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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

17:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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. —

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

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, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves, Dennis Russell Davies

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

19:27

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

12:18

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:57

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

14:18

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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