Since you are interested in The Best of Philip Glass (incls 'Lightning', 'Facades' & 'Evening Song'), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Op 71 (complete ballet) [with Arensky: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky] The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mark Ermler [ Conifer / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1989 ] "The orchestra respond idiomatically to Tchaikovsky dance music and with obvious familiarity and love. Ermler has a natural feeling for springing rhythms and moulding rubato persuasively." (Gramophone) |
J.S. BACH
Partitas 1, 5 & 6 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony & BMG Masterworks / CD - released 29/Sep/2009 ] "In short, for modern sound and stylish aplomb, Perahia's Bach Partitas easily warrant a first choice recommendation." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
J.S. BACH
Partitas 2, 3 & 4 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony & BMG Masterworks / CD - released 12/Apr/2008 ] "Lots of performers play Bach on the modern piano. No one does it better than Murray Perahia, whose command of sonorities, dynamics and phrasing makes you hear the piano as an ideal Baroque instrument." - The San Francisco Chronicle |
PROKOFIEV
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 4 & 6 Yefim Bronfman (piano) [ Sony & BMG Masterworks / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "Prokofiev is probably the only major composer since Beethoven to leave a substantial collection of sonatas for the the piano. These are the three of the more accessible ones." (amazon.com) |
TRADITIONAL
Hymns From Trinity: 21 Favourite Hymns with descants Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Richard Marlow [ Sony Essential Masterworks / CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] 21 favourite hymns with single & double descants devised by Richard Marlow. Incs A great & might wonder; Lo! He comes with clouds descending; Now thank we all our God; To the name that brings salvation. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 3, 5 & 9 Yefim Bronfman (piano) [ Sony & BMG Masterworks / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "This is an absolutely fantastic collection of interpretations. The nuances are so brilliantly, yet subtly, incorporated, and Bronfman's tone is amazing." (Amazon.com) |