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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

17:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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. —

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

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

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, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, 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
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble