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. —

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

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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