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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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

Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel

7:58

VI. V2 Schneider

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies

7:17

I. Before the Creation

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, 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

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

12:55

I. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

19:27

II. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

12:18

III. —

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

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. —

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. —

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