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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

3:29

I. Heroes

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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, Linz Opera Chorus, 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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

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