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Phillip Glass Fans

Hearing a radio program on NPR prompted a new interest in this composer....I am really captivated by his minimalistic style. Are there any fans out there who can recommend some recordings (CDs or LPs) I can start with? The only one I have so far is Glassworks, which consists of some of his compositions all performed on organ.
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ncarv
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Galeriehughie, I also have Glass on my wall courtesy of Close. Mine is on silk.
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philjolet
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Aguas da Amazonia is nice. It has a dreamlike quality, less noisy than some of his albums...
czarivey
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Phillip Glass is BIG arpegio dude. Every piece sounds like musicians practicing arpegios of different kind, minor, major, suspended, diminished, pentatonic, quadratonic -- whole composing career is pure arpegio etude.
I guess he's somewhat similar to Chopin, but Chopin used a lot more practicing scales than just an arpegio. 
schubert
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To me, Glass sounds like someone trying to pass  an entry  class exam for
Composition 101 at a Bible School .And failing .
bsimpson
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Glass is my son's source of inspiration.  I always tell my son that, whatever junk he composed on our home piano, it sounds better than Glass's.
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