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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

8:37

V. Neuköln

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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