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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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. —

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

9:28

II. Abdulmajid

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

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. —

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