Philip Glass - The Hours | Complete (Arr. For Piano Solo)

Philip Glass - The Hours (2002) | arranged for piano solo by Michael Riesman and Nico Muhly (edited and recorded by me during Summer 2020 Sessions in a small wooden church in a remote Dutch village using a 70-something years old C. Bechstein Model C grand piano, which most definitely contributed to achieving a unique sound and atmosphere. The Hours is the original soundtrack album, on the Elektra/Nonesuch label, of the 2002 Stephen Daldry’s film The Hours, starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, and Julianne Moore. The original score was composed by Philip Glass. Not all of the music in the film was composed specifically for it: earlier music by Glass, including a theme from his opera Satyagraha, was also featured and credited separately at the end of the film. The album won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Pic
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