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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

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, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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