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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble