Having conducted Akhnaten, Satyagraha, and Einstein on the Beach, Léo Warynski’s no stranger to Philip Glass’s music.
Yet while that opera trilogy is well-established, his Another Look at Harmony – Part IV (1975) is less familiar and little-performed, which makes this recording by the vocal ensemble Les Métaboles, founded by the Paris Conservatoire-trained Warynski in 2010 and its name inspired by a Henri Dutilleux piece, all the more valuable. Joining the group’s sopranos, tenors, altos, and basses is organist Yoan Héreau, who’s collaborated with Warynski for many years on opera productions and contributed to several Les Métaboles recordings.
Warynski sees Another Look at Harmony – Part IV “as a kind of condensed sketch of…

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