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. —

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

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. —

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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