PLAYS MISHIMA BY PHILIP GLASS

Maki Namekawa (piano)

Philip Glass' muziek voor Paul Schraders Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters heeft een cultstatus, net als de film, maar na de oorspronkelijke soundtrack uit 1985 is die alleen nog maar in fragmenten te horen geweest (bijvoorbeeld in de vorm van Glass' derde strijkkwartet). In een piano arrangement van Michael Riesman presenteert Maki Namekawa hier voor het eerst de complete muziek.

Philip Glass’s soundtrack to the 1985 film Mishima gained a new following when its opening was used in 1998’s The Truman Show. Pianist Maki Namekawa, an acclaimed interpreter of Glass’s piano works, performs a new arrangement of the atmospheric score, following precisely its original scheme and including as much of the orchestral and chamber textures within the piano version as possible. Namekawa voices Glass’s often heartrending music with a beautiful evenness of touch, a warmth of tone, and a sense of the composer’s compelling narrative arc. In her hands, Mishima emerges renewed, a stand-alone modern masterpiece.

Glass, P:
 Mishima (arr. Michael Riesman)

"Her ability to shape, pace and project the composer’s music is most impressive during the more extended tracks, where she keeps all three elements superbly in check."
Gramophone Magazine - November 2018