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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, 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. —

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