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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

19:24

I. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

11:59

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

19:27

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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