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Vanessa Wagner releases Philip Glass’ “Etude No. 14” before the release of the complete album → Listen / Pre-order
An emblematic artist on the French music scene, winner of a Victoire de la musique award and director of the Chambord and Giverny festivals, Vanessa Wagner’s interpretations of Mozart, DeBussy, Tchaikovsky and Dusapin are as inspiring as her work with Murcof or Rone. With her innovative and daring approach, Vanessa Wagner has established herself as a major influence on the classical music scene, crossing borders and blazing inspiring trails.
Over her career, Vanessa Wagner has forged a deep bond with Philip Glass’ music, resulting in her deciding that she would record his complete « Études ». Her exploration is embodied and lived-in. Her rendition is far more than stylistic exercise as her exploration unfolds as a personal narrative and a forward-thinking approach.
Today Vanessa Wagner releases Etude No. 14, where she continues to demonstrate the his work’s playful tensions and secrets, giving voice to to a minimalism in full transformation. In this piece, so often filed away as a mere “transitional” study, Wagner uncovers a central engine of Glass’s language: the art of turning motif into living gesture, pattern into emotion, structure into an open-ended form. She doesn’t just follow the score but probes its motion, its fissures, its inner pulse. Nothing is mechanical: her interpretation restores to repetition its expressive heft, at moments almost dramatic, elsewhere nearly dance-like.
The full recordings of The Piano Etudes will be released on October 2025 but in the meantime, you can pre-order the 4LPs Boxset to discover the works of Vanessa Wagner, Philip Glass: The Complete Piano Etudes by clicking here. (There will be a special discount if the pre-order is placed through Bigwax)
