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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

11:11

III. Warsawa

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

7:07

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

5:41

IV. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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