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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

III. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

10:06

IV. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:18

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:57

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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