Cello Concerto No. 1

Remarkably for a work by Philip Glass, the Cello Concerto No 1, or Concerto For Cello And Orchestra, conforms broadly to the three-movement form of classic concerti, with fast-slow-fast tempi.This concerto is designated as part of The Concerto Project recording series started by Glass in the year 2000, currently in four volumes and including eight concerti.

American composer Philip Glass is widely known as one of the most celebrated, influential and prolific of the modern composers. He is frequently referred to as a minimalist, though he prefers to call himself a composer of ‘music with repetitive structures.’

His operas, among them the renowned Einstein On The Beach, are performed across the globe, and he has created work for small and large ensembles, film and experimental theatre, and founded his own performing group, The Philip Glass Ensemble.