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

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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

11:59

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

7:07

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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