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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:29

I. Heroes

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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