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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:15

III. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

10:06

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble