The Symphonies

Album by Philip Glass

The Symphonies is a box set compiling Philip Glass’s first ten symphonies as recorded by Dennis Russell Davies with the Bruckner Orchester Linz, released by Orange Mountain Music. It documents Glass’s minimalist orchestral writing, including works that draw on David Bowie and Brian Eno’s Low and Heroes.
First released: 22nd April 2016

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 10: I
    6:15
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 6 “Plutonian Ode”: I
    20:51
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: VII. Suffering
    8:28
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 1 “Low”: I. Subterraneans
    16:08
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: I. Before the Creation
    6:55
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 9: I
    14:18
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 3: I
    4:37
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 2: I
    17:37
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 8: I
    19:27
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 7 “Toltec”: I. The Corn
    11:23
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 4 “Heroes”: I. Heroes
    9:28
  12. 12.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: II. Creation of the Cosmos
    6:36
  13. 13.
    Symphony no. 1 “Low”: II. Some Are
    11:11
  14. 14.
    Symphony no. 2: II
    13:41
  15. 15.
    Symphony no. 3: II
    6:15
  16. 16.
    Symphony no. 4 “Heroes”: II. Abdulmajid
    9:24
  17. 17.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: VIII. Compassion
    9:13
  18. 18.
    Symphony no. 6 “Plutonian Ode”: II
    11:27
  19. 19.
    Symphony no. 7 “Toltec”: II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)
    10:28
  20. 20.
    Symphony no. 8: II
    12:18
  21. 21.
    Symphony no. 9: II
    20:05
  22. 22.
    Symphony no. 10: II
    7:07
  23. 23.
    Symphony no. 7 “Toltec”: III. The Blue Deer
    12:55
  24. 24.
    Symphony no. 3: III
    10:06
  25. 25.
    Symphony no. 10: III
    5:41
  26. 26.
    Symphony no. 9: III
    15:30
  27. 27.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: III. Creation of the Sentient Beings
    7:41
  28. 28.
    Symphony no. 2: III
    11:59
  29. 29.
    Symphony no. 4 “Heroes”: III. Sense of Doubt
    7:29
  30. 30.
    Symphony no. 1 “Low”: III. Warszawa
    19:24
  31. 31.
    Symphony no. 6 “Plutonian Ode”: III
    18:28
  32. 32.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: IX. Death
    8:39
  33. 33.
    Symphony no. 8: III
    6:57
  34. 34.
    Symphony no. 4 “Heroes”: IV. Sons of the Silent Age
    8:37
  35. 35.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: X. Judgment and Apocalypse
    8:52
  36. 36.
    Symphony no. 3: IV
    3:29
  37. 37.
    Symphony no. 10: IV
    6:17
  38. 38.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: IV. Creation of Human Beings
    7:27
  39. 39.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: XI. Paradise
    8:32
  40. 40.
    Symphony no. 4 “Heroes”: V. Neukoln
    7:58
  41. 41.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: V. Love and Joy
    8:23
  42. 42.
    Symphony no. 10: V
    6:23
  43. 43.
    Symphony no. 4 “Heroes”: VI. V2 Schneider
    7:17
  44. 44.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: VI. Evil and Ignorance
    5:55
  45. 45.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: XII. Dedication of Merit
    10:03

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