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2 Oct 2019
II. Floe from Glassworks (1981) by Philip Glass (b. 1937) performed and orchestrated by Brett William Dietz, Associate Professor of Percussion, Louisiana State University.

Glassworks is a chamber music work of six movements by Philip Glass. Following his larger-scale concert and stage works, Glassworks was Philip Glass’s successful attempt to create a more pop-oriented “Walkman-suitable” work, with considerably shorter and more accessible pieces written for the recording studio. In fact, the cover of the cassette release stated that it was “specially mixed for your personal cassette player.”

The album was released in 1982

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