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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

11:11

III. Warsawa

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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. —

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

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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