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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

11:11

III. Warsawa

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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