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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

13:41

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

11:59

I. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble