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. —

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

III. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

10:06

IV. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

3:29

I. Heroes

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

19:27

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

12:18

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

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