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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

19:24

I. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

11:59

I. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:15

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, 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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

14:18

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:05

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

15:30

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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