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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

16:08

II. Some Are

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

11:11

III. Warsawa

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

11:59

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

10:06

IV. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:18

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:57

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

14:18

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:05

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

15:30

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:15

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

7:07

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

5:41

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:17

V. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble