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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

11:59

I. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble