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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble