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

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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

3:29

I. Heroes

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

9:28

II. Abdulmajid

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

9:24

III. Sense of Doubt

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:29

IV. Sons of the Silent Age

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

8:37

V. Neuköln

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

15:30

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble