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. —

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:05

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

15:30

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:23