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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

11:59

I. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:15

III. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

10:06

IV. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

3:29

I. Heroes

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

9:28

II. Abdulmajid

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, 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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:18

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:57

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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