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

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. —

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. —

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble