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. —

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. —

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:18

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:57

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

14:18

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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