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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

10:06

IV. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

3:29

I. Heroes

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, 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, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

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