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

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. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

11:59

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:37

II. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

10:06

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:29

I. Heroes

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

9:28

II. Abdulmajid

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

9:24

III. Sense of Doubt

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:29

IV. Sons of the Silent Age

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

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. —

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