Music By Philip Glass In Peckham by Various, Frá (2023/2023), Bold Tendencies, London, United Kingdom

Maki Namekawa and James McVinnie join forces for a monumental complete presentation of Philip Glass' Piano Etudes. Written between 1991 and 2012 the twenty solo pieces are a kind of future music, knitting together various musical and historical textures, techniques and atmospheres. In turn haunting and sentimental, this intimate and introspective sequence provides a glimpse into the emotional world of the iconic American composer. The progression of the twenty pieces can be read as an autobiographical record illuminating his fundamental musical ideas and aesthetic sensibilities; at various points the music enters into conversation with composers who have left their mark on Glass, references ranging from the romantics, to jazz and the avant-garde.