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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

20:51

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz

18:28

I. The Corn

Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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