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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

9:28

II. Abdulmajid

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

9:24

III. Sense of Doubt

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:29

IV. Sons of the Silent Age

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

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