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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

13:41

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

11:59

I. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

4:37

II. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

8:37

V. Neuköln

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

5:41

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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