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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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. —

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

9:24

III. Sense of Doubt

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

12:18

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:57

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

5:41

IV. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:17

V. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble