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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

III. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

10:06

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

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

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

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, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, 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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:17

V. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble