet premiere. The work in that form is all but gone, having received little performance interest since. Many listeners are familiar with the 1985 Paul Schrader film, 'Mishima', however, with a score by Glass and based on the troubled and tragic life of post-war Japanese playwright and author Yukio Mishima. The extracts from Glass' score to Phaedra heard here are the five 'scenes' from the ballet that did not make it into Glass s adapted film score for 'Mishima.' The swirling strings and the para-military, somewhat nervous sounding percussion touches work well, as you would expect. I cannot honestly say that this distillation of Phaedra takes my emotions as well as the 'Mishima' soundtrack (featuring the Kronos Quartet) does. That remains one of my favorite works by this composer whose work I have followed for over forty years and love. The performances here are very fine and it does rather make me want to hear the score to Phaedra in its original entirety but this will appeal the most to those who already know and love the 'Mishima' music. Glass wrote his twelve-minute Modern Love Waltz in 1978 for a staged performance by actress/author/performance artist Constance DeJong. I actually heard this buoyant little work performed on harpsichord in Chicago as part of the 'New Music America' festival later that year. The work can also be played on toy piano or solo piano or in versions involving flute, clarinet, vibraphone or harp. Composer Robert Moran has collaborated with Philip Glass before and, in 1977, was working at Northwestern University when Glass contributed this Modern Love Waltz to Moran's 'The Waltz Project.' Subsequently, Moran got Glass s permission to orchestrate the original but by using two measure fragments that are repeated an even number of times over Glass's original piano part. The results are often intriguing but the set as a whole (Glass's original plus the 21 Moran orchestrations) makes for some true minimalist listening; bordering on the tedious. This is a DVD-Audio disc which is playable on most DVD players as well as all DVD-Audio players. There is a slight sound quality advantage here that I appreciated but the main advantage is the nearly two hours of listening that can be had on just the one disc. Kudos to OgreOgress for high production values once again. As for the music and the interest level in this project; I enjoyed it as what I consider yet another in my nearly 100% comprehensive PG collection but I'm a complete fan. I do not think this is the best thing to go get for one s first exposure to the music of Philip Glass; there are so many other offerings to turn the uninitiated into a fan. For true Phil Glass aficionados, however, this is a 'must have.' --Daniel Coombs, Audiophile Audtition, October 2013
曲目列表：
1. Phaedra (1986) Scene 2 for string trio
2. Phaedra (1986) Scene 4 for percussion and string trio
3. Phaedra (1986) Scene 6 for guitar and string trio
4. Phaedra (1986) Scene 14 for guitar and string trio
5. Phaedra (1986) Scene 15a for percussion
6. Modern Love Waltz (1977) for piano
7. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano and 2 drummers
8. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano and 3 marimbas
9. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano and 5 vibraphones
10. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 2 drummers and 3 marimbas
11. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano and 6 strings
12. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 2 drummers and 5 vibraphones
13. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 3 marimbas and 5 vibraphones
14. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano and 8 keyboards
15. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano and 10 percussionists
16. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano and 11 winds
17. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 6 strings and 8 keyboards
18. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 6 strings and 10 percussionists
19. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 6 strings and 11 winds
20. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 8 keyboards and 10 percussionists
21. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 8 keyboards and 11 winds
22. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 10 percussionists and 11 winds
23. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 6 strings, 8 keyboards and 10 percussionists
24. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 6 strings, 8 keyboards and 11 winds
25. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 6 strings, 10 percussionists and 11 winds
26. Modern Love Waltz (1977 to 2010) for piano, 8 keyboards, 10 percussionists and 11 winds
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