James MacMillan Veni, Veni, Emmanuel etc. With Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste RCA G010001846447Z
Though not Glennie’s debut album, it was this premiere recording of James MacMillan’s riotous and exuberant showpiece, Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, that truly launched her international career.
Martland Street Songs; plus works by Klatzow, David Horne etc. With The King’s Singers RCA G010000245012M
Steve Martland, something of a brutalist maverick among British composers, showed a more urbane side to his creativity in this remarkable collaboration with Glennie and The King’s Singers.
Erkki-Sven Tüür Symphony No. 4, ‘Magma’ With Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi Virgin Classics 385 7852
One of Glennie’s most charismatic outings, with what BBC Music Magazine’s reviewer described as ‘an intoxicating physical score’, its awe-inspiring climaxes caught in demonstration sound.
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John Corigliano Conjurer Albany Symphony Orchestra/David Alan Miller Naxos 8.559757
Another remarkable showpiece for Glennie, and also for the family of percussion instruments, of which each branch – wood, metal and skin – is showcased individually.
Ecstatic Drumbeat: Works for Percussion and Chinese Orchestra With Tzu-You Lin, Tsung-Hsin Hsieh et al BIS Records BIS-SACD 1599
Glennie has frequently collaborated with percussionists from non-Western musical traditions; here is one of her more recent and most seductively recorded results.
