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. —

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. —

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. —

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

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