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.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 1 “Low”: I. Subterraneans
    16:08
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 1 “Low”: II. Some Are
    11:11
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 1 “Low”: III. Warszawa
    19:24

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony no. 2: I
    17:37
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 2: II
    13:41
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 2: III
    11:59

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Symphony no. 3: I
    4:37
  2. 4.
    Symphony no. 3: II
    6:15
  3. 5.
    Symphony no. 3: III
    10:06
  4. 6.
    Symphony no. 3: IV
    3:29

Disc 4

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

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: I. Before the Creation
    6:55
  2. 6.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: II. Creation of the Cosmos
    6:36
  3. 7.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: III. Creation of the Sentient Beings
    7:41
  4. 8.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: IV. Creation of Human Beings
    7:27
  5. 9.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: V. Love and Joy
    8:23
  6. 10.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: VI. Evil and Ignorance
    5:55

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: VII. Suffering
    8:28
  2. 7.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: VIII. Compassion
    9:13
  3. 8.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: IX. Death
    8:39
  4. 9.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: X. Judgment and Apocalypse
    8:52
  5. 10.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: XI. Paradise
    8:32
  6. 11.
    Symphony no. 5 “Requiem, Bardo, Nimanakaya”: XII. Dedication of Merit
    10:03

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Symphony no. 6 “Plutonian Ode”: I
    20:51
  2. 8.
    Symphony no. 6 “Plutonian Ode”: II
    11:27
  3. 9.
    Symphony no. 6 “Plutonian Ode”: III
    18:28

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    Symphony no. 7 “Toltec”: I. The Corn
    11:23
  2. 9.
    Symphony no. 7 “Toltec”: II. The Hikuri (Sacred Root)
    10:28
  3. 10.
    Symphony no. 7 “Toltec”: III. The Blue Deer
    12:55

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    Symphony no. 8: I
    19:27
  2. 10.
    Symphony no. 8: II
    12:18
  3. 11.
    Symphony no. 8: III
    6:57

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    Symphony no. 9: I
    14:18
  2. 11.
    Symphony no. 9: II
    20:05
  3. 12.
    Symphony no. 9: III
    15:30

Disc 11

  1. 11.
    Symphony no. 10: I
    6:15
  2. 12.
    Symphony no. 10: II
    7:07
  3. 13.
    Symphony no. 10: III
    5:41
  4. 14.
    Symphony no. 10: IV
    6:17
  5. 15.
    Symphony no. 10: V
    6:23

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