Glass, Philip - Cocteau Trilogy (Limited Edition 3LP Boxset)

Philip Glass - Cocteau Trilogy (Limited Edition 3LP Boxset)

Katia and Marielle Labèque, the famous piano-sister duo with a career spanning more than fifty years, are releasing their new album dedicated to the music of Philip Glass as a extensive 3-LP box set. With accompanying texts by Philip Glass and photos of the performance at the Paris Philharmonie.

His triptych, composed between 1993 and 1996 and based on the films of Jean Cocteau, is completed here. Following their highly acclaimed recording of "Les Enfants Terribles", which is included here, the pianists now also present the two remaining works of the Cocteau trilogy: "Orphée" and "La Belle et la Bête", arranged by Glass' music director Michael Riesman.

After his portrait trilogy (Einstein, Gandhi and Akhenaten), Philip Glass turned to the works of Jean Cocteau for his operas. He thus revisits the myth of "Orphée" (Orpheus) and "La Belle et la Bête" (Beauty and the Beast). He concludes his trilogy with "Les Enfants Terribles" (The Terrible Children), a novel that is as tragic as it is frighteningly light, in which two children attain an imaginary and boundless freedom within the four walls of their room. These are themes that Glass' hypnotic, infinite music conjures up beautifully under the fingers of Katia and Marielle Labèque.

Track-list

LP1: Orphée (1993)

1. I. Le café
2. II. La route
3. III. La chambre d'Orphée
4. IV. Chez Orphée
5. V. Le voyage aux enfers
6. VI. Orphée et la princesse
   
7. VII. Interlude musical - Le retour chez Orphée
8. VIII. Le studio d'Orphée
9. IX. Le retour d'Orphée
10. X. La chambre d'Orphée
    

LP2: La Belle et la Bête (1994)

1. I. Ouverture
2. II. Les soeurs
3. III. Le dîner
4. IV. Promenade dans le jardin
5. V. La saisie des meubles
6. I. Ouverture
7. II. Les soeurs
8. III. Le dîner
9. IV. Promenade dans le jardin
10. V. La saisie des meubles
11. VI. La confiance de la Bête
12. VII. Le miroir
13. VIII. Le pavillon
14. IX. La métamorphose
    

LP3: Les Enfants Terribles (1996)

1. I. Overture
2. II. Paul Is Dying
3. III. The Somnambulist
4. IV. She Slapped Me
5. V. They Lived Their Dream
6. VI. Terrible Interlude
7. VII. Cocoon Of Shawls
8. VIII. Lost
9. IX. Are You In Love, Agathe?
10. X. She Took The Path
11. XI. Paul’s End