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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

11:59

I. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

4:37

II. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

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, Michael Schade, Denyce Graves, Albert Dohmen, Ana María Martínez, Eric Owens

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

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

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

15:30

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:15

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

7:07

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

5:41

IV. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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