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Philip Glass

Mad Rush  Play

Gideon Rubin Piano

Recorded on 10/30/2007, uploaded on 01/08/2009

Musician's or Publisher's Notes

In this recital program, we see how early 20th Century Russian composers influenced the music of American composers of the mid-late 20th Century.

Mad Rush                Phillip Glass

Danse Russe from Petrushka                  Igor Stravinsky  

Stravinsky's Russian Dance (1921) is a rhythmic tour-de-force whose incessant, driving rhythms can be seen as a precursor to the Minimalist style of the1980's, represented here by Glass's Mad Rush (1979).      Gideon Rubin

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Mesmerizing

Submitted by legato on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 07:27. Report abuse

Beautiful, I like it very much

Submitted by Alireza on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 23:11. Report abuse

When I first heard this song it was something I could imagine hearing like in the background but then it just changed and it expresses  so much beauty.

Submitted by Kharisserveux on Wed, 10/06/2010 - 12:59. Report abuse

he gets better with listening and with time. However some of his stuff I still don't really appreciate (or understand), the best bits I could simply immerse myself in forever and put my life on hold to do so.

Submitted by peterjmbarton on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 21:35. Report abuse

I heard this once, over 35 years ago. Began a lifelong interest in Glass, but I could never find this piece again. Thank you so much for reintroducing me to it. I find the playing a bit propagandist, as if trying too hard to make a point about the expressive possibilities of the "minimalist" style. But I don't intend to lose this work again!

Submitted by rumwoldleigh on Thu, 01/02/2020 - 04:44. Report abuse