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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

11:11

III. Warsawa

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

13:41

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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. —

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, 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)

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

7:07

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble