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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

17:37

II. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

20:51

II. —

Lauren Flanigan, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:27

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lauren Flanigan

18:28

I. The Corn

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, 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

Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus

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. —

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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

7:07

III. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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