Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà - Philip Glass: Portrait (2008)

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Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà - Philip Glass: Portrait (2008)

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"This is one of the best Philip Glass albums in ages. Led by French Canadian violinist Angele Dubeau, the all-female string-ensemble La Pieta has woven together some of the composer's most moodily romantic and irresistible pieces, playing them with a lush, almost hypnotizing beauty. The album includes his "Mishima" and "Company" scores, as well as the piano-laced suite from "The Hours." The theme from "The Secret Agent" soundtrack is one of Glass' most haunting melodies, with a mysteriously dramatic quality that's almost Purcell-like. "Echorus" is another Baroque-channeling highlight, violins singing bittersweet over a slowly rocking rhythm. From one end of the album to the other, it feels like one long song, in the best sense." – Bradley Bambarger, The Star-Ledger (Newark)

1. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - La Belle et la Bete (3:40)
2. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - The Hours Suite - Movement I (10:31)
3. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - The Hours Suite - Movement II (7:14)
4. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - The Hours Suite - Movement III (7:19)
5. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - Mishima - 1934-Grandmother and Kimitake (3:40)
6. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - Mishima - 1962-Body Building (1:41)
7. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - Mishima - Blood Oath (3:15)
8. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - Mishima - Mishima/Closing (3:00)
9. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - The Secret Agent (4:19)
10. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - Echorus (7:02)
11. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - Company - Movement I (2:24)
12. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - Company - Movement II (1:49)
13. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - Company - Movement III (1:41)
14. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - Company - Movement IV (2:13)
15. Angele Dubeau & La Pietà - Closing (5:42)