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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

19:24

I. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:57

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

14:18

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:05

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

15:30

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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