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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

11:11

III. Warsawa

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

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