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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

19:24

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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. —

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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)

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

19:27

II. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

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