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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:15

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

10:06

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:29

I. Heroes

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

9:28

II. Abdulmajid

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

9:24

III. Sense of Doubt

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:29

IV. Sons of the Silent Age

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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