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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

11:59

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:15

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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