Songs and Poems for Solo Cello
2008
Music by Philip Glass
Wendy Sutter, cello
Wendy Sutter, cello
Catalog
Orange Mountain Music OMM0037
Tracks
Songs and Poems for Solo Cello
1. Song I 3:30
2. Song II 5:52
3. Song III 2:01
4. Song IV 3:01
5. Song V 5:47
6. Song VI 3:47
7. Song VII 5:11
1. Song I 3:30
2. Song II 5:52
3. Song III 2:01
4. Song IV 3:01
5. Song V 5:47
6. Song VI 3:47
7. Song VII 5:11
Tissues (from Naqoyqatsi)
8. Tissue No. 1 4:30
9. Tissue No. 2 3:07
10. Tissue No. 6 3:13
11. Tissue No. 7 3:12
Notes
Songs and Poems for Solo Cellorepresents the solo recording debut of cellist Wendy Sutter featuring two world premieres. Premiered in 2007, Songs and Poems for Solo Cello is a seven-movement work by American composer Philip Glass. Known for large-scale theater works, film scores, concertos and symphonies, Songs and Poems for Solo Cello shows the composer at his most intimate. Also featured on the disc, Tissues, composed for the film Naqoyqatsi, are works written for cello, percussion and piano.
Wendy Sutter is an internationally acclaimed soloist, most recently making for US premiere as soloist for the Philip Glass Cello Concerto. The cellist is also known as a long-time member of Bang on a Can All Stars. Songs and Poems for Solo Cello was recorded on the 1620 Ex-Vatican Stradivari.
Credits
Produced by Michael Riesman
Executive producers for Orange Mountain Music:
Philip Glass, Kurt Munkacsi and Don Christensen
For Orange Mountain Music: Richard Guerin
Design: Erika Harrsch
Philip Glass music is published by Dunvagen Music Publishers – ASCAP