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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

10:06

IV. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

3:29

I. Heroes

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, 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

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

19:27

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

12:18

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:57

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

14:18

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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