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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

11:59

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:15

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

10:06

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:29

I. Heroes

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

9:28

II. Abdulmajid

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, 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

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. —

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. —

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