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Stage Works
343 tracks
- A Descent into the Maelstrom (ballet)
19 tracks
- A Madrigal Opera (opera)
6 tracks
- Akhnaten (opera)
45 tracks
- Einstein on the Beach (opera)
40 tracks
- In the Upper Room (ballet), for chamber ensemble
16 tracks
- Kepler (opera)
15 tracks
- La Belle et la Bête (opera)
1 track
- Les Enfants Terribles (dance opera)
27 tracks
- Monsters of Grace (music theatre piece)
14 tracks
- Music for Voices
1 track
- Orphée (opera)
25 tracks
- 12 Pieces for Ballet ('Aguas da Amazonia'), for piano
20 tracks
- Satyagraha (opera)
39 tracks
- The Juniper Tree (chamber opera; collab. with Robert Moran)
10 tracks
- The Photographer (musical theatre)
2 tracks
- The Voyage (opera)
11 tracks
- Waiting for the Barbarians (opera)
27 tracks
- Witches of Venice (ballet)
25 tracks
- A Descent into the Maelstrom (ballet)
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Keyboard Works
207 tracks
- A Secret Solo, for piano
1 track
- A Musical Portrait of Chuck Close
3 tracks
- The Harts. I Knew Her (From 'Notes on a Scandal'), for piano
1 track
- Etudes, Vol.1
70 tracks
- Glassworks, for piano: I. Opening
1 track
- How Now
2 tracks
- Mad Rush
8 tracks
- Metamorphosis
37 tracks
- Modern Love Waltz
4 tracks
- 4 Movements, for 2 pianos
4 tracks
- Music in Contrary Motion
2 tracks
- The Sound of Silence (after Paul Simon, arr. P. Glass for piano)
2 tracks
- Orphée Suite (from the opera)
10 tracks
- 2 Pages
2 tracks
- Trilogy Sonata (trans.by Paul Barnes from opera selections)
3 tracks
- Wichita Vortex Sutra
5 tracks
- Night on the Balcony (from ‘The Screens’), for harpsichord
1 track
- Etudes, Vol. 2, for piano
33 tracks
- The Olympian - Lighting of the Torch and Closing (version for piano)
1 track
- The Late, Great Johnny Ace, for piano
1 track
- A Secret Solo, for piano
1 track
- Piano Sonatina No.2, for piano
1 track
- Einstein on the Beach, for piano
1 track
- Music in Fifths, for piano
3 tracks
- Dreaming Awake, for piano
1 track
- Orphee Suite (arr. P. Barnes for piano)
7 tracks
- Raising the sail, for piano
1 track
- Passacaglia 'Distant Figure', for piano
1 track
- A Secret Solo, for piano
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Orchestral Works
149 tracks
- Symphonies
44 tracks
- Symphony No.1 ('Low')
7 tracks
- Symphony No.2
3 tracks
- Symphony No.3
6 tracks
- Symphony No.4 ('Heroes')
15 tracks
- Symphony No.6 ('Plutonium Ode')
6 tracks
- Symphony No.7 ('A Toltec Symphony')
3 tracks
- Symphony No.8
4 tracks
- Symphony No.1 ('Low')
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Concertos
98 tracks
- Cello Concerto
6 tracks
- Concerto Fantasy, for 2 timpanists and orchestra
10 tracks
- Concerto for Saxophone Quartet, for sax quartet and orchestra
4 tracks
- Concerto Grosso
3 tracks
- Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
7 tracks
- Echorus, for 2 violins and strings
2 tracks
- Harpsichord Concerto
3 tracks
- Piano Concerto No.2 ('After Lewis and Clark')
7 tracks
- Tirol Concerto, for piano and orchestra
7 tracks
- Violin Concerto No.2 ('The American Four Seasons')
24 tracks
- Violin Concerto
25 tracks
- Cello Concerto
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Other Orchestral Works
7 tracks
- The Light
1 track
- Persephone (TSE)
5 tracks
- Days and Nights in Rochina
1 track
- The Light
- Symphonies
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Chamber Works
229 tracks
- 5 Dance Pieces
5 tracks
- Dressed Like an Egg, incidental music (after Colette)
3 tracks
- Duo for Viola and Percussion
1 track
- Façades, for 2 flutes (or saxophones) and strings
8 tracks
- Glassworks, 6 pieces for chamber ensemble or piano
19 tracks
- Gradus, for soprano saxophone
1 track
- In the Summer House, incidental music for violin and cello
26 tracks
- String Quartet No.5
10 tracks
- 600 Lines
2 tracks
- Melodies, for saxophone
14 tracks
- Music in 12 Parts, for chamber ensemble
14 tracks
- Music in 5ths, for chamber ensemble
1 track
- Music in Similar Motion, for ensemble (or orchestra)
3 tracks
- Music With Changing Parts
2 tracks
- Opening, for chamber ensemble or piano
6 tracks
- Orion, for sitar, pipa, didgeridoo, kora, violin and ensemble
10 tracks
- Passages, for instrumental ensemble (collaboration with Ravi Shankar)
4 tracks
- Piece in the Shape of a Square, for 2 flutes
2 tracks
- Saxophone Quartet
7 tracks
- Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano
6 tracks
- Songs and Poems, for cello
7 tracks
- String Quartet No.1
4 tracks
- String Quartet No.2 ('Company')
31 tracks
- String Quartet No.3 ('Mishima')
21 tracks
- String Quartet No.4 ('Buczak')
6 tracks
- Strung Out, for amplified violin
1 track
- The Sound of a Voice, suite from the incidental music
1 track
- The Windcatcher, for flute and piano
3 tracks
- Tissues, for cello, percussion and piano (originally for the film 'Naqoyqatsi')
4 tracks
- Orbit, for cello
2 tracks
- String Sextet (Arr. M. Riesman from Symphony No.3)
4 tracks
- Music for 2 violins
1 track
- 5 Dance Pieces
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Vocal Works
63 tracks
- Another Look at Harmony Part 4, for chorus and electric organ
9 tracks
- Channels and Winds, for orchestra with optional voice (from 'Passages')
1 track
- Itaipu, symphonic portrait for chorus and orchestra
6 tracks
- Psalm 126, for chorus and orchestra
2 tracks
- 3 Songs for Chorus a capella
3 tracks
- Songs from Liquid Days, 6 songs for voice and chamber ensemble
20 tracks
- Book of Longing, song cycle based on the Poetry and Artwork of Leonard Cohen
22 tracks
- Another Look at Harmony Part 4, for chorus and electric organ
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Film
292 tracks
- A Brief History of Time (film score)
1 track
- Anima mundi (film score)
1 track
- Animals in Love (film score)
15 tracks
- Bent (film score)
9 tracks
- Candyman (film score)
9 tracks
- Candyman 2 (film score)
6 tracks
- Cassandra's Dream (film score)
13 tracks
- Dracula, for string quartet (film score)
41 tracks
- Jenipapo (film score)
18 tracks
- Koyaanisquatsi (film score)
15 tracks
- Mishima (film score)
1 track
- Naqoyqatsi (film score)
15 tracks
- Neverwas (film score)
19 tracks
- No Reservations (film score)
1 track
- North Star (film score)
14 tracks
- Notes on a Scandal (film score)
1 track
- Powaqqatsi (film score)
1 track
- The Fog of War (film score)
34 tracks
- The Hours, for piano (film score)
35 tracks
- The Illusionist (film score)
1 track
- The Photographer (music theatre piece)
1 track
- The Secret Agent (film score)
21 tracks
- The Thin Blue Line (film score)
4 tracks
- Undertow (film score)
16 tracks
- A Brief History of Time (film score)
Below are works by P.Glass that every music lover should explore:
- Stage Works
- Einstein on the Beach (opera)
40 tracks
- Orphée (opera)
25 tracks
- Notable Movement: Orphée: Suite for Piano
- Einstein on the Beach (opera)