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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

11:59

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

10:06

IV. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, 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

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

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. —

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