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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, 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, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

19:27

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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