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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

11:11

III. Warsawa

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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. —

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, 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. —

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. —

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