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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

16:08

II. Some Are

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

4:37

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:15

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, 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, 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. —

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

7:07

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

5:41

IV. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:17

V. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble