Solo Piano

by Philip Glass

Solo Piano cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: CBS
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 20:39
  • Community rating: 4.19/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Featuring the renowned 'Metamorphosis' series, 'Solo Piano' distills Philip Glass's complex rhythmic structures into highly intimate, purely acoustic piano recordings. The album is incredibly minimalistic and repetitive, evoking a deeply melancholic, soothing, and bittersweet calm.

Genres

Descriptors: minimalistic, instrumental, repetitive, acoustic, minimal, piano, reflective

Tracklist

  1. Metamorphosis One
  2. Metamorphosis Two
  3. Metamorphosis Three
  4. Metamorphosis Four
  5. Metamorphosis Five
  6. Mad Rush (13:47)
  7. Wichita Vortex Sutra (6:52)

Credits

  • Philip Glass - primary artist, composed by, performer, piano [baldwin pianos]
  • Joel Zimmerman - design [cover]
  • Miles Green - engineer
  • Blaise Dupuy - engineer [assistant]
  • Rory Johnston - executive-producer
  • Jody Dalton - liner notes
  • Danielle Descottes - liner notes [traduction]
  • Wolfgang Steuhl - liner notes [眉bersetzung]
  • Steve Prezant - photography by [cover photo]
  • Kurt Munkacsi - producer
  • digidesign - recorded by [system], edited by [system]
  • Martin Goldray - supervised by [musical supervisor]

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