Country

December, 1996

Philip Glass wrote his ambitious Music in 12 Parts between 1971 and 1974, but the work hasn't been fully available on CD until now. As released by Nonesuch, 12 Parts is a surprisingly active study in repetition. Simultaneously hypnotic and chameleonlike, this is minimalist music at its finest. It's nice to see this monumental composition get the technical and artistic attention it deserves.The idea doesn't seem promising: five late Mozart works performed by a popular jazz pianist. Yet Keith Jarr...