Symphony no. 5

Album by Philip Glass & Trinity Wall Street & Julian Wachner

Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 5, “Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya,” is a large-scale choral symphony for soloists, chorus, children’s chorus and orchestra that draws on texts from multiple religious and literary traditions to explore themes of creation, death and rebirth.

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  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 5: I. Prologue. Before the Creation
    6:42
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 5: II. Creation of the Cosmos
    6:23
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 5: III. Creation of Sentient Beings
    7:57
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 5: IV. Creation of Human Beings
    7:27
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 5: V. Joy and Love
    8:05
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 5: VI. Evil and ignorance
    5:52
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 5: VII. Suffering
    7:51
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 5: VIII. Compassion
    9:16
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 5: IX. Death
    8:03
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 5: X. Judgement and Apocalypse
    8:34
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 5: XI. Paradise
    7:58
  12. 12.
    Symphony no. 5: XII. Dedication
    10:07

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