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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, 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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

19:27

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble