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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

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

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:18

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:57

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

14:18

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:05

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

15:30

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:15

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

7:07

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble