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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:29

I. Heroes

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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