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. —

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

9:24

III. Sense of Doubt

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:29

IV. Sons of the Silent Age

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

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
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble