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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

19:24

I. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:15

III. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

10:06

IV. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

19:27

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

12:18

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:57

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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