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

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. —

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

7:07

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

5:41

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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