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. —

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. —

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, 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, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

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