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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

16:08

II. Some Are

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

11:11

III. Warsawa

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:18

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:57

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

14:18

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble