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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

19:24

I. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

17:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:18

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble