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Philip Glass — The Symphonies
2016
Music by Philip Glass
Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor
Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Vienna Radio Symphony, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Catalog

Orange Mountain Music OMM0104
UPC 801837010428

Tracks

Disc 1
Symphony No.1 “Low”
Sinfonieorchester Basel
1. Movement I – Subterraneans 16:08
2. Movement II – Some Are 11:11
3. Movement III – Warsawa 19:24

Disc 2
Symphony No.2
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
1. Movement I 17:37
2. Movement II 13:41
3. Movement III 11:59

Disc 3
Symphony No.3
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
1. Movement I 4:37
2. Movement II 6:15
3. Movement III 10:06
4. Movement IV 3:29

Disc 4
Symphony No. 4 “Heroes”
Sinfonieorchester Basel
1. Movement I – Heroes 9:28
2. Movement II – Abdulmajid 9:24
3. Movement III – Sense of Doubt 7:29
4. Movement IV – Sons of the Silent Age 8:37
5. Movement V – Neukoln 7:58
6. Movement VI – V2 Schneider 7:17

Disc 5
Symphony No.5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya” (Part 1)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Children’s Chorus, Morgan State Univ. Choir, soloists
1. Before The Creation 6:55
2. Creation of the Cosmos 6:36
3. Creation of the Sentient Being 7:41
4. Creation of the Human Being 7:27
5. Love & Joy 8:23
6. Evil & Ignorance 5:55

Disc 6
Symphony No.5 (Part 2)
1. Suffering 8:28
2. Compassion 9:13
3. Death 8:39
4. Judgement & Apocalypse 8:52
5. Paradise 8:32
6. Dedication of Merit 10:03

Disc 7
Symphony No.6 “Plutonian Ode”
Bruckner Orchester Linz
Lauren Flanigan, soprano
1. Movement I 20:51
2. Movement II 11:27
3. Movement III 18:28

Disc 8
Symphony No.7 “Toltec”
Bruckner Orchester Linz
Chorus of the Landestheater Linz
Georg Leopold, director
1. Movement I “The Corn” 11:23
2. Movement II “The Hikuri” (Scred Root) 10:28
3. Movement III “The Blue Deer” 12:55

Disc 9
Symphony No. 8
Bruckner Orchester Linz
1. Movement I 19:27
2. Movement II 12:18
3. Movement III 6:57

Disc 10
Symphony No.9
Bruckner Orchester Linz
1. Movement I 14:18
2. Movement II 20:05
3. Movement III 15:30

Disc 11
Symphony No.10
Bruckner Orchester Linz
1. Movement I 6:15
2. Movement II 7:07
3. Movement III 5:41
4. Movement IV 6:17
5. Movement V 6:23

Notes

Philip Glass’s “The Symphonies” by Richard Guérin
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Credits

The Symphonies Boxed Set is produced by Don Christensen and Richard Guérin
Design: Don Christensen
Photos by: Andres H. Bitesnich
Philip Glass’s music is published by Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc.
Executive Producers for Orange Mountain Music: Philip Glass, Kurt Munkacsi and Don Christensen

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