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

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

9:24

III. Sense of Doubt

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:29

IV. Sons of the Silent Age

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

8:37

V. Neuköln

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

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, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves, Dennis Russell Davies, Eric Owens, Morgan State University Choir, Ana María Martínez

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

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