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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

4:37

II. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

III. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

10:06

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

12:18

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:57

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

14:18

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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