Philip Glass
The Hours [Soundtrack]

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Track Listing

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1	The Poet Acts	3:40
2	Morning Passages	5:30
3	Something She Has to Do	3:09
4	“For Your Own Benefit”	2:00
5	Vanessa and the Changelings	1:45
6	“I’m Going to Make a Cake”	4:01
7	An Unwelcome Friend	4:08
8	Dead Things	4:21
9	The Kiss	3:54
10	“Why Does Someone Have to Die?”	3:53
11	Tearing Herself Away	5:00
12	Escape!	3:48
13	Choosing Life	3:58
14	The Hours	7:44

News & Reviews

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Philip Glass to Celebrate 75th Birthday at Carnegie Hall; Composer "Changed the Landscape of American Music," Says NPR

Nonesuch Records wishes Philip Glass a very happy 75th birthday today. The composer celebrates with the US premiere of his Ninth Symphony by the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. He previews the performance on WNYC's Soundcheck today at 2 PM ET. He was the subject of a feature profile on NPR's Morning Edition earlier today. "Composer Philip Glass changed the landscape of American music," says NPR. "Glass came up with a new way to make music, and with it, brought a new audience to the concert halls."
Friday, January 20, 2012

"Einstein on the Beach" Launches World Tour in Ann Arbor; "Classical Music Event of the Year" (Detroit Free Press)

Robert Wilson and Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach returns for the first time in 20 years with the launch of a major international tour, starting with preview performances at the Power Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this weekend. These mark the first North American presentations ever held outside of New York City. "It's only January, but the classical music event of the year is already upon us," exclaims the Detroit Free Press. "Glass and Wilson strip down the fundamentals of movement, image, text and music to essentials and then elevate their essence to operatic grandeur ... It's hard to overestimate the impact of Einstein on American music, art and culture."

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About this Album

The Hours is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Based on Michael Cunningham’s 1999 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, the film interweaves the stories of three women—a book editor in New York (Meryl Streep), a young mother in California (Julianne Moore), and the author Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman). Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

Philip Glass’s ravishing, Oscar- and Grammy-nominated score was a key element in this acclaimed triptych of dramatic tales. “The inter-cutting of personal stories over a wide span of time, “ says NPR, “is held together by a single music approach.”

Credits

MUSICIANS
Michael Riesman, piano
Lyric Quartet: Rolf Wilson, Edmund Coxon, violins; Nicholas Barr, viola; David Daniels, cello
Chris Laurence, double bass
Orchestra conducted by Nick Ingman

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Kurt Munkacsi and Michael Riesman
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and Air Studios, London
Engineer: Jonathan Allen
Assistant Engineers: Andrew Dudman and Jake Jackson
Mixed at the Looking Glass Studios, New York City
Engineer: Hector Castillo
Assistant Engineers: Dan Bora and Mario McNulty
Studio Assistant: Christian Rutledge
Assistant to Mr. Glass and Mr. Riesman: Nico Muhly
Soundtrack album post-production coordinator: Kara Bilof

Orchestral Contractor: Isobel Griffiths
Orchestra Loader: John Bradbury
Music Editor: Tony Lewis
Music Preparation: Global Music Services

Executive Producer for Dunvagen Music: Jim Keller
Album Executive Producer: Scott Rudin