Philip Glass: The Symphonies

Philip Glass: The Symphonies

Various Artists

2016

Philip Glass and his longtime collaborator Dennis Russell Davies offer in this collection an immersive, elegant survey of 10 of the composer’s symphonies. As mysterious as they are sanguine, these works evoke romantic and ominous imagery, engaging one’s feelings about modern life. The Third Symphony’s chord structures and syncopated rhythms toe the line between stability and uneasiness, while the choral Fifth Symphony takes up existential questions, drawing its libretto from a wide range of historical texts from the Bible to the Quran.

I. Subterraneans

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

16:08

II. Some Are

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

11:11

III. Warsawa

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

19:24

I. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

17:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

13:41

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

11:59

I. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:15

III. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

10:06

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:29

I. Heroes

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

9:28

II. Abdulmajid

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

9:24

III. Sense of Doubt

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:29

IV. Sons of the Silent Age

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

8:37

V. Neuköln

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

Dennis Russell Davies, Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, Morgan State University Choir, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

Albert Dohmen, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves, Ana María Martínez, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Morgan State University Choir, Dennis Russell Davies, Eric Owens

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Morgan State University Choir, Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, Eric Owens

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves, Albert Dohmen, Dennis Russell Davies, Eric Owens, Ana María Martínez

7:27

V. Love & Joy

Denyce Graves, Morgan State University Choir, Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Eric Owens

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

Albert Dohmen, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves, Dennis Russell Davies, Ana María Martínez, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Eric Owens, Morgan State University Choir

5:55

VII. Suffering

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies, Albert Dohmen, Morgan State University Choir

8:28

VIII. Compassion

Michael Schade, Denyce Graves, Morgan State University Choir, Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, Eric Owens, Dennis Russell Davies, Albert Dohmen, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Ana María Martínez

9:13

IX. Death

Albert Dohmen, Eric Owens, Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, Morgan State University Choir, Ana María Martínez, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves, Dennis Russell Davies

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

Morgan State University Choir, Ana María Martínez, Eric Owens, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves, Albert Dohmen, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies, Hungarian Radio Children's Choir

8:52

XI. Paradise

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves, Albert Dohmen, Eric Owens, Ana María Martínez, Morgan State University Choir

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

Morgan State University Choir, Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, Dennis Russell Davies, Albert Dohmen, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves, Ana María Martínez, Eric Owens, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:18

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:57

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

14:18

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:05

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

15:30

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:15

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

7:07

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

5:41

IV. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:17

V. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble