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

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

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