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Philip Glass (Baltimore, 31 januari 1937) is een Amerikaans componist. Zijn muziek valt onder Minimal music, hoewel hij zelf de term theatermuziek gebruikt.

Philip Glass' long-time champion Dennis Russell Davies teams with pianist maki Namekawa to perform Glass' music for piano. This release includes the premiere recording of "Four Movements for Two Pianos" by Dennis Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa which the two pianists played at the Ruhr Piano Festival in 2008. The album also includes Davies' performing the original six Glass piano études, and Namekawa playing three selections from Glass' score to The Hours.

Tracklist:
01 - Four Movements for Two Pianos (2008) Movement I
02 - Four Movements for Two Pianos (2008) Movement II
03 - Four Movements for Two Pianos (2008) Movement III
04 - Four Movements for Two Pianos (2008) Movement IV
05 - Six Etudes for Piano (1994) Etude No 1
06 - Six Etudes for Piano (1994) Etude No 2
07 - Six Etudes for Piano (1994) Etude No 3
08 - Six Etudes for Piano (1994) Etude No 4
09 - Six Etudes for Piano (1994) Etude No 5
10 - Six Etudes for Piano (1994) Etude No 6
11 - The Hours (2002) Morning Passages
12 - The Hours (2002) Escape
13 - The Hours (2002) The Poets Acts