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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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. —

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

9:24

III. Sense of Doubt

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:29

IV. Sons of the Silent Age

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, 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

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

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