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. —

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. —

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. —

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

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