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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

3:29

I. Heroes

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

9:28

II. Abdulmajid

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

9:24

III. Sense of Doubt

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

15:30

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

7:07

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble