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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:15

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

10:06

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:29

I. Heroes

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:18

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble