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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

17:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

10:06

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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