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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

11:59

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, 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. —

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. —

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble