Philip Glass: The Symphonies

Various Artists

2016

Philip Glass: The Symphonies

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. —

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

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

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)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:17

V. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:23