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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

11:11

III. Warsawa

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

13:41

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:57

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

14:18

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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