{"product_id":"vanessa-wagner-venessa-wagner-plays-phillip-glass-figures-of-glass-piano-etudes-edits","title":"Vanessa Wagner - Venessa Wagner Plays Phillip Glass: Figures Of Glass: Piano Etudes - Edits","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith Figures of Glass (Piano Etudes – Edits), Vanessa Wagner offers a new listening perspective on Philip Glass’s Piano Études, shaping a curated selection of edited versions drawn from her acclaimed recording of the complete cycle.\u003cbr\u003eThese edits do not alter the substance of the works; rather, they refine their temporal focus, revealing their emotional force with renewed clarity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConceived in parallel with Figures of Glass, a hybrid project developed with visual arts collective Scale, the release extends a dialogue between piano and light, sound and space.\u003cbr\u003eBetween piano and light, Vanessa Wagner interprets Glass’s Études at the heart of a scenographic installation, exploring the visual imagination embedded in the composer’s music.\u003cbr\u003eMinimal structures become spatial gestures; repetition opens onto perception, colour, and resonance.\u003cbr\u003eTaken together, these edits form a coherent arc through Glass’s language: from tension and propulsion to suspension and introspection, from rhythmic urgency to contemplative stillness.\u003cbr\u003eWagner’s approach is marked by precision, restraint, and a deep attention to resonance, allowing each piece to unfold with an assumed expressive sobriety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFigures of Glass also exists as a live creation, presented for the first time in Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet on April 7, 2026.\u003cbr\u003eIn both recorded and staged forms, the project invites contemporary listening contexts — from focused headphone listening to immersive visual environments — while reaffirming the Piano Études as a major landmark of 21st-century repertoire.\u003cbr\u003eBridging modern classical piano, minimalist writing, and spatial listening formats, Figures of Glass (Piano Etudes – Edits) speaks equally to traditional classical audiences and new listeners discovering Philip Glass through curated, editorial-driven experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INFINÉ","offers":[{"title":"Standard Black Vinyl","offer_id":53304966349127,"sku":"TRI-70283","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/d56a535831f38aa08b2b7f8e23d153e6.jpg?v=1770673140","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/vanessa-wagner-venessa-wagner-plays-phillip-glass-figures-of-glass-piano-etudes-edits","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}