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

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

4:37

II. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

15:30

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

7:07

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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