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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

10:06

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, 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

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble