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Others: Kronos Quartet, Frederic Rzewski, The Flux Quartet, Steve Reich Links: Philip Glass - Leonard Cohen - Orange Mountain Philip Glass The Book of Longing is another unexpected turn in his prolific discography. Orchestrating a collection of Leonard Cohens poetry, the two-disc release finds Glass entwined in another of his pop-inspired compositions. Like 1986s Songs from Liquid Days, which used texts by Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Paul Simon, and Suzanne Vega, or 1997s Planctus, featuring a song for Natalie Merchant, Book of Longing, for better or for worse, is raw meat to a critical audience of hungry wolves. The song cycle is fresh...