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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

13:41

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

11:59

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:15

III. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

10:06

IV. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

7:07

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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