Orange Mountain Music is proud to present the premiere recording of Philip Glass's original score to the 2019 Broadway production of King Lear, which starred Glenda Jackson as Lear and Ruth Wilson as Cordelia/The Fool. For this new production, directed by Sam Gold and produced by Scott Rudin, Glass composed almost an hour of new music for string quartet. Complementing the quartet are three songs that Glass composed to the Shakespeare text featuring Ruth Wilson singing as part of a role that earned her a Tony nomination. Glass's quartet features violinists Natalie Cummins and Martin Agee, with Christopher Cardona on viola and Stephanie Cummins on cello. After over 100 Broadway performances, it was played in the recording studio with an absolute mastery that would not be possible for a concert piece. The recording was produced by Glass's long-time music director Michael Riesman.

Tracklist:

Overture
These Late Eclipses
Goneril's House
Drinking Song
Fools Had Ne'er Less Grace in a Year
So Be My Lord
Let Me Not Be Mad
Entr'acte
Approach Thou Beacon 1
I Heard Myself Proclaimed 1
Winter's Not Gone Yet 1
Rumbling Storm Part 1 1
Rumbling Storm Part 2 1
Omen of the Storm 1
Lear and the Storm 1
Storm Unleashes 1
Avenge Gloucester's Eyes 1
Rumbling Storm Reprise 1
Remnants of the Storm 2
Gloucester ; Edmund 2
Prayer in Storm 2
Cordelia's Prayer 2
Military Music Part 1 2
Military Music Part 2 2
Edgar's Mention of the Gods 2
How Does My Royal Lord 2
It Raineth Every Day 2
Yet Better Thus 2
Here is My Pledge 3
Epilogue

UPC: 801837014129
Label: Orange Mountain
Release Date: 4.24.20
Format: CD

Glass King Lear / Various - Glass: King Lear / Various (CD)