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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

9:28

II. Abdulmajid

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:17

V. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble