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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:29

I. Heroes

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

9:28

II. Abdulmajid

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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. —

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)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:17

V. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble