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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble