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Ravel, Satie, Messiaen Philip Glass, Piano Bruce Levingston
Portraits - Bruce Levingston
Genres: Rock, Classical

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Movement I
2. Movement II
3. La vallee des cloches
4. Alborada del gracioso
5. L'echange
6. Regard de la Vierge
7. L'Alouette Lulu
8. Sarabande No. 2
9. Gynossienne No. 4
10. Gymnopedie No. 1

CD Details

All Artists: Ravel, Satie, Messiaen Philip Glass, Piano Bruce Levingston
Title: Portraits - Bruce Levingston
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Orange Mountain Music
Original Release Date: 2/28/2006
Release Date: 2/28/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Rock, Classical
Styles: Ballets & Dances, Baroque Dance Suites, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 801837002522

Synopsis

Product Description

Philip Glass? A Musical Portrait of Chuck Close is the culmination of many years of friendship between two of the most important artists of our time. Pianist Bruce Levingston?s performance serves as a tribute to the profound influences Philip Glass and Chuck Close have had upon one another?s work. Since meeting in the 1960?s in the Soho Artists community in New York, Close has continually created portraits of Glass. The piece, written for solo piano, is a depiction of the spirit of Close and a tribute to the integrity his process of creating art. This recording also showcases musical portraits by three French masters, Ravel, Messiaen, and Satie, whose work s influenced generations of composers and which are played with rich delicacy and Mr. Levingston?s graceful touch.

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CD Reviews

A Musical Portrait of Beauty

R. Guerin | Brooklyn, NY | 03/24/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This new piece by Glass, performed lushly by Levingston, is simply stunning. There's is enough of the conventional Glass "sound" in the piece to make any fan happy, however, this piece presents something new. Glass has connsistently experimented with new sounds in his symphonies, operas, piano work and film scores. In this piece, a refined beauty and innovation strikes you almost immediately. Truly wonderful.

What Further enhances the experiences are the other musical portraits on the disc. From the lovely serious playfulness of the Ravel, so the inventiveness of the Messiaen, to the somber richness from the father of Minimalism Erik Satie, Levingston plays it all with the touch of a master and the grace of an artist decicated to every note of this music. Fantastic."

Lyrical piano virtuousity

lilt | nyc usa | 03/23/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"the glass-close portrait is achingly beautifully played. a discrete and warm miracle"