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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

11:11

III. Warsawa

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, 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

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

19:27

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

12:18

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:57

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

5:41

IV. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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