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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

7:07

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble