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

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

4:37

II. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:57

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

14:18

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:05

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

15:30

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

7:07

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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