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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

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. —

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. —

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies

18:28

I. The Corn

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

6:23

Brian Eno

Composer
Philip Glass

Composer
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble