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. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

13:41

III. —

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Dennis Russell Davies

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

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

6:55

II. Creation of the Cosmos

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

6:36

III. Creation of the Sentient Beings

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

7:41

IV. Creation of the Human Beings

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

7:27

V. Love & Joy

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

8:23

VI. Evil & Ignorance

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

5:55

VII. Suffering

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

8:28

VIII. Compassion

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

9:13

IX. Death

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

8:39

X. Judgement & Apocalypse

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

8:52

XI. Paradise

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

8:32

XII. Dedication of Merit

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

10:03

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, 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

Dennis Russell Davies, Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz

11:23

II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

10:28

III. The Blue Deer

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Linz Opera Chorus

12:55

I. —

Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchester Linz

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. —

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. —

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
Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor
Sinfonieorchester Basel

Orchestra
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Orchestra, Ensemble