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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

11:59

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

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

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

15:30

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble