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

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. —

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. —

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

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)

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

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