{"product_id":"baroklyn_hourglass_2026","title":"Hourglass","description":"1st album under the Naïve label for American pianist Simone Dinnerstein and her musician friends from the Baroklyn ensemble, who immerse themselves here in the soundscapes of Philip Glass, with the suite extracted from The Hours, and the Tirol Concerto, two works for piano and string orchestra. \u003cbr\u003e A monument of New York music from the second half of the 20th century, and an essential figure of the minimalist movement, PHILIP GLASS develops atmospheres that have naturally called for the big screen. In 2002, director STEPHEN DALDRY commissioned him to compose the music for his new film THE HOURS, featuring nothing less than NICOLE KIDMAN, JULIANNE MOORE, and MERYL STREEP in the roles of three women evolving in three different eras. For this meditation on the female condition and the passage of time, the American composer created a score that has become emblematic of his late style, a true manifesto for a certain expressive simplicity where layers and motifs transform endlessly and subtly, giving birth to a highly elaborate polyphonic universe, enchanting with its vast soundscapes. \u003cbr\u003e The splendid score composed for DALDRY is quickly summarized by MICHAEL RIESMAN (musical director of the PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE, close collaborator of the composer) into a suite in three parts, for piano, strings, harp, and celesta, chosen here by pianist Simone Dinnerstein and her New York ensemble Baroklyn: their broad phrasing (Movement I), their calm assurance, and the always deep touch of the American pianist highlight its almost classical elegance, reminiscent of a rediscovered Concerto by MOZART. This truly touching vision perfectly reflects the deep artistic bond that has united Simone Dinnerstein and PHILIP GLASS for many years, as evidenced by the photo of their hands tenderly joined featured at the center of the album. \u003cbr\u003e During the same session, in May 2025, the musicians of Baroklyn also immersed themselves in the TIROL CONCERTO (2000), the first of the concertos that the composer wrote for the piano, surrounded here by strings alone. Two brief and cursive movements, in a neo-baroque style, frame a vast elegy, music for an imaginary film, filled with many memories of his Piano Etudes, begun in 1994. \u003cbr\u003e Simone Dinnerstein sees a natural continuity between the music of PHILIP GLASS and that of J. S. BACH, the subject of her greatest \"obsessions\" and the primary focus of her work with Baroklyn. According to her, our American contemporary shares many traits with the Cantor of Leipzig, a deeply polyphonic thought, a quest for absolute independence of each line, and a profound concern for melody. Essentially repetitive, GLASS's music primarily unfolds, defended by Simone Dinnerstein and her Baroklynites, an incredibly generous breath.","brand":"Baroklyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58499322642776,"sku":null,"price":23712880.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/3700187692384.jpg?v=1789684564","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/baroklyn_hourglass_2026","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}