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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

9:24

III. Sense of Doubt

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:29

IV. Sons of the Silent Age

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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