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

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. —

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves, Ana María Martínez, Albert Dohmen, Eric Owens

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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