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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, 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. —

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
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble