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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, 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. —

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. —

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