Symphony No. 6 'Plutonian Ode'

"By some way Philip Glass's most powerful concert work, Plutonian Ode, sets a scathing anti-nuclear poem by Allen Ginsberg. An initially dark tonal palette, rich in horns and lower strings, generates latent energy that bursts out in despairing, idyllic and grotesque developments. When the soprano's declamations ride over it - as here with eloquence and the necessary stamina - they seem to urge the music on... They culminate in the grandeur of the final variations... all the more devastating for their simplicity, especially so in this intense, committed performance."
(BBC Music)

Named by The New Yorker as one of the ten Favorite CDs of 2005!

Symphony No. 6 "Plutonian Ode" is a new recording performed by the Bruckner Orchester Linz, with soprano Lauren Flanigan conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.

The Piece, Symphony No. 6, was co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Brucknerhaus Linz celebrating Philip Glass's 65th birthday and the libretto is his late friend's Allen Ginsberg's Plutonian Ode.

The three movements of the symphony follow the three parts of the poem, and follow, also, the passage of the poem: the first movement a passionate outcry against nuclear contamination and pollution, the second a turn towards healing, and the final movement an epiphany arrived at through personal transformation.

Orange Mountain Music is excited to be releasing this major work by Philip Glass.