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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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, Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, Morgan State University Choir, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

14:18

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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