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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:29

I. Heroes

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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